Trial By Error: Rapid Response to Anti-NICE Whine de Coeur; UK Government Seeks Input to Interim Delivery Plan for ME/CFS
By David Tuller, DrPH The Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery, and Psychiatry (JNNP) has finally published a cogent rapid response to its recent whine de coeur from the PACE authors and their cronies. In the commentary, the co-authors criticized eight purported “anomalies” they believe occurred during the process of developing the 2021 ME/CFS guideline from Britain’s … Trial By Error: Rapid Response to Anti-NICE Whine de Coeur; UK Government Seeks Input to Interim Delivery Plan for ME/CFS Read More » (Source: virology blog)
Source: virology blog - August 15, 2023 Category: Virology Authors: David Tuller Tags: Uncategorized JNNP MEAction UK UK ME/CFS plan Source Type: blogs
Trial By Error: More on the Perplexing Dutch Claim that Null Results for Objective Measures of Physical Activity Are Irrelevant to Fatigue
By David Tuller, DrPH I recently wrote about a Dutch study published a few months ago in the journal Clinical Infectious Diseases–“Efficacy of Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy Targeting Severe Fatigue Following Coronavirus Disease 2019: Results of a Randomized Controlled Trial.” The study, nick-named ReCOVer, found that unblinded trials relying on subjective outcomes will produce modestly positive reports … Trial By Error: More on the Perplexing Dutch Claim that Null Results for Objective Measures of Physical Activity Are Irrelevant to Fatigue Read More » (Source: virology blog)
Source: virology blog - August 9, 2023 Category: Virology Authors: David Tuller Tags: Uncategorized CBT CBT/GET dutch Knoop Long Covid Source Type: blogs
Trial By Error: That Whine De Coeur about NICE ’ s Rejection of GET/CBT Regimen, and ME Action UK ’ s Disappearing Rebuttal
By David Tuller, DrPH On July 10th, the Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery, and Psychiatry (JNNP) published what can only be called a whine de coeur from a bunch of academics and investigators on the wrong side of a dispute with Britain’s National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE). Their article was called “Anomalies in … Trial By Error: That Whine De Coeur about NICE’s Rejection of GET/CBT Regimen, and ME Action UK’s Disappearing Rebuttal Read More » (Source: virology blog)
Source: virology blog - August 3, 2023 Category: Virology Authors: David Tuller Tags: Uncategorized FND JNNP NICE Source Type: blogs
Why Do Some Viruses Have a Seasonal Cycle?
by Gertrud U. Rey Have you ever wondered why some viruses circulate primarily in the winter and others are more prevalent in the summer? Although we don’t have a clear answer to this question, a combination of factors is likely responsible. Work done in the field of respiratory viruses suggests that these viruses can … Why Do Some Viruses Have a Seasonal Cycle? Read More » (Source: virology blog)
Source: virology blog - August 3, 2023 Category: Virology Authors: Gertrud U. Rey Tags: Basic virology Gertrud Rey absolute humidity airborne transmission direct contact enterovirus indirect contact relative humidity respiratory droplets respiratory viruses seasonality temperature Source Type: blogs
Trial By Error: Psych Medicine ’ s Rejects Request for Correction of Prevalence Rates Cited in FND Paper – Updated
By David Tuller, DrPH UPDATE: Not long after I sent the letter repeating our request for a correction, I received a response directly from Professor Murray, the editor-in-chief of Psychological Medicine who had commented on the length of our initial request for a correction. Here it is: From: Robin Murray Date: Thu, Jul 20, 2023 at 9:02 AMSubject: … Trial By Error: Psych Medicine’s Rejects Request for Correction of Prevalence Rates Cited in FND Paper–Updated Read More » (Source: virology blog)
Source: virology blog - July 20, 2023 Category: Virology Authors: David Tuller Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: blogs
Trial By Error: Dutch Team Offers “ Dog-Ate-My-Data ” Excuses for Not Reporting Null Objective Findings
By David Tuller, DrPH Two months ago, Clinical Infectious Diseases (CID), a high-impact journal, published a study called “Efficacy of Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy Targeting Severe Fatigue Following Coronavirus Disease 2019: Results of a Randomized Controlled Trial.” The study, nicknamed ReCOVer amd conducted in the Netherlands, purported to provide the “first evidence for the positive effect of … Trial By Error: Dutch Team Offers “Dog-Ate-My-Data” Excuses for Not Reporting Null Objective Findings Read More » (Source: virology blog)
Source: virology blog - July 11, 2023 Category: Virology Authors: David Tuller Tags: Uncategorized actigraphy CBT Hans Knoop Long Covid Source Type: blogs
Trial By Error: Update on Efforts to Correct False Statements about FND Prevalence
By David Tuller, DrPH I have continued writing my letter-writing effort to alert journals about papers on functional neurological disorder (FND) that have included false statements regarding the prevalence of the condition reported by a seminal study in the field the reported prevalence of the condition. (I was going to refer to this as a … Trial By Error: Update on Efforts to Correct False Statements about FND Prevalence Read More » (Source: virology blog)
Source: virology blog - July 9, 2023 Category: Virology Authors: David Tuller Tags: Uncategorized corrections david perez FND functional neurological disrder Source Type: blogs
Why We Can ’ t Eradicate Poliovirus
by Gertrud U. Rey In 1988 the World Health Organization, Rotary International, UNICEF, and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention passed the initiative to eradicate polio globally by the year 2000. We are now 23 years past this deadline, and it is increasingly clear that this goal will likely never be achieved. Smallpox … Why We Can’t Eradicate Poliovirus Read More » (Source: virology blog)
Source: virology blog - July 6, 2023 Category: Virology Authors: Gertrud U. Rey Tags: Basic virology Gertrud Rey Albert Sabin asymptomatic infection childhood vaccination eradication fecal-oral route gut immunity inactivated poliovirus vaccine IPV jonas salk local immunity nOPV2 oral poliovirus vaccine paralysis Source Type: blogs
Why We Can ’ t Eradicate Polio
by Gertrud U. Rey In 1988 the World Health Organization, Rotary International, UNICEF, and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention passed the initiative to eradicate polio globally by the year 2000. We are now 23 years past this deadline, and it is increasingly clear that this goal will likely never be achieved. Smallpox … Why We Can’t Eradicate Polio Read More » (Source: virology blog)
Source: virology blog - July 6, 2023 Category: Virology Authors: Gertrud U. Rey Tags: Basic virology Gertrud Rey Albert Sabin asymptomatic infection childhood vaccination eradication fecal-oral route gut immunity inactivated poliovirus vaccine IPV jonas salk local immunity nOPV2 oral poliovirus vaccine paralysis Source Type: blogs
Trial By Error: My Twitter Thread about Slate ’ s Piece on Long Covid and Mental Illness
By David Tuller, DrPH Slate recently ran a piece by a young journalist and Stanford neuroscience graduate student, Grace Huckins, about purported links between long Covid and mental illness. I found it problematic. For one thing, in the same sentence it linked to both a story of mine in Codastory.com and one from The Atlantic‘s … Trial By Error: My Twitter Thread about Slate’s Piece on Long Covid and Mental Illness Read More » (Source: virology blog)
Source: virology blog - July 5, 2023 Category: Virology Authors: David Tuller Tags: Uncategorized Knoop Long Covid Netherlands slate Source Type: blogs
Trial By Error: A Letter to Psychological Medicine about Inflated FND Rate Claims
By David Tuller, DrPH The journal NeuroImage: Clinical, an Elsevier title, recently agreed to correct the false statement that a 2010 study found functional neurological disorder to be the second-most-common diagnosis at outpatient neurology clinics. To the journal’s credit, it responded positively within days of receiving a letter about the matter from a group of … Trial By Error: A Letter to Psychological Medicine about Inflated FND Rate Claims Read More » (Source: virology blog)
Source: virology blog - July 3, 2023 Category: Virology Authors: David Tuller Tags: Uncategorized david perez FND Psychological Medicine Source Type: blogs
Trial By Error: A Letter Requesting Corrections of Inflated Prevalence Rates in Nine More FND Papers
By David Tuller, DrPH Several colleagues and I recently wrote to the journal NeuroImage: Clinical to request a correction in a 2021 article about functional neurological disorder (FND). The article included the false claim that a seminal 2010 study found that FND was the second-most-common diagnosis at outpatient neurology clinics. In fact, FND—called conversion disorder … Trial By Error: A Letter Requesting Corrections of Inflated Prevalence Rates in Nine More FND Papers Read More » (Source: virology blog)
Source: virology blog - June 30, 2023 Category: Virology Authors: David Tuller Tags: Uncategorized david perez FND functional neurological disorder Selma Aybek Source Type: blogs
Trial By Error: Families with Long Covid Kids Fight Against Medical/Social Services
By David Tuller, DrPH For decades in the UK, parents of children with what was formerly called chronic fatigue syndrome have run the risk of being accused of making or keeping their kids sick and/or not pursuing proper treatment strategies. These cases have been based on the discredited belief that graded exercise therapy (GET) and … Trial By Error: Families with Long Covid Kids Fight Against Medical/Social Services Read More » (Source: virology blog)
Source: virology blog - June 27, 2023 Category: Virology Authors: David Tuller Tags: Uncategorized Binita Kane Long Covid long covid kids NICE Source Type: blogs
Trial By Error: Families with Long Covid Kids Fight Against Social Services
By David Tuller, DrPH For decades in the UK, parents of children with what was formerly called chronic fatigue syndrome have run the risk of being accused of making or keeping their kids sick and/or not pursuing proper treatment strategies. These cases have been based on the discredited belief that graded exercise therapy (GET) and … Trial By Error: Families with Long Covid Kids Fight Against Social Services Read More » (Source: virology blog)
Source: virology blog - June 27, 2023 Category: Virology Authors: David Tuller Tags: Uncategorized Binita Kane Long Covid long covid kids NICE Source Type: blogs
Trial By Error: FND Experts Agree To Correct Inflated Prevalence Claim
By David Tuller, DrPH For years, experts in functional neurological disorder (FND) have cited a seminal study in their field to claim that the diagnosis was the second-most-common presentation at outpatient neurology clinics, with a prevalence of 16%. This claim was, and is, categorically untrue. The Scottish Neurological Symptoms Study (SNSS), which yielded multiple papers … Trial By Error: FND Experts Agree To Correct Inflated Prevalence Claim Read More » (Source: virology blog)
Source: virology blog - June 24, 2023 Category: Virology Authors: David Tuller Tags: Uncategorized correction FND functional neurological disorder Jon Stone Source Type: blogs
