Trial By Error: Why Are Exercise Studies for Long Covid Still Failing to Address PEM Adequately?
By David Tuller, DrPH Note: I posted this on March 29th, and for some reason it disappeared from the site–so I am reposting it today. I have written previously about the issue of exercise studies for long Covid patients. As with the discredited PACE trial for the illness or cluster of illnesses currently being referred … Trial By Error: Why Are Exercise Studies for Long Covid Still Failing to Address PEM Adequately? Read More » (Source: virology blog)
Source: virology blog - April 2, 2023 Category: Virology Authors: David Tuller Source Type: blogs
Trial By Error: Why Are Exercise Studies for Long Covid Still Failing to Address PEM Adequately?
By David Tuller, DrPH I have written previously about the issue of exercise studies for long Covid patients. As with the discredited PACE trial for the illness or cluster of illnesses currently being referred to as ME/CFS, the theory behind these studies posits deconditioning as a central cause of patients’ disability. This approach tends to […] (Source: virology blog)
Source: virology blog - March 29, 2023 Category: Virology Authors: David Tuller Tags: Uncategorized exercise Long Covid recover initiative Source Type: blogs
Trial By Error: An Update on the Missing Ethics Corrections in Multiple Esther Crawley Papers
By David Tuller, DrPH In 2019, the University of Bristol and the UK’s Health Research Authority issued a report about their joint investigation of 11 papers. The lead investigator of all 11 papers was Professor Esther Crawley, Bristol’s methodologically and ethically challenged pediatrician and grant queen. The report recommended that Professor Crawley correct the ethics […] (Source: virology blog)
Source: virology blog - March 25, 2023 Category: Virology Authors: David Tuller Tags: Uncategorized Bristol Crawley ethics statement Health research authority Source Type: blogs
Trial By Error: An Update on the Missing Ethics Corrections in Multiple Esther Crawley Papers
By David Tuller, DrPH In 2019, the University of Bristol and the UK’s Health Research Authority issued a report about their joint investigation of 11 papers. The lead investigator of all 11 papers was Professor Esther Crawley, Bristol’s methodologically and ethically challenged pediatrician and grant queen. The report recommended that Professor Crawley correct the ethics … Trial By Error: An Update on the Missing Ethics Corrections in Multiple Esther Crawley Papers Read More » (Source: virology blog)
Source: virology blog - March 25, 2023 Category: Virology Authors: David Tuller Tags: Uncategorized Bristol Crawley ethics statement Health research authority Source Type: blogs
Trial By Error: What the Hell is Going on with Cochrane ’ s Long-Delayed Re-Review of “ Exercise Therapies ” ?
By David Tuller, DrPH What is going on with Cochrane’s much-delayed re-review of exercise therapy for the illness the organization is these days calling ME/CFS? It is more than three years since Cochrane announced plans to develop this completely new review, but no one outside the organization seems to have much idea of what’s happening […] (Source: virology blog)
Source: virology blog - March 21, 2023 Category: Virology Authors: David Tuller Tags: Uncategorized cochrane Reuters Tovey Source Type: blogs
Trial By Error: What the Hell is Going on with Cochrane ’ s Long-Delayed Re-Review of “ Exercise Therapies ” ?
By David Tuller, DrPH What is going on with Cochrane’s much-delayed re-review of exercise therapy for the illness the organization is these days calling ME/CFS? It is more than three years since Cochrane announced plans to develop this completely new review, but no one outside the organization seems to have much idea of what’s happening … Trial By Error: What the Hell is Going on with Cochrane’s Long-Delayed Re-Review of “Exercise Therapies”? Read More » (Source: virology blog)
Source: virology blog - March 21, 2023 Category: Virology Authors: David Tuller Source Type: blogs
Trial By Error: GET/CBT Ideologues Revive 1991 Oxford Criteria as Core Definition for Long Covid Research
By David Tuller, DrPH The Collaborative on Fatigue Following Infection, or COFFI, was formed in 2015 to promote the theories and treatment approaches embodied in the now-discredited and arguably fraudulent PACE trial and related research. In a nutshell, PACE and related research promoted the notion that the symptoms of patients with the clinical entity or […] (Source: virology blog)
Source: virology blog - March 12, 2023 Category: Virology Authors: David Tuller Tags: Uncategorized andrew lloyd COFFI Long Covid Source Type: blogs
Trial By Error: GET/CBT Ideologues Revive 1991 Oxford Criteria as Core Definition for Long Covid Research
By David Tuller, DrPH The Collaborative on Fatigue Following Infection, or COFFI, was formed in 2015 to promote the theories and treatment approaches embodied in the now-discredited and arguably fraudulent PACE trial and related research. In a nutshell, PACE and related research promoted the notion that the symptoms of patients with the clinical entity or … Trial By Error: GET/CBT Ideologues Revive 1991 Oxford Criteria as Core Definition for Long Covid Research Read More » (Source: virology blog)
Source: virology blog - March 12, 2023 Category: Virology Authors: David Tuller Tags: Uncategorized andrew lloyd COFFI Long Covid Source Type: blogs
Trial By Error: An Interview with Meghan O ’ Rourke, Author of The Invisible Kingdom (Reprise)
By David Tuller, DrPH Last April, I interviewed poet, journalist and editor Meghan O’Rourke about The Invisible Kingdom, her insightful and affecting memoir of living with chronic illness. The book, a New York Times bestseller and a finalist for the National Book Award, has just been issued in paperback. So I figured I’d re-post the interview. As the […] (Source: virology blog)
Source: virology blog - March 9, 2023 Category: Virology Authors: David Tuller Tags: Uncategorized chronic lyme meghan o'rourke Source Type: blogs
Trial By Error: An Interview with Meghan O ’ Rourke, Author of The Invisible Kingdom (Reprise)
By David Tuller, DrPH Last April, I interviewed poet, journalist and editor Meghan O’Rourke about The Invisible Kingdom, her insightful and affecting memoir of living with chronic illness. The book, a New York Times bestseller and a finalist for the National Book Award, has just been issued in paperback. So I figured I’d re-post the interview. As the … Trial By Error: An Interview with Meghan O’Rourke, Author of The Invisible Kingdom (Reprise) Read More » (Source: virology blog)
Source: virology blog - March 9, 2023 Category: Virology Authors: David Tuller Source Type: blogs
H5N1 – It ’ s All About the Transmission
by Gertrud U. Rey Recent news headlines have been highlighting the global spread of H5N1, the strain of influenza virus that is typically associated with “bird flu.” This outbreak is the largest in recorded history, involving at least 50 million dead birds and countless non-human mammals, including sea lions, otters, mink, foxes, cats, dogs, and […] (Source: virology blog)
Source: virology blog - March 2, 2023 Category: Virology Authors: Gertrud U. Rey Tags: Basic virology Gertrud Rey avian influenza H5N1 bird flu human-to-human transmission lower respiratory tract pandemic sialic acid upper respiratory tract vaccine Source Type: blogs
H5N1 – It ’ s All About the Transmission
by Gertrud U. Rey Recent news headlines have been highlighting the global spread of H5N1, the strain of influenza virus that is typically associated with “bird flu.” This outbreak is the largest in recorded history, involving at least 50 million dead birds and countless non-human mammals, including sea lions, otters, mink, foxes, cats, dogs, and … H5N1 – It’s All About the Transmission Read More » (Source: virology blog)
Source: virology blog - March 2, 2023 Category: Virology Authors: Gertrud U. Rey Source Type: blogs
Trial By Error: After Maeve Boothby O ’ Neill ’ s Death, More Concerns About Severe ME Patients at NHS Hospitals
By David Tuller, DrPH I recently wrote an article for Codastory.com about Maeve Boothby O’Neill, who died from complications of severe ME in October, 2021, after three separate admissions to her local National Health Service hospital in Exeter, England. During her hospital stays, she and her family fought with the hospital over the need for […] (Source: virology blog)
Source: virology blog - February 28, 2023 Category: Virology Authors: David Tuller Tags: Uncategorized alice barrett maeve O'neill malnutrition severe ME tube-feeding Source Type: blogs
Trial By Error: After Maeve Boothby O ’ Neill ’ s Death, More Concerns About Severe ME Patients at NHS Hospitals
By David Tuller, DrPH I recently wrote an article for Codastory.com about Maeve Boothby O’Neill, who died from complications of severe ME in October, 2021, after three separate admissions to her local National Health Service hospital in Exeter, England. During her hospital stays, she and her family fought with the hospital over the need for … Trial By Error: After Maeve Boothby O’Neill’s Death, More Concerns About Severe ME Patients at NHS Hospitals Read More » (Source: virology blog)
Source: virology blog - February 28, 2023 Category: Virology Authors: David Tuller Source Type: blogs
Let ’ s Do Public Health Better
BY KIM BELLARD
Eric Reinhart, who describes himself as “a political anthropologist, psychoanalyst, and physician,” has had a busy month. He started with an essay in NEJM about “reconstructive justice,” then an op-ed in The New York Times on how our health care system is demoralizing the physicians who work in it, and then the two that caught my attention: companion pieces in The Nation and Stat News about reforming our public health “system” from a physician-driven one to a true community health one.
He’s preaching to my choir. I wrote almost five years ago: “We need to stop viewing public healt...
Source: The Health Care Blog - February 28, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Ryan Bose-Roy Tags: Health Policy Dr. Reinhart gun violence Kim Bellard Opioid Addiction public health Source Type: blogs
