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PACE-Gate: Continue Tuller’s Work

Journalist David Tuller is well-known to the ME community. His series Trial By Error on Virology blog launched PACE-Gate into the scientific mainstream. Since that series began, Tuller has also written about the devastating effects of PACE-style “treatments,” garnered support … Continue reading

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A Myalgic Carol

Or, A Most Merry Tale of Encephalomyelitis, by Joe Landson Dr. Stephen Straus was surely dead. Lo, he had been dead these nine-and-one-half years, but that made no difference to Ebenezer Scrooge, MD, PhD, as he locked up the Office … Continue reading

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The Proverbial Olive Branch

In what will probably be the last word from NIH on the invited lecture by Dr. Edward Shorter, the Trans-NIH ME/CFS Working Group has issued a follow up response to the ME community. For background, read my open letter to … Continue reading

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Enough Is Enough

After I pointed out to Dr. Walter Koroshetz, Chair of the Trans-NIH ME/CFS Working Group, that NIH had invited a speaker who has publicly insulted people with ME/CFS and anyone who takes this disease seriously, Dr. Koroshetz responded that “inclusion … Continue reading

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An Open Letter to Dr. Koroshetz

The following text is an open letter that I sent to Dr. Walter Koroshetz, Director of the National Institute of Neurological Diseases and Stroke. A plea for sanity, respect and science Dr. Koroshetz, I write to you tonight to personally … Continue reading

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PACE: Grossly Exaggerated

On September 9, 2016, Queen Mary University of London released data from the PACE trial in compliance with a First Tier Tribunal decision on a Freedom of Information Request by ME patient Alem Matthees. The day before, the PACE authors … Continue reading

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Reality Checking, Dr. Nath

This is the second of a two part series. Part One described the controversy and my fact checking. Part Two presents my analysis of the potential danger to the Clinical Care study. As part of the renewed focus on ME/CFS … Continue reading

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Fact Checking, Dr. Nath

This is the first of a two part series. Part One describes the controversy and my fact checking. Part Two will present my analysis of what I found. As part of the renewed focus on ME/CFS at NIH, the National … Continue reading

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AHRQ Evidence Review Changes Its Conclusions

Mary Dimmock has led the way on this issue, and is co-author of this post. In response to requests by U.S. patient organizations and advocates, the U.S. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) has issued an Addendum to its … Continue reading

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A Request That Should Not Be Ignored

Six scientists have sent a joint letter to the Editor of The Lancet asking for an independent re-analysis of the PACE trial data. The letter, published today on Virology Blog, is signed by Dr. Ron Davis (Stanford), Dr. Jonathan Edwards … Continue reading

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