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Trial By Error: How Bristol Investigators Avoided Ethical Review

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By David Tuller, DrPH I have written many posts about BMJ Open’s 2011 school absence study, which reported that school absence records could be useful in identifying children with chronic fatigue syndrome. However, for reasons not yet adequately explained, the investigators exempted the study from ethical review on the grounds that it qualified as “service …

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Trial By Error: An Australian Exchange with Professor Sharpe

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By David Tuller, DrPH Below is an exchange between members of the Australian ME/CFS community and Professor Michael Sharpe. The open letter from patients and advocates was prompted by a tweet this week from Professor Sharpe that many considered offensive. He has since deleted it. This post includes the initial tweet as well as the …

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A Statement in Support of Cochrane

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Cochrane has decided to temporarily withdraw a review of exercise therapies for the illness variously known as ME, CFS, ME/CFS and CFS/ME. The review reported that exercise therapy is effective in treating the illness, a finding that has provided unwarranted support for recommendations that patients should undergo the intervention known as graded exercise therapy. Yet …

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