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Dr David Tuller: A Letter to Archives of Disease in Childhood 20th Jan 2018

Countrygirl

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http://www.virology.ws/2018/01/30/trial-by-error-a-letter-to-archives-of-disease-in-childhood/

Trial By Error: A Letter to Archives of Disease in Childhood
30 JANUARY 2018
By David Tuller, DrPH

Earlier today, Professor Racaniello e-mailed the following letter to Nick Brown, the editor-in-chief of Archives of Disease in Childhood, one of the journals from the BMJ Group. Archives recently published a study of the Lightning Process in kids with ME/CFS.

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Dear Dr. Brown:

In September, Archives of Disease in Childhood published a study called “Clinical and cost-effectiveness of the Lightning Process in addition to specialist medical care for paediatric chronic fatigue syndrome: randomised controlled trial” [1]. Like many studies of this illness, it was an open-label trial with self-reported outcomes—a study design known to be highly vulnerable to bias.

The researchers have received criticism for their initial decision to conduct a pediatric trial of the Lightning Process–a commercial, pseudo-scientific intervention that combines elements of life-coaching, osteopathy, and neurolinguistics programming. The intervention encourages participants to report that it has made them better, another source of potential bias. Beyond the decision to study the Lightning Process, the study suffered from major cross-contamination between treatment arms and significant loss-to-follow-up, among other problems.
 

Countrygirl

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Signed by: :):):):):hug::hug::hug::thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup::D

We urge Archives of Disease in Childhood to take these concerns seriously and address them promptly.

Sincerely—

Vincent R. Racaniello, PhD
Professor of Microbiology and Immunology
Columbia University
New York, NY, USA

Lisa F. Barcellos, MPH, PhD
Professor of Epidemiology
School of Public Health
California Institute for Quantitative Biosciences
University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, CA, USA

Robin Callender Smith, PhD
Professor of Media Law
Centre for Commercial Law Studies
Queen Mary University of London
Barrister and Information Rights Judge
London, UK

Lily Chu, MD, MSHS
Independent Consultant
Burlingame, CA, USA

Ronald W. Davis, PhD
Professor of Biochemistry and Genetics
Stanford University
Stanford, CA, USA

Jonathan C.W. Edwards, MD
Emeritus Professor of Medicine
University College London
London, UK

Valerie Eliot Smith
Barrister and Visiting Scholar
Centre for Commercial Law Studies
Queen Mary University of London
London, UK

Rebecca Goldin, PhD
Professor of Mathematics
George Mason University
Fairfax, VA, USA

Leonard A. Jason, PhD
Professor of Psychology
DePaul University
Chicago, IL, USA

Michael W. Kahn, MD
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry
Harvard Medical School
Boston, MA, USA

Nancy Klimas, MD
Director, Institute for Neuro-Immune Medicine
Nova Southeastern University
Director, Miami VA Medical Center GWI and CFS/ME Program
Miami, FL, USA

Bruce Levin, PhD
Professor of Biostatistics
Columbia University
New York, NY, USA

Steven Lubet
Williams Memorial Professor of Law
Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law
Chicago, IL, USA

Marlon Maus, MD, DrPH, FACS
Director, DrPH Program
School of Public Health
University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, CA, USA

Patrick E. McKnight, PhD
Professor of Psychology
George Mason University
Fairfax, VA, USA

Zaher Nahle, PhD, MPA
Vice President for Research and Scientific Programs
Solve ME/CFS Initiative
Los Angeles, CA, USA

Philip B. Stark, PhD
Professor of Statistics
University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, CA, USA

John Swartzberg, MD
Clinical Professor Emeritus
School of Public Health
University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, CA, USA

David Tuller, DrPH
Senior Fellow in Public Health and Journalism
Center for Global Public Health
University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, CA, USA

William Weir, FRCP
Infectious Disease Consultant
London, UK

Carolyn Wilshire, PhD
Senior Lecturer
School of Psychology
Victoria University of Wellington
Wellington, New Zealand

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hixxy

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How widely read is Tuller's blog? Is he preaching to the choir or do his blog posts truly reach an audience that they're likely to influence positively?
 

dreampop

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How widely read is Tuller's blog? Is he preaching to the choir or do his blog posts truly reach an audience that they're likely to influence positively?

Calling it a blog is probably not doing it justice - he's doing investigative research and critical thinking. Each blog is a step, probably read mostly by those interested in ME/CFS news but his work periodically makes it to the largest outlets, such as the NYT, and is widely cited in other outlets news & opinion pieces. His work is of a high quality and highly influential.
 

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When he is done w the PAcE chronica, I want him to
Focus on history where everything started and where we are and why!
 

Countrygirl

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Where have Dr David Tuller's posts gone? :(

It has all vamoooshed?

Does anyone know the reason for it? :confused: