In February, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) published a controversial paper that aimed to characterize myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME), also known as chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS). The study, published in Nature Communications, took eight years and cost $8 million. Participants flew in from all over the country and went through intense testing on NIH’s Bethesda,| The Sick Times - Chronicling the Long Covid crisis
By David Tuller, DrPH October is a crowdfunding month at University of California, Berkeley. If you’d like to support my work, you can make a donation to th ...| Virology Blog
Maeve Boothby O’Neill’s Inquest, Update to NIH & ME “Effort Preference”, Research lists updated| colleensteckelmeiccinfo.substack.com
By David Tuller, DrPH When I was a young gay man in the 1980s (I’m 67), a common term for sexual orientation was “sexual preference.” This phrase always str ...| Virology Blog
This is Part 4 of a four-part article on NIH’s Effort Preference claim. Part 1 can be found here. Part 2 can be found here. Part 3 can be found here. Readers who are not intricately familiar with M…| Thoughts About M.E.
This is Part 3 of a 4-part article on NIH’s Effort Preference claim. Part 1 can be found here. Part 2 can be found here. In this Part 3, I will discuss the EEfRT as a psychological measure, NIHR…| Thoughts About M.E.
This is Part 2 of a 4-part article on NIH’s Effort Preference claim. Part 1 can be found here: In this Part 2 of my 4-part series, I am analyzing the EEfRT data to show that they do not suppo…| Thoughts About M.E.
The infamous intramural National Institutes of Health (NIH) paper on post-infectious Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME), a disease affecting many millions worldwide, purports to define the ME phenotype…| Thoughts About M.E.