Tag: wyller
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Bogus Claims in Study of Exercise and PEM in Gulf War Illness
A recent study investigated a question no one seems to have been asking. That can be a good thing—if it’s a question that’s worth investigating. But that’s not the case here. The study, published in the journal Brain, Behavior, and Immunity and led by researchers at the University of Wisconsin, was called “Exercise does not…
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What is Recovery Norway’s Role in the JAMA Network Open Study of Long Covid in Young People?
As I wrote earlier this week, a new study of adolescents and young adults from Norway, published by JAMA Network Open, purports to show that “persistent symptoms in this age group are related to factors other than SARS-CoV-2 infection.” It didn’t actually show that, of course. What it showed is that if you use an…
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Norwegian CBT/GET Ideologues Take Aim at Critics Who Reject Their Views
[*See correction in third paragraph] Three Norwegian researchers recently published an attack on critics of cognitive behavior therapy and graded exercise therapy as treatments for ME. The article, called “Facts and Myths about ME,” was published by the news organization Aftenposten. The authors, from the Scandinavian arm of the CBT/GET ideological brigades, asserted that “the…
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BMJ Responds to Appeals About Norway’s CBT-Music Therapy Study
Earlier this week, I sent a nudge to Professor Imti Choonara, editor-in-chief of BMJ Paediatrics Open, and Fiona Godlee, editorial director of BMJ, about a problematic “feasibility study” published a few months ago. That followed a letter two weeks ago, to which I had not received a response. Previous posts on this issue are here…