Taking Stock: the NIH and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS)
The NIH should be releasing it’s increased funding for chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) soon. As we wait for that let’s take a look at several things that have happened in the last month and assess where we are, and what we have learned. The first thing...
Timely MillionsMisssing Protest Demands Funding For Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS)
“We are going to ramp this up.” Francis Collins Should you attend the MillionsMissing protest for more funding? Consider this. It’s been almost a year since NIH Director Francis Collin’s pledge to greatly expand chronic fatigue syndrome...
Data analysis Puts PACE Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Trial on Slippery Slope to Retraction
The issue at stake was a big one. It asked whether changes to the original protocol of the PACE trial ended up stacking the deck. It was easy to see how they might have; some of the recovery criteria were so weird as to seem ridiculous. The changes in the studies...
The Lancet Flubs PACE Letter: Exposes Journal to Ridicule
“…science has taken a turn towards darkness” Richard Horton, editor of the Lancet The latest PACE controversy started with a simple invitation from Richard Horton, the editor of The Lancet – to 42 signers of a letter requesting that an...
The NIH’s Big Change: Is it Coming For Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS)?
VIcky Whittemore and Dr. Koroshetz head the Trans NIH Working group for ME/CFS which is leading the charge to reinvigorate chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) research at the NIH. As the largest research funder in the world NIH funded research plays a major in the...Lives Interrupted Latest Story
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