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BMJ has "corrected" the Lightning Process study but has allowed its conclusions to stand, as far as I can tell. I will have more to say about this. Apparently, the authors have convinced the journal that the outcome swapping had nothing to do with the fact that the revised primary outcome had...

Michael Sharpe breaks his retirement promise on ME/CFS and returns with this monstrosity, a blog for the BMJ (British Medical Journal) He says ME/CFS is an illness but not a disease... Mind, Medicine and Morals: A Tale of Two Illnesses...

http://www.virology.ws/2019/05/20/trial-by-error-the-lightning-process-is-effective-really/

http://www.virology.ws/2019/05/16/trial-by-error-a-plea-to-fiona-godlee-on-a-familiar-topic/

https://www.bmj.com/content/364/bmj.l962?fbclid=IwAR3fqXGMTWXzJUb6oBDXmfVlpfSKBEPDJH2n2tBu7PaSzQMb-VUJSJrmhlc Conclusion Findings suggest that an offspring’s risk of autism spectrum disorder increases following prenatal exposure to ambient pesticides within 2000 m of their mother’s residence...

My Letter to Professor Hotopf About Bristol's School Absence Study Matthew Hotopf is a professor of general medicine psychiatry at King’s College London. He served as a peer-reviewer for a study by Bristol University investigators that was published in BMJ Open in 2011. The study involved...

http://www.virology.ws/2019/03/04/trial-by-error-who-has-the-school-study-documents/

https://blogs.bmj.com/bmj/2014/10/17/amy-price-patients-doing-research-for-themselves/

https://blogs.bmj.com/bmj/2016/09/14/amy-price-the-evidence-informed-patient/

http://www.virology.ws/2019/02/18/trial-by-error-letters-to-fiona-godlee-and-nigel-hawkes/

http://www.virology.ws/2019/02/12/trial-by-error-bmj-amends-last-weeks-pace-article/ Trial By Error: BMJ Amends Last Week’s PACE Article 12 February 2019 By David Tuller, DrPH Last Wednesday, the UK Health Research Authority released a letter reviewing its analysis of the PACE trial. Members...

Worth a read. Considers how patient feedback is viewed by health professionals and managers and cultural problems that PWME will likely recognise. and https://blogs.bmj.com/bmj/2019/02/05/miles-sibley-the-language-used-to-describe-patient-feedback-has-a-detrimental-influence-on-safety-culture/

Blog in the BMJ, LSHTM tweeted about it today. The "evidence" for patient blaming does not stand up to scrutiny..... https://blogs.bmj.com/bmj/2019/02/01/educating-patients-or-blaming-them-public-education-campaigns-on-antibiotic-resistance/

Hi, Mods. Please feel free to move to a better place, wasn't sure where to post this. Thank you. https://www.bmj.com/content/364/bmj.l351

I thought the last paragraph here was interesting. BMJ: Elizabeth Loder, head of research - Pledges for the new year As for The BMJ, our New Year’s pledge is an extension of our commitment to open science and involvement of patients and the public in all stages of the research enterprise...

BMJ and Bristol's Ethics Exemptions Earlier today, I sent the following e-mail to Dr Fiona Godlee, editorial director of BMJ. I cc’d Carol Monaghan MP, Darren Jones MP, and Nicky Morgan MP. I also cc’d Teresa Allen of the Health Research Authority.

How to avoid ethical review 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...

Yet another letter about the Lightning Process study This morning I sent the following letter to Fiona Godlee, editor-in-chief of The BMJ and editorial director of BMJ. I cc-d Carol Monaghan MP, Darren Jones MP, and Nicky Morgan MP.

Where's My Apology, BMJ Open? This morning I sent the following e-mail to Dr Fiona Godlee, the editor-in-chief of The BMJ and editorial director of BMJ. I cc’d Professor Vincent Racaniello, the host of Virology Blog, and Carol Monaghan MP, who sits on the House of Commons Health and Technology...

Professor Hooper’s peer-review comments were written to indicate the accurate situation that now obtains concerning the PACE trial raw data. People can judge for themselves if his comments were accepted by the BMJ by looking at their updated version of “Best Practice on CFS” released in...