How a study about Chronic Fatigue Syndrome was doctored, adding to pain and stigma

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By Steven Lubet, Williams Memorial Professor of Law, Northwestern University. Dr. Ellen Wright Clayton, who has worked with those who have Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, spoke to an open committee at the Institute of Medicine in February 2015 about the biomedical nature of CFS. Susan Walsh/AP The public relies on scientists to report their findings accurately and…

2 thoughts on “How a study about Chronic Fatigue Syndrome was doctored, adding to pain and stigma

  1. Some license action is called for here. The confirmation bias of this study certainly cost lives.

  2. As a former medical fraud investigator, I can tell you how rarely doctors are punished — and never permanently.

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