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

  • Written by Steven Lubet, Williams Memorial Professor of Law, Northwestern University
imageDr. 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 completely, but that does not always happen. Too often, researchers...

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