A second article describing new pain syndrome under scrutiny

A second article describing new pain syndrome under scrutiny

Among the critiques of a new article is a figure (left) duplicated from a retracted paper (right). A second paper on a contested pain disease is under investigation after sleuths raised questions about the methodology and possible fabrication of data.  Last year, Scientific Reports retracted a paper comparing the condition, which the authors dubbed Middle East Pain Syndrome, to rheumatoid arthritis for failing to establish a clear distinction be…