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Lysenkoism 2.0 and the dismantling of the NIH
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s "make America healthy again" is basically Lysenko 2.0. It's come to the NIH and is destroying the crown jewel of US biomedical research with ideology and cronyism.
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David Geier was in the drug business. What was he selling before the FDA stepped in?
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"I wish Vinay all the best for his new role. It's a whole new state of play when the buck stops with you."
The post Dr. Vinay Prasad is Now the Medical Establishment. It’s His Job to Run RCTs, and It’s Our Job to Call Him a Lying Piece of $#!& if He Fails. first appeared on Science-Based Medicine.Breathing Easy: Treating Allergic Rhinitis
Spring is a miserable season for those with seasonal allergies. There are effective drug- and non-drug measures that can control most symptoms effectively.
The post Breathing Easy: Treating Allergic Rhinitis first appeared on Science-Based Medicine.Pig Heart Xenografts for Infants
Organ transplant is a potentially lifesaving medical intervention, but there is a critical lack of donor organs. Even in a wealthy country like the US, there are about 100,000 people on the waiting list for an organ transplant, but only about 23 thousand organs become available each year. About 6 thousand people die each year while on the waiting list. For this […]
The post Pig Heart Xenografts for Infants first appeared on Science-Based Medicine.Dear President Trump: Jealous Deep State Haters and Losers Want to Destroy YOUR Genius, Lifesaving, Nobel-Prize Winning Achievement. YOUR Vaccine.
You've proven your haters wrong over and over again. As the most POWERFUL man in the world, and one of the most BRILLIANT men every to live, you can do it all with one quick phone call.
The post Dear President Trump: Jealous Deep State Haters and Losers Want to Destroy YOUR Genius, Lifesaving, Nobel-Prize Winning Achievement. YOUR Vaccine. first appeared on Science-Based Medicine.HHS is weaponizing evidence-based medicine to falsely portray vaccines as unsafe
Last week, HHS announced that all "new vaccines will undergo safety testing in placebo-controlled trials." Sounds good? Not so fast. This is really a deceptive weaponization of evidence-based medicine to undermine confidence in vaccines and eliminate at least some of them.
The post HHS is weaponizing evidence-based medicine to falsely portray vaccines as unsafe first appeared on Science-Based Medicine.How Our Medical Establishment Went From”Don’t Make Anyone Get a Vaccine” to “Don’t Let Anyone Get a Vaccine”
Our Medical Establishment stood up for the right of anti-vaxxers to die in droves. They reject your bodily autonomy and medical freedom.
The post How Our Medical Establishment Went From”Don’t Make Anyone Get a Vaccine” to “Don’t Let Anyone Get a Vaccine” first appeared on Science-Based Medicine.Trust Me-I’m a Doctor
Trust is a fragile yet critical resource for any institution. At the end of the day, civilization is mostly built on a handshake and a mutual agreement to follow the rules. This includes trust that designated experts have the expertise they claim, are competent, and are acting appropriately in the interest of others, rather than exploiting their position for self-dealing. A critical […]
The post Trust Me-I’m a Doctor first appeared on Science-Based Medicine.Goodbye to the Novavax Vaccine? Our Flailing Medical Establishment Rejects Medical Freedom and Refuses to Fund Gold-Standard Science.
Our current Medical Establishment doesn't seem to grasp that they are no longer just Fox News and Twitter celebrities who can comment from the sidelines as if they were passive observers.
The post Goodbye to the Novavax Vaccine? Our Flailing Medical Establishment Rejects Medical Freedom and Refuses to Fund Gold-Standard Science. first appeared on Science-Based Medicine.Hello measles, my old friend: The return of previously vanquished vaccine-preventable diseases
A study published last week suggests that, if vaccine uptake continues to decline, measles will soon be endemic again in the US. It's just part of how RFK Jr. is making America sicker again.
The post Hello measles, my old friend: The return of previously vanquished vaccine-preventable diseases first appeared on Science-Based Medicine.Our Current Medical Establishment Would Have Botched COVID, The Same Way They Are Botching Measles
Those of us who paid attention to their COVID wishcasting are not the least bit surprised that measles is killing and injuring children under their watch.
The post Our Current Medical Establishment Would Have Botched COVID, The Same Way They Are Botching Measles first appeared on Science-Based Medicine.Making Waves or Just Noise? A Look at Shockwave Therapy
I’ve been a runner—on and off—for over 25 years. For years, my goal was qualifying for the Boston Marathon. But I was never quite fast enough for my age group. At one point, I figured if I could just hold my best marathon time for another 20 years, I’d eventually “age into” a qualifying time. Unfortunately, my musculoskeletal system has other plans. […]
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One of the greatest innovations benefiting public health was regulation. In the pre-FDA “patent medicine” days, there were countless products on the market that ranged from useless to directly harmful. This was a time when you could sell radioactive tonics, cocaine-laced elixirs, and products containing poisons, like turpentine. The sellers of these products made many unsupported claims and preyed disproportionately on the […]
The post Self-Treating with Serious Drugs on the Rise first appeared on Science-Based Medicine.Dr. Jay Bhattacharya: You Work for an Administration That Runs a Vast Censorship Regime to Suppress Scientific Discussion. Most Authoritarian Policy I’ve Seen From an American Government. You Should be Ashamed of Yourself.
Imagine if the fate of Tweets and YouTube vidoes was the sole concern of scientists today.
The post Dr. Jay Bhattacharya: You Work for an Administration That Runs a Vast Censorship Regime to Suppress Scientific Discussion. Most Authoritarian Policy I’ve Seen From an American Government. You Should be Ashamed of Yourself. first appeared on Science-Based Medicine.MAHA and “soft eugenics” revisited: The “autism tsunami,” Dr. Oz, and your “patriotic duty” to stay healthy
Two weeks ago, I referred to the "soft eugenics" of RFK Jr. and MAHA. This week, he and Dr. Oz provide new examples, one about autism, the other about public health.
The post MAHA and “soft eugenics” revisited: The “autism tsunami,” Dr. Oz, and your “patriotic duty” to stay healthy first appeared on Science-Based Medicine.Tell us Dr. John Ioannidis, Exactly Who is Waging This “War on Science”?
When science was under attack, Dr. John Ioannidis played the role of enabler. Along with his copious COVID misinformation, that will be his permanent legacy.
The post Tell us Dr. John Ioannidis, Exactly Who is Waging This “War on Science”? first appeared on Science-Based Medicine.Mapping the Brain
I think it’s important to recognize not only how fake science can degrade medicine and exploit health care consumers, but also how real science can benefit medicine and consumers. It’s also important to separate hype from reality, because there often is science-based snake oil, meaning that there are fake treatments based on the hype of real science. We are near the beginning […]
The post Mapping the Brain first appeared on Science-Based Medicine.Acupuncture Paradox?
Let's see. Let's put the chaise longues facing the ice berg. The blue and white of the ice are a nice focal point. We can alternate the chaise longue with Adirondacks for those that don't want to put up their feet. We should also have a few ottomans as well. Looks good. The band sounds nice; I always did like Autumn Dream.
The post Acupuncture Paradox? first appeared on Science-Based Medicine.How bad is it? RFK Jr.’s extinction-level threat to science-based federal health policy and public health is here
Five months ago, I called RFK Jr. an "extinction-level" threat to US biomedical science and public health. That extinction is under way.
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