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I am not afraid to defend my book by discussing the real-world job performance of the MAHA/MAGA doctors featured in it. What about the authors of In COVID's Wake?

At SBM we have two basic missions, which are really just different ends of the same spectrum. We are trying to raise the ceiling of rigorous science in the practice of medicine. This is a complex topic involving factors such as statistical methods, preregistering trials, p-hacking, and various forms of publication bias. At the same time we are trying to raise the […]

“Chiropractors are my kind of people.” RFK Jr. to Chiropractors Not certain who was more insulted, although it appears both sides considered it a compliment. He went on to say, The people who are drawn to this field are people who do critical thinking, who are willing to question orthodoxies and have the courage to stand up against these orthodoxies. Well, critical […]

It's been a long time since I've written about the deceptive narratives around placebos promoted by supporters of alternative medicine. Unfortunately, a new article claiming placebos can work as well as "real medicine" is making the rounds on social media. Here we go again.

The same disinformation agents who are trying to erase the history of the pandemic, are also trying to erase the history of MAHA.

Dr. Jay Bhattacharya is fully of contempt and vitriol for doctors who worked in hospitals, but he literally “loves” lockdowners.

I have been following the story here of the newest Alzheimers drugs, the first to show that they can actually slow the progression of Alzheimer’s disease (AD). The benefits are modest, and come with the potential for serious side effects and a high price tag, but after decades of disappointment it was good to at least have a proof of concept that […]

“We are on a slippery slope now: For the first time, the Supreme Court has interpreted the First Amendment to bless a risk of therapeutic harm to children by limiting the State’s ability to regulate medical providers who treat patients with speech.” Justice Jackson, dissenting

Although some of the criticisms of Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s MAHA movement are spot on, why did KevinMD platform a functional medicine quack to make them?

It turns out Jay Bhattacharya's talk, "The End of Free Speech is the End of Science" was really a preview of coming attractions, a mission statement for his leadership.

It's vital that your conference attendees know the speakers' past credibility to judge their current credibility. All you have to do is be honest.

Large language model artificial intelligence applications (LLM AIs) seem poised to have a significant effect on the practice of medicine, both good and bad, which is why we are giving it as much attention as we are here. LLMs give impressive results when tested on medical knowledge, able to pass multiple-choice exams designed for general medical and specialty certification. In fact it […]

The answer is: Very likely not, at least not as long as MAHA embraces quackery and antivax pseudoscience—not that that didn't stop STAT News from ignoring the elephant in the room, vaccines, in search of a "kumbaya" moment between MAHA and public health.

The next time these doctors claim they were right, let's remind them exactly what they claim to have been right about.

Every day they show up to work, with sweet declarations of love for Trump pouring from their lips, they are further reaffirming their decision to bind themselves to everything he does.  

Many products have claims to to “support” your mitochondria. For healthy adults, these claims remain largely speculative and unproven.

HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. has been pushing the narrative that raw unpasteurized milk is both safe and better for your health than pasteurized milk. As usual, he is objectively wrong.

State legislatures are considering bills that would legitimize pseudoscience like reflexology and reiki by recognizing their practitioners as health care professionals.

Everything old is new again, even when AI is involved, as a very old antivax trope is rediscovered for a new generation.

It turns out that Tweeting about RCTs 100+ times is a lot easier than delivering even a single RCT.