Doctors on Measles: “NEVER Listen to the Anti-Vax Cult When They Say This ‘Natural’ Disease is Harmless”. Doctors on COVID: 😂
Measles and COVID are different, of course, but they are not categorically different. With both viruses, unvaccinated children suffer the most. Yet, doctors who rightly said "measles can be a devastating childhood illness" also said it was "breathless fear-mongering" to acknowledge that COVID can also be a devastating childhood illness.
Why Is American Healthcare So Expensive?
It's not as complicated as you may think.
Spontaneous Human Combustion. A Sort of Narrative Review.
Burning Man. It is more than a rained out festival in the desert.
Cancer quack Stanislaw Burzynski continues to prey on cancer patients in 2023
This year, cancer quack Dr. Stanislaw Burzynski turned 80. Unfortunately, he doesn't seem to be slowing down charging patients with advanced cancer huge sums for false hope.
Did a Spicy Social Media Challenge Kill a Massachusetts Teen?
Did an absurdly spicy chip and a social media challenge kill a Massachusetts teen? His family sure thinks so, and it is possible. But skepticism is appropriate unless further details emerge. Still, these chips aren't for kids.
Reeling In Misrepresentation: Fish Oil Supplements Found Lacking
An analysis of label claims for fish oil supplements finds a lot of tall tales
Complete Human Embryo Model Made From Stem Cells
Researchers create an embryo model from human embryonic stem cells.
When Did “Herd Immunity” Become a Taboo Phrase?
Doctors who repeatedly predicted herd immunity in 2020 and 2021, mocking and berating those who disagreed, now treat herd immunity as a taboo phrase.
Dr. Vinay Prasad fully embraces the antivax message of “do not comply”
COVID-19 "contrarians" like Dr. Vinay Prasad have long complained about being labelled "antivaccine," which they view as unfair. Why, then, do they embrace antivax messages like "do not comply," even if they don't use the exact words?
Take a Pledge to Enroll in a Randomized-Controlled Trial
As COVID cases and hospitalizations increase yet again, I'd like my contribution to medical research to be more than convincing people to skip vaccine doses. So should you.
Why Is American Healthcare So Expensive?
It’s not as complicated as you may think.