Month: July 2024
Acupuncture and Evidence Based Medicine
Over the last few decades there has been a steady infiltration of acupuncture into Western mainstream medicine. It is not unreasonable to conclude that acupuncture’s journey from an exotic Eastern practice to a fringe treatment to mainstream acceptance has been complete. Knowledgeable proponents of science based medicine (SBM) who remain skeptical of acupuncture now find themselves on the fringe. How did this...
As imperfect as they are, public health interventions save lives
On Friday, JAMA Health Forum published a study that is just more evidence that public health interventions against COVID-19 saved lives.
Making Up Reasons to Let Unvaccinated Kids Get COVID: Pediatricians Will Run Out of Time and Measles Will Return
Doctors who claimed that only enormous RCTs for every variant could demonstrate the COVID vaccine's benefits, were fine just casually inventing reasons not to use it.
The Evidence for Rehabilitation Robots
Rehabilitation robots, first introduced in the 1990s, are just what they sound like – robotics used to aid in regaining function through rehabilitation following an injury. The idea sounds compelling, and the technology has been advancing steadily. But still we have to ask ourselves the question – do they actually help, and what is the evidence? A recent comprehensive meta-analysis and systematic...
Donald Trump bragged that “right-to-try” has saved thousands of lives. It hasn’t.
Former President Donald Trump bragged in his acceptance speech at the Republican National Convention that "right-to-try" had saved "thousands of lives"? What's the real story? (Hint: Nowhere near that.)
Dr. John Ioannidis: Yet Another Doctor Who Treats Theoretical Death From The Vaccine With More Gravity Than Actual Death From COVID
Actual death is worse than theoretical death. This didn't used to be controversial in medicine.
Drowning Deaths Continue Post-Pandemic Rise
More people, mostly kids, are drowning these days, in no small part because of the pandemic.
Magnesium oil: Not so magical
Despite the hype, there is no evidence to show magnesium oil is effective for any purpose.
Pulse Diagnostics
Perhaps the EKG of my bulldog. TCPM wouldn't have a clue what was going on.
Conspiracy Medicine
Was COVID cooked up in a lab? Do “they” have a cure for cancer and are hiding it from the public? Do pharmaceutical companies make up diseases to market otherwise failed drugs? Did insurance companies scheme with infectious disease professional organizations to suppress treatments for chronic Lyme disease? Did the supplement industry lobby congress to weaken regulations of their own products? OK,...