All posts by Mark Crislip

Mark Crislip, MD has been a practicing Infectious Disease specialist in Portland, Oregon, from 1990 to 2023. He has been voted a US News and World Report best US doctor, best ID doctor in Portland Magazine multiple times, has multiple teaching awards and, most importantly,  the ‘Attending Most Likely To Tell It Like It Is’ by the medical residents at his hospital. His multi-media empire can be found at edgydoc.com.

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  • Mark Crislip, MD has been a practicing Infectious Disease specialist in Portland, Oregon, from 1990 to 2023. He has been voted a US News and World Report best US doctor, best ID doctor in Portland Magazine multiple times, has multiple teaching awards and, most importantly,  the ‘Attending Most Likely To Tell It Like It Is’ by the medical residents at his hospital.

    His multi-media empire can be found at edgydoc.com.
Vaccines

Eradication Isn’t Extinction. Too Bad.

So close to the eradication of polio. But never quite there.

/ October 17, 2023
Fiction

Skeptics in the Pub: Cholera. Chapter 1a

Skeptics in the Pub. Cholera. Chapter 1a

/ October 14, 2023
AcupunctureChiropracticFiction

Skeptics in the Pub. Cholera.

Prologue from the serialization of the novel Skeptics in the Pub: Cholera.

/ October 7, 2023
HistoryMedical Myths

Spontaneous Human Combustion. A Sort of Narrative Review.

Burning Man. It is more than a rained out festival in the desert.

/ September 19, 2023
Public HealthVaccines

I Reject Your Medical Reality and I Substitute Death

Denying reality and substituting his own worked for Adam Savage. Not so much as an approach to COVID.

/ August 15, 2023
Basic ScienceCommentaryInternet & social media

Madonna !?!

Remembering the old days of Madonna, courting, and naloxone use.

/ July 18, 2023
Clinical TrialsCommentaryScience and Medicine

Courage

If I were King of the Vaccines. Some thoughts on influenza vaccine, hospitalization, death and courage.

/ June 20, 2023
Chiropractic

The Good. The Bad. The Ugly.

Anything new regarding stroke and chiropractic neck manipulation?

/ May 16, 2023
AcupunctureScience and Medicine

Acupuncture Myths

Utilizing an evidence-based approach to evaluate acupuncture myths? Mmmmm. Not so much.

/ April 18, 2023
Basic ScienceClinical TrialsScience and Medicine

Part of a Complete Breakfast

Infection control. When one adheres to compliance it is effective. Like masks and COVID 45.

/ March 21, 2023
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