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More On Raw Milk
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.
Smart Drugs Are Here
There is a quiet revolution going on. While so much media attention is being spent on debating the risks vs benefits of raw milk, the latest outrages from the systematic dismantling of quality science at the CDC and other federal agencies, and by the tsunami of terrible medical science being pushed on social media, science-based medicine marches on. Public awareness of recent...
Zoonotic Spillover Is A Problem
Recently I gave the latest update on the origins of SARS-CoV-2 – bottom line, it was very likely a zoonotic spillover event and not a lab leak. Following that, I interviewed a researcher, Dr. Andersen, who is an expert on the origins of epidemics/pandemics and has researched this very question. He reinforced the spillover hypothesis, indicated he had considered the lab leak...
Liver Failure From Alternative Medicines
One of the persistent themes we confront at SBM is the evolving double-standard in clinical medicine. On the one hand, in mainstream medicine there is a push for higher standards of science and evidence and more effective regulation. At the same time proponents of “alternative medicine” are constantly seeking ways to water down scientific standards and loosen regulations. This is sold to...
An Unimpressive Reiki Study
I often get e-mail suggesting topics to cover on SBM or elsewhere in my social media content. I like getting these e-mails when they are organic, coming from readers here with genuine questions about some questionable claim or practice. But often they are press contacts, by a professional promoter pushing a new study or shopping around an author or someone they represent....
Latest Science on Origins of SARS-CoV-2
Science continues to support a much higher likelihood of of a natural origin for SARS-CoV-2 than a "lab leak."
Glyphosate Remains Controversial
Evidence still supports the efficacy and general safety of glyphosate, although certain concerns are worth investigating.
Latest Autism Data
In April of 2025, HHS secretary RFK Jr. stated: “The autism epidemic is running rampant,” said U.S. Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. “One in 31 American children born in 2014 are disabled by autism. That’s up significantly from two years earlier and nearly five times higher than when the CDC first started running autism surveys in children...
The Data Is In – Exercise Is Good For You
Many times in my career I have sat across from a patient who expressed that they are getting serious about their health, and then rattle off a list of things that they are doing to improve their health – all mostly worthless. I do not blame them – they are victims of a self-help, supplement, and wellness industry that has completely mislead...
The Health Effects of Air Pollution
Air pollution remains a grave threat to human health, but MAHA is doing nothing about it.