Category: Commentary
Placebo Effect Revisited
The New York Times and Ted Kaptchuk feed into more confusion about placebo effects.
Why Is American Healthcare So Expensive?
It's not as complicated as you may think.
Update on Dr. AI
Studies have found large language model AIs to have impressive medical knowledge, but they are not quite there yet.
Madonna !?!
Remembering the old days of Madonna, courting, and naloxone use.
Courage
If I were King of the Vaccines. Some thoughts on influenza vaccine, hospitalization, death and courage.
Why Scientific Plausibility Matters
Why plausibility must play a central role in scientific medicine.
An SBM Advocate Goes To Washington
An update on the strategies and deceptions used by the CAM movement to promote their treatments.
Tightening Gene Editing Rules for Humans
Gene-editing regulations are again in the news. We need to take a thoughtful approach.
ChatGPT as a Medical Expert System
Will ChatGPT and applications like it transform medicine? If we want it to.
Ozone Therapy
Ozone therapy sits in the border zone between science and pseudoscience.