Category: Commentary
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.
15 Years of SBM
A look back at a decade and a half of SBM.
The Effect and Future of Telehealth
The rapid adoption of telehealth caused by the pandemic has turned out to be a very positive thing.
A Pox on All Our Houses
‘Tis but thy name that is my enemy; Thou art thyself, though not a Monkeypox. What’s Monkeypox? It is nor hand, nor foot, Nor arm, nor face, nor any other part Belonging to a man. O, be some other name! What’s in a name? That which we call an orthopoxvirus By any other name would sicken as much; So Monkeypox would, were...
Update on Dr. AI
Studies have found large language model AIs to have impressive medical knowledge, but they are not quite there yet.