Category: Public Health
Examining COVID-19 misinformation propagated by US physicians
A new paper documents COVID-19 medical misinformation shared by US physicians on social media
Heat A Growing Public Health Problem
Heat related deaths are on the rise. What can we expect?
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.
Sensible Medicine: Medical Misinformation and Medical Groupthink From the Medical Establishment
We all have biases, including in-group loyalty. It's often easy to see such bias in others, though nearly impossible to see in oneself. As such, it's both normal and dangerous to imagine that only those who disagree with you are vulnerable to groupthink, while you are perfect beacon of independent, rational thought- along with everyone who agrees with you.
Nasal Sprays To Prevent COVID
The evidence for nasal sprays to prevent COVID-19 is too preliminary to recommend their use.
Aspartame and Cancer
Despite the leaked new classification as a "possible" carcinogen, the evidence still shows aspartame is safe.
Does Intermittent Fasting Work?
New research, same old narrative.
Update on GMOs and Health
Thirty years on, there is even more evidence that GMO food are safe.
Voices in the Vacuum
The failure of the White House COVID-19 Response Coordinator to, well, coordinate a response to COVID-19 misinformation has left physicians to fight the uphill battle on their own.
WHO Declares COVID Emergency Over
While the COVID health emergency is over, COVID itself is not, and we need to have an eye on the next potential pandemic.