Category: Public Health
Study Correlates Red Meat Consumption and Type II Diabetes
Large study finds association of red meat consumption and type II diabetes - but the data needs to be put into perspective.
Misinformation, Trust, and Non-Evidence-Based COVID-19 Treatments
Misinformation drove 1 in 20 Americans to use useless therapies like ivermectin and hydroxychloroquine to treat COVID-19 infections.
The Food Is Medicine (FIM) Movement
Optimal nutrition can be a highly cost-effective, even net positive, government program.
Dr. Vinay Prasad fully embraces the antivax message of “do not comply”
COVID-19 "contrarians" like Dr. Vinay Prasad have long complained about being labelled "antivaccine," which they view as unfair. Why, then, do they embrace antivax messages like "do not comply," even if they don't use the exact words?
Summer COVID Wave
COVID is still here, happily mutating, and we need to adapt to this new reality.
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.