Category: Science and Medicine

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Natural History

It usually takes me several weeks to write these essays, in part because I am slow, and in part I have more to do in retirement than I ever did when working. But as this goes live, I am recovering from a new knee replacement. As I age I am having everything that fails and either be replaced or removed. Orchiectomy next?...

/ September 16, 2025
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Dr. Jay Bhattacharya: From Massively Overhyping to Limiting and Defunding Vaccines in 4 Years

Who could be to blame for the lack of trust in mRNA vaccines?

/ September 12, 2025
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Stocking Your Home First Aid Kit: A Pharmacist’s Guide

A well-stocked home first aid kit saves time, stress, and urgent trips to the pharmacy.

/ September 11, 2025
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Science Based Satire: I Owe Several Doctors an Apology. I Was Wrong About RFK Jr. They Were Right.

While my errors will be permanently memorialized here at SBM, so too will the words of doctors who forevermore will be known for having gifted us Robert F Kennedy Jr.

/ September 5, 2025
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The Problem with Predatory Journals

The World Wide Web has proven to be a transformative communication technology (we are using it right now). At the same time there have been some rather negative unforeseen consequences. Significantly lowering the threshold for establishing a communications outlet has democratized content creation and allows users unprecedented access to information from around the world. But it has also lowered the threshold for...

/ September 3, 2025
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First Pig Lung to Human Transplant

In the midst of all the controversy surrounding the science of healthcare, certain technologies continue to progress in the background, with the promise of transforming the practice of medicine. One of them is the development of genetically modified animals as a source for organ transplants. I most recently wrote about this earlier this year, specifically about an experiment to transplant a pig...

/ August 27, 2025
Trojan Horse

Jay Bhattacharya’s “plan to drive Gold Standard Science”: A Trojan horse for Lysenko-izing the NIH

Last week, the NIH published a plan to "drive Gold Standard Science." The plan cunningly wraps what are obvious Lysenkoist ideological purity tests disguised as "academic freedom" and "unbiased peer review" in seemingly reasonable proposals.

/ August 25, 2025
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