Category: Science and Medicine

Integrative oncology

Revisiting “integrative oncology”: The battle to integrate quackery with oncology continues

Nature Reviews Cancer published a propaganda piece disguised as commentary promoting "integrative oncology," or what I like to call "integrating" quackery with oncology.

/ August 19, 2024

Dr. Scott Atlas: “I Never Read the Full Great Barrington Declaration Website and Everything”.

Dr. Scott Atlas said the Great Barrington Declaration was aligned with the advice he gave to the President of the United States. He also said he never read it.

/ August 18, 2024

Science-Based Satire: Acupuncture Researchers Find Powerful Proof of Ancient Mechanism of Action

Have researchers proven the existence of acupoints by shoving needles into subjects brains? Will you soon be able to buy an OTC acupuncture kit at CVS? No! This is satire.

/ August 16, 2024

The Hypocrisy Is The Point. Doctors Who Said Not To Mix Politics & Medicine.

Hypocritical articles on politics and medicine weren't really about politics and medicine, they were a message- the standards we set for you, don't apply to us and everyone knows it.

/ August 8, 2024

Measles 2024: ‘Merica, are you okay?

Measles cases are increasing. Kids and even many adults are at risk of injury and death from this vaccine-preventable illness that should be a historical footnote.

/ August 2, 2024

Dr. Adam Cifu Should Recognize, Dr. Vinay Prasad Will Never Admit Measures to Limit Viruses “Work”

Opponents of birth control don't object to condoms because they think they don't work, and Dr. Vinay Prasad doesn't object to masks because he thinks they don't work.

/ August 1, 2024
public health vs. covid

As imperfect as they are, public health interventions save lives

On Friday, JAMA Health Forum published a study that is just more evidence that public health interventions against COVID-19 saved lives.

/ July 29, 2024

Making Up Reasons to Let Unvaccinated Kids Get COVID: Pediatricians Will Run Out of Time and Measles Will Return

Doctors who claimed that only enormous RCTs for every variant could demonstrate the COVID vaccine's benefits, were fine just casually inventing reasons not to use it.

/ July 26, 2024

The Evidence for Rehabilitation Robots

Rehabilitation robots, first introduced in the 1990s, are just what they sound like – robotics used to aid in regaining function through rehabilitation following an injury. The idea sounds compelling, and the technology has been advancing steadily. But still we have to ask ourselves the question – do they actually help, and what is the evidence? A recent comprehensive meta-analysis and systematic...

/ July 24, 2024

Dr. John Ioannidis: Yet Another Doctor Who Treats Theoretical Death From The Vaccine With More Gravity Than Actual Death From COVID

Actual death is worse than theoretical death. This didn't used to be controversial in medicine.

/ July 21, 2024