Category: Science and Medicine
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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...
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.