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If RFK Jr. Turns the CDC Into An Anti-Vaxx Propaganda Outfit, I Don’t Want To Hear a Peep From Some “Respectable” Doctors

Any doctor who is unabashedly pro-vaccine has already spoken up about the normalization of anti-vaxx quackery within our ranks.

/ November 1, 2024
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. (RFK Jr.) and Donald Trump. MAHA vs. FDA

RFK Jr. declares MAHA war against the FDA

In a post on X/Twitter, antivaxxer turned Trump supporter Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. declared MAHA war on the FDA, should Trump be elected. What would this actually mean in practice?

/ October 28, 2024
Donald Trump and Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. (RFK Jr.)

Antivaxxers easily see through the misdirection of RFK Jr.’s MAHA

Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. has been antivax for two decades. His fellow travelers are not happy about his leaving out vaccines in his "Make America Healthy Again." To them it's an obvious misdirection, and they are turning on him.

/ October 14, 2024
Controlled opposition running limited hangouts

Antivax as ideology: “Limited hangouts” run by “controlled opposition”

Antivax is more ideology and conspiracy than science. The recent accusation that antivax influencers are running "limited hangouts" as part of "controlled opposition helps illustrate this characteristic, in which the insufficiently radical are portrayed as useful idiots for the enemy or even heretics.

/ October 7, 2024
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The NCCIH embraces the quackery that is “functional medicine”

The process of "integrating" quackery with medicine continues apace as the National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health embraces the quackery that is "functional medicine."

/ September 30, 2024
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Post Hoc Bias in Medicine

We are more likely to use an ineffective treatment after slight symptom improvement, even when the changes are coincidental.

/ September 26, 2024

A Simple Challenge For Drs. Vinay Prasad and Tracy Hoeg: Denounce Robert Kennedy Jr. For Promoting The Movie Vaxxed 3: Authorized to Kill

If Drs. Vinay Prasad and Tracy Hoeg want to prove they actually care about routine vaccines, they can do what the should have done a long time ago and openly and unequivocally denounce Mr. Kennedy and his fire hose of anti-vaxx disinformation.

/ September 20, 2024
Line graph titled "Age at Initial ADHD Diagnosis Over Time" showing trends from 2010 to 2022. Lines represent different age groups with 6 to 11 years showing the highest increase post-2013. Other groups: 12-17, 18-22, 23-29, 30-49, 50+, and 1-5 years.

Why Is ADHD On The Rise

Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is one of the most commonly diagnosed neurodevelopment disorders and seems to be on the rise, in both children and adults. The diagnosis in children requires having various symptoms of attention deficit or hyperactivity which is functionally impairing with onset by age 12. Recognition of the disorder actually goes back farther than you might think – the observation that...

/ September 18, 2024
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AI and the SCAM Literature

AI reviews the medical literature on the mechanisms of various SCAMs

/ September 17, 2024