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...
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.
With Brains Pickled by Social Media, Our Dishonest, Sheltered, Juvenile Medical Establishment Keeps Trying to Sic Vengeful Online Mobs Against Doctors Who Actually Care for Patients
There are a lot of unstable, angry people out there, and it's easy to get powerful guns in the US.
Traditional Medicine Based Extinction. An Update.
What we do best.
What do mRNA vaccines, Synthroid, and pharmaceuticals have in common (according to MAHA)?
If you want to understand why Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has halted $500 million in funding for mRNA vaccine development, look no further than Synthroid and herbal medicines.
2,500 Commentators Agree: Dr. Jay Bhattacharya Has Failed to Earn the Public’s Trust
Rebuilding trust and honest conversations will all have to wait until Dr. Jay Bhattacharya and the rest of our medical establishment are out of office.
Dr. Vinay Prasad’s Catch-22: The Only Way He Can Truly Succeed at His Job is to Get Fired Again
No matter what regulatory decisions Dr. Vinay Prasad makes moving forward, the fact that he was willing to legitimize and quietly work for RFK Jr. in first place means he will always be a failure in my book.
GLP-1 Patch Scams: The Science Doesn’t Support the Hype
GLP-1 drugs work; GLP-1 patches don’t
Lithium and Alzheimer’s Disease
This is an interesting story, which has been all over the news so worthy of covering here. Alzheimer’s disease (AD), the major cause of dementia in humans, is a very complex disease. We have been studying it for decades, revealing numerous clues as to what kicks it off, what causes it to progress, and how to potentially treat it. This has lead...
Health Narratives on Social Media
Engaging on social media about health issues can be daunting. I know this is not news, but it is important to understand what is happening phenomenologically. I also think it’s a microcosm of what’s happening to our society in general because of social media – we no longer have a shared fact-based reality as people increasingly live in different universes of information....