Two hands are raised above the surface of a body of water, suggesting a person is struggling or in distress, possibly drowning, with a clear blue sky and calm water in the background.

Should You Take Vitamin K With Your Vitamin D?

Vitamin K is increasingly marketed with Vitamin D. But is this combination evidence-based?

/ June 5, 2025
Bottles of various vegetable oils, including brands like Goya, Wesson, LouAna, and Crisco, are neatly arranged on grocery store shelves. Price tags are visible below the rows of oils.

Seed Oils Are Not Bad For You

So-called “health influencers” – self-appointed health gurus spreading their unvetted opinions about health through social media, have apparently decided that seed oils are bad for you. Our chief health guru, RFK Jr, even blames seed oils for the obesity epidemic (based on the flimsiest of evidence and logic, which is his MO). I’m not exactly sure where this demonizing of seed oils...

/ June 4, 2025
No turbo cancer at ASCO

No turbo cancer at ASCO: William Makis vs. Scott Adams and A Midwestern Doctor instead?

I was in Chicago this weekend attending the ASCO meeting, the largest oncology meeting in the world. Nary a talk or poster about "turbo cancer" was seen, but that doesn't mean there wasn't cancer quack fight online to distract me from the meeting.

/ June 2, 2025
A baby wearing a long-sleeved shirt touches a mirror, looking intently at its own reflection while pointing at the glass with one finger.

Our Medical Establishment In Power Versus Our Medical Establishment Out of Power

Now that they have power, Drs. Marty Makary, Vinay Prasad, and Jay Bhattacharya have different standards than they set for their predecessors.

/ May 29, 2025
An orange prescription pill bottle with a white cap labeled "Truth, Power, and the Drugs You Take" appears under the large title "Rethinking Medications" by Jerry Avorn, MD, Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School.

Rethinking Medications: Truth, Power, and the Drugs You Take

A critical appraisal of the state of the prescription medications in the United States

/ May 28, 2025
A man wearing glasses and a suit, identified as Dr. Mark Geier, speaks into a microphone at a hearing. The C-SPAN2 logo appears on-screen, with “Geier” and “Genetic Consultants of Maryland” displayed. Several people sit in the background.
The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly

The MAHA Report: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly (mostly the bad and ugly)

President Donald Trump and HHS Secretary's MAHA report has landed. It's a mix of the good (a little), but mostly the bad and the ugly (a lot).

/ May 26, 2025

Our Medical Establishment Supports Viral Mandates

If I am unable to access a vaccine in the future and get a nasty case of COVID, I'll know where to point the finger and so will millions of others.

/ May 23, 2025
Book cover of "Everything Is Tuberculosis" by John Green, featuring a yellow background with a large colored drop and the subtitle "The History and Persistence of Our Deadliest Infection.

Book Review: Everything Is Tuberculosis by John Green

The history of tuberculosis is the history of mankind.

/ May 22, 2025