Exploring issues and controversies in the relationship between science and medicine
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There is a long list of prolific pandemic pundits who have become totally silent about the current events they enabled. The post Why is Sensible Medicine Selectively Silent Regarding MAHA/MAGA? Unlike Science Based Medicine, They Have Paying Customers to Please. first appeared on Science-Based Medicine .
Professors Richard Ebright and Byrce Nickels used their voice to enable the "charlatans and quacks", the people responsible for the devastation of our biosafety response. The post Thanks to Efforts of the “Biosafety Now” Bros, Richard Ebright and Bryce Nickels, We Are All More Vulnerable to Dangerous Viruses, Both Old & New, From Labs & From Nature, Exactly as I Predicted. first appeared on…
Traumatic brain injury (TBI) affects tens of millions of people worldwide each year with about 5 million deaths. For those who survive there is often permanent neurological impairment. TBI is therefore a serious public health issue that needs to be addressed. The largest international study of TBI was recently published in Nature Medicine, providing some insight into how best to approach the […]…
I am baffled. The post Baffled first appeared on Science-Based Medicine .
On Friday, the NIH released an RFI (request for Information) on a proposed new format for reporting the scores of grant applications determined by study sections. If implemented, this new system will make it easier to hide political manipulation of grant funding. The post The opposite of “transparency”: Sneaking Lysenkoism into NIH peer review first appeared on Science-Based Medicine .
2020 is more than just a security blanket for MAHA/MAGA disinformation superspreaders, it's an indispensable tool for them. It is a distraction and a reflexive excuse for their current failures. The post “I’m Not Talking About 2020. I’m Talking About 2026.” first appeared on Science-Based Medicine .
Two countries are putting warnings and limits on Vitamin B6 supplements. The post New Cautions About Vitamin B6 and Peripheral Neuropathy first appeared on Science-Based Medicine .
On Monday, Donald Trump signed an executive order full of antivax goals. It's a frontal assault on vaccines. The post Trump’s Frontal Assault on Vaccines first appeared on Science-Based Medicine .
A viral Instagram post claims that cancer is not a disease, but rather a defense mechanism against "toxins." Everything old is new again under MAHA. The post Cancer quackery: Under MAHA, everything old is new again first appeared on Science-Based Medicine .
In October 2024, you gave the introduction to a COVID Amnesia Project conference that featured disinformation superspreaders and advocates of herd immunity through mass infection. How do you feel these MAHA/MAGA doctors are doing today? The post Stanford President Jonathan Levin: You Should Host a Conference on the Job Performance of MAHA/MAGA Doctors first appeared on Science-Based Medicine .
We have to deal with artificial intelligence (AI). We cannot simply dismiss it or criticize it, and we certainly shouldn’t just embrace it without significant skepticism. But I feel it is necessary for any science communicator to do their best to become AI-literate – even if AI itself is not your field of communication. AI now touches everything. For example, increasingly people […] The post AI…
