Wednesday, July 15, 2026

Negative Health Effects of Vaping

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When vaping was first introduced it was marketed mainly as a safer alternative to smoking and as a potential smoking cessation method. But increasingly people who have never smoked are vaping, and now the concern is that vaping is more of a pathway into smoking than one out of it. According to the CDC, about 30% of all adults who vape have […]

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Monday, July 13, 2026

“Learn to love MAHA” vs. “how to make the CDC great again”?

CDC Headquarters

MAHA apologist Dr. Joseph Marine recently wrote an article on how to make the CDC great again. Wait, what? Trump's been in office a year and a half, and the CDC isn't great?

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Sunday, July 12, 2026

A Letter to the American College of Surgeons: Don’t Censor Dr. Marty Makary, Amplify His Voice.

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We need to remember the doctors who literally stood behind Donald Trump, and we don't need their permission to do so.

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Friday, July 10, 2026

Why Should We Trust Journalist David Zweig Regarding COVID and Schools When He Pals Around With Proud Child-Labor Advocates?

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David Zweig is welcome on my podcast with Dr. Wendy Orent to answer that question.

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Thursday, July 9, 2026

A shoddy, ethically-challenged cancer study gets published… for now.

Update on ivermectin/mebendazole cancer study

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Wednesday, July 8, 2026

NYT Article on Rapid Prompting Method

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This is one of those stories that will not go away, and a recent NYT article is fresh evidence of that. The title is: An Autism Breakthrough, or an Illusion? The Fight Over Assisted Spelling.” I always approach such articles cautiously, bracing myself for the cringing experience of reading a non-expert butcher such topics in depressingly predictable ways. This article was not […]

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Tuesday, July 7, 2026

“Naturopathic Medicine” in Crisis

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A scathing federal assessment, foundering naturopathic programs, poor job prospects, abysmal earnings, and staggering student debt pose threats to the future of “naturopathic medicine”.

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