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Curated misinformation and the measles vaccine
Nowadays, misinformation is curated. Selected, organized, and presented to deceive. Are you smart enough to pick it out?
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Mar 23 min read
Making sense of the alcohol and cancer advisory
The Surgeon General issued a new advisory regarding alcohol and cancer. Is there a concern? What about light drinkers?
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Feb 44 min read
What are GMOs and why learn about them?
GMOs are highly misunderstood and present an excellent opportunity to learn critical thinking in medicine.
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Dec 25, 20242 min read
Diagnosis is abduction
Doctors make diagnostic errors in pattern recognition mode. Abduction (inference to the best explanation) leads to optimal diagnosis.
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Oct 9, 20241 min read
A new testosterone trial does NOT confirm cardiovascular safety
A new trial attempting to prove the cardiovascular safety of testosterone is inadequate due poor levels achieved in test group.
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Jun 17, 20235 min read
Antioxidant vitamins don’t work for aging, and may cause cancer and heart disease.
It took 70 years, and hundreds of billions of dollars of research to show we were fooled by reductionist models and observational studies.
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Oct 13, 20226 min read