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Writing for SBM these days is a bit like being in one of those cash grab machines, though instead of money flying over the ...
There is evidence to suggest that combined low vitamin D and K levels is associated with increased risk of adverse c ...
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 ...
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 quac ...
In October 1988, Mark Geier would make his first appearance at a VICP hearing, with Vienna, Virginia attorney Clifford ...
A critical appraisal of the state of the prescription medications in the United States ...
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.
Five months ago, I called RFK Jr. an “extinction-level” threat to US biomedical science and public health. That extinction is under way. I hadn’t wanted to write about RFK Jr. again. Really, I hadn’t.
Saturday, a second child died of measles this year, a little more than a month after the first death of a child of measles in two decades had been reported. This brings the total number of measles ...
Ductal carcinoma in situ is a precursor of breast cancer that is usually treated with surgery, radiation therapy, and estrogen blockade. A new study suggests that watchful waiting might be safe for ...
Since the nomination of Dr. Jay Bhattacharya for NIH Director, I’ve been seeing a suggestion from certain contrarian doctors for a “randomized trial” of study sections vs. a “modified lottery” to ...