Science or Anti-Science and Who Decides?
The U.S. has a big problem with science literacy, and when you have a public who fundamentally misunderstands what science is, you are going to have quacks and charlatans thrive….. In the U.S., we have both low science literacy and low trust in government. In our current polarized political climate, efforts to increase trust in […]
the state of the american disease: management -vs- cures explains why you are big pharma’s largest commodity
IF YOUR FAITH IS IN YOUR MEDICINE, DON’T COUNT ON EVER TRULY GETTING BETTER Soaring Insulin Prices have Patients Terrified and Pharmacists Scrambling. The title of an article from the July 31, 2018 issue of the American Pharmacist Association Is The Pharmaceutical Industry Focused On Curing Diseases, Or Just Treating Symptoms? The title of a […]
do you need one more quick lesson on why you cannot trust big pharma or their mouthpieces in peer-review?
CARDIOLOGY RESEARCH FALTERS WHEN BIG PHARMA USES FRAUDULENT PLACEBOS “The results are ‘truly extraordinary given the magnitude of CV event reduction. We have never seen such strong risk reduction with fish oil before. Prior results have been conflicting or showing only minimal benefit’. The effect appears to be even bigger than withPCSK9inhibitors, and the risk reduction […]
conclusions about evidence-based medicine 25 years in
COVERING UP EVIDENCE OF THE GREAT EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE COVERUP: PART I “The idea of Evidence Based Medicine (EBM) is great. The reality, though, not so much.” Nephrologist Jason Fung from an April issue of Medium (The Corruption of Evidence Based Medicine — Killing for Profit) Last July, the Lancet published a scientific article, Progress In Evidence-Based Medicine: A […]
when money talks; cochrane walks
THE WORLD’S PREMIERE MEDICAL REVIEW ORGANIZATION (COCHRANE) IS UNDER FIRE FOR BIAS “I found recent examples (2007 to 2012) of serious crimes committed by each company. The crimes included marketing drugs for off-label uses, misrepresentation of research results, hiding data on harms, and Medicaid and Medicare fraud. Doctors were often complicit in the crimes, as […]
still more financial conflicts of interest in cancer research
IT’S A SHAME THAT SICK PEOPLE CAN NO LONGER BE SURE WHO TO TRUST Financial Conflicts of Interest Just a few days ago, the current issue of JAMA Oncology published a study called Financial Conflicts of Interest Among Oncologist Authors of Reports of Clinical Drug Trials. It’s yet another example of why EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE should be renamed […]
are far too many americans really getting too much medical care?
ARE YOU RECEIVING TOO MUCH MEDICAL CARE? A RECENT CONFERENCE SUGGESTS IT’S LIKELY My hero @garyschwitzer at Too Much Medicine Conference. His @HealthNewsRevu exposes how crap media hype fails to report:1)Costs2)Harms3)Scope of benefits4)Quality of evidence5)Alternate optionsMedia PR has contributed to overtreatment. Only media truth can cure it. #TMMA recent tweet from Dr. Allen Frances, Professor […]
pesticide exposure in infants leads to autism and other health issues
AUTISM-CAUSING PESTICIDES FOUND IN BREAKFAST CEREALS & ELSEWHERE “Each year, more than 250 million pounds of glyphosate are sprayed on American crops, primarily on ‘Roundup-ready’ corn and soybeans genetically engineered to withstand the herbicide. But when it comes to the food we eat, the highest glyphosate levels are not found in products made with GMO […]
evidence-based medicine: anything but evidence-based
IS EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE REALLY EVIDENCE BASED? I HAVE THIS BRIDGE IN BROOKLYN…. “It is an old maxim of mine that when you have excluded the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth. There is nothing like first-hand evidence.” Sherlock Holmes The great British detective Sherlock Holmes was all about the evidence, which always […]
un / who says it’s “time to deliver” on solutions for non-communicable diseases
WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION SAYS NOT ENOUGH BEING DONE TO HALT NCD’S (NON-COMMUNICABLE DISEASES) The WHO (World Health Organization) is the medical arm of the United Nations. Yesterday they published their recommendations for solving the world’s health problems in a paper called Time to Deliver. What are they wanting member nations to deliver on? The WHO […]
new evidence on the evidence-based medicine front
EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE? RESEARCH IS RARELY AS “EVIDENCE-BASED” AS WE’RE LED TO BELIEVE A year or so ago I was asked to be part of a mastermind group of diverse people and professions. Honestly, it’s a group that frequently leaves me feeling like the village idiot or class dunce. There are world class athletes as well […]
trump’s new fda director fires up the industry-fueled time machine
FDA TIME MACHINE IS TAKING US BACK TO THE FUTURE “Dr. Scott Gottlieb is by far the most conflicted person nominated to run the 111-year-old Food and Drug Administration. He’s received payments from or invested in dozens of companies with business before the agency, earning millions of dollars in the process. Yet he will undoubtedly […]
how does industry “buy” science?
As far as extreme or norm – certainly when it comes to obesity and nutrition, there’s a great deal of food industry funding research, conferences, travel, etc… Husten has reported that the president of the Institute of Medicine, cardiologist Victor Dzau, was a member of the Pepsico board of directors. Last year he wrote on […]
the latest news proves just how desperate america’s flu vaccine situation has become
RE-APPROVING FLU MIST? PROOF OF JUST HOW DESPERATE FLU VACCINE PROPONENTS HAVE BECOME “CDC Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices members voted 12-2 to include the live attenuated influenza vaccine (LAIV) as “an option for influenza vaccination for persons for whom it is appropriate” in the 2018-2019 influenza season. The vaccine was also added back to […]
this week in flu propaganda: one more reason our government can’t be trusted concerning vaccines
THIS WEEK IN FLU PROPAGANDA: TRUST OUR GOVERNMENT’S MEDICAL EXPERTS? NOT A CHANCE! “Since the outbreak of 2009A/H1N1 influenza, antivirals, including Tamiflu, were recommended by the World Health Organization (WHO) and by US Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and their use has become popular worldwide. After the pandemic, antivirals are continuing to be recommended […]
sugar industry caught with their hand in the cookie jar: yet another proof that science is bought and paid for
The “Science” Behind A Sugary Lie You Grew Up Believing Fourteen months ago I wrote an article on a mysterious happening that occured almost six decades ago known as Projects 226 & Project 259 (HERE). These are the long-buried archives that pertained to the way that the sugar industry paid big money for their research […]
evidence-based medicine & reproducibility in biomedical research: reproducing a nightmare
Why No Reproducibility in Biomedical Research? “Credibility is everything for science, and it is built over time in both obvious and subtle ways. Within the last 12 months, the reproducibility of science, a lynchpin of credibility, has come under intense scrutiny, both from the NIH and other government funding bodies, as well as in […]
evidence-based medicine: the more things change, the more they stay the same
EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE: TRYING TO MAKE A JALOPY LOOK LIKE A LAMBORGHINI Jalopies certainly have a “cool” factor, but they don’t exactly make for good transportation. Back in October of 1991, Richard Smith showed us that in many ways, we’ve been confusing that old beater with a million dollar sports cars. You see, this Richard […]
evidence-based lies
EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE: LIES, DAMNED LIES, AND STATISTICS “Numbers of covered lives is not how we should be defining healthcare in America.” Dr. Fobostwick Xavier Fuzzmugg III’s article on evidence-based medicine Lies, damned lies, and statistics. Although this quote has been attributed to any number of people, it was Mark Twain who made it famous. And […]
why you simply can’t trust the government to look out for your health and best interests
BRITISH MEDICAL JOURNAL PUBLISHES NEW STUDY TITLED “REVOLVING DOOR BETWEEN GOVERNMENT AND INDUSTRY” For decades it’s been common knowledge that the FDA, BIG PHARMA, and BIG GOVERNMENT have a revolving door between them. In the almost 50 years I’ve been alive, the FDA has gone through 16 different commissioners — a new one almost every […]