Giving My Censored Blog Another Try
It’s beyond ridiculous that in this day and age we have to be concerned with government-funded censorship. Not agreeing with someone’s ideas is one thing. But shutting down their website, which in many cases is their livelihood, by radically reducing their reach via jimmied algorithms is something else altogether. Although my site was never monetized […]
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 […]
leading cardiologist lets the cat out of the bag with an insightful tongue-in-cheek column
WHAT A COLUMN ON THE TRIVIALITY OF MEDICAL PHYSIOLOGY REVEALS ABOUT THE STATE OF MEDICINE While I don’t agree with the insinuation found in the title of the brand new MedPage Today article by renowned cardiologist, Dr. Milton Packer (Do Physicians Need to Know How the Body Works?), some of the points he makes are […]
brand new studies show the ongoing deception with cancer and heart drug approval
CANCER AND CARDIOVASCULAR DRUG TRIALS: SPIN, MISREPRESENT, LIE “A growing body of literature has documented the prevalence of these lapses in fields as diverse as radiology, cancer biomarkers, and diagnostic testing, not to mention basic sciences.” From the editorial being discussed today “You break the laws. You hustle, you deal, you steal from us all.” […]
putting the “evidence” back in evidence-based medicine? not likely!
THE STATE OF AFFAIRS IN TODAY’S MEDICAL JOURNALS? AN EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE FIRE SALE! “The irony is that in order to get through the massive mess and clutter of terrible research, some good researchers feel the need to play the clickbait title card, which in turn raises doubt about their biases and integrity. It’s a vicious […]
insurance companies, the government, and employers help perpetuate the opioid crisis
WHAT IF YOU LEARNED THAT HEALTH INSURANCE & WORKMAN’S COMP CARRIERS AND OUR GOVERNMENT WERE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE OPIOID CRISIS? Unless you’ve been living under a rock you’ve heard about the OPIOID CRISIS — probably more than you care to. You would expect that with all the bad publicity surrounding those most responsible, things would […]
after venezuelan debacle, lancet forced to backtrack… not
LANCET CONTINUES SLIDE TO IRRELEVANCE: WHY IS LANCET NOT TELLING THE WHOLE TRUTH CONCERNING VENEZUELA?
new study reveals how unscientific today’s cardiovascular guidelines really are
CAN YOU TRUST TODAY’S “SCIENTIFIC” CARDIOVASCULAR GUIDELINES? The title of today’s post raises a pertinent question; can the current medical guidelines for treating cardiovascular disease be trusted? Sure they can. If you are big pharma or big medicine you can trust them to be your continual cash cow — a revenue stream that’s definitely more […]
is it even possible for authors of studies opposing mainstream medical thought to be heard in the peer-reviewed literature?
Medicine desperately needs a curated platform for open disagreement and civil discourse. Journal editors should embrace the concept warmly. Doing so will revitalize the science of medicine, and will dramatically enhance the diversity of opinions and the breadth of discussion. If we do not welcome contrary viewpoints, we will die listening to our voices in […]
medical research proves that raiders are the best team in the nfl
OAKLAND RAIDERS ARE PROFESSIONAL FOOTBALL’S GREATEST TEAM: SO SAYS MEDICAL RESEARCH “One can lie with statistics, because numbers can be manipulated to support any argument. Statistics, done honestly, can make a statement like no other, but done dishonestly are deeply deceptive because the readership believes the numbers have been run up honestly. Medical statistics is […]
new study shows that when it comes to medical research, scientific integrity is severely lacking
EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE: NEW PAPER REVEALS THAT INTEGRITY IS LACKING IN BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH Although I do not know Joseph Pizzorno, Editor in Chief of the journal, Integrative Medicine, I am more than familiar with his co-author for a brand new paper, Dr. Alex Vasquez, who happens to be a physician, researcher, chiropractor, and naturopath. The paper […]
governmental health watchdogs are often the best example of corporate corruption
MIRROR MIRROR ON THE WALL, WHICH GOVERNMENTAL HEALTH AGENCY IS THE MOST CORRUPT OF ALL? Emails between Barbara Bowman, then director of the CDC’s Division for Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention, and Alex Malaspina, a former Coca‐Cola senior vice president of external affairs and the founding president of ILSI, show their efforts to expand access […]
guidelines, guidelines, guidelines: who creates medical guidelines?
MEDICAL GUIDELINES HAVE BECOME A GET RICH & FAMOUS SCHEME “My opinion on medical boards is more or less unmentionable… they’re equally as useless as bureaucrats, but with significantly more ego. The medical boards notoriously use medical guidelines against doctors as if they were God’s commandments. Despite me showing that the guidelines should be used […]
a review of scientific american’s 1955 article; ‘second thoughts on the germ theory’
PULITZER PRIZE WINNING SCIENTIST, RENE DUBOS, SHARES HIS THOUGHTS ON THE “GERM THEORY” OF DISEASE “It’s not that germs don’t play a part in disease, it’s just that the part they play is not the part we’ve been led to believe they play.” Me from a previous post (link below) “Everyone harbors disease germs, yet […]
medical device fraud and evidence-based medicine
MEDICAL DEVICE FRAUDHOW BIG A PROBLEM IS IT IN AMERICA? Earlier this month, writers from the NYT and Probublica teamed up for a Medpage Today exposé titled Fault Found (Again) with Conflict-of-Interest Disclosures in Journals. The gist of the piece was just as I’ve shown you before; in a huge percentage of cases, EVIDENCE-BASED […]
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 […]
the recent johnson & johnson saga helps explain why significant numbers of nurses are questioning the veracity of flu vaccines
IS IT ANY WONDER THAT LARGE NUMBERS OF NURSES ARE WONDERING ABOUT THE BENEFITS OF FLU SHOTS? I wouldn’t hope to guess at the number of nurses I’ve treated over the course of the past three decades, but it’s been a bunch. Experience has shown me that as a group, they are not only sharp, […]
a new study on pasta and an article on our broken health care system: what’s the link?
By Now, Most People Recognize that America has a Broken Health Care System Writing for MedPage Today, medical doctor David Nash recently published an article titled Our Broken Healthcare System: How Scared Should We Be? Toxic Political Atmosphere, Entrenched Status Quo Discourage Serious Discussion. After mentioning a book about that oxymoronical mess we call EVIDENCE-BASED […]
is your physician a paid spokesperson for the pharmaceutical industry?
Might Your Doctor Be A Paid Spokesperson for the Pharmaceutical Industry? “We believe that it is imperative that we continue to actively challenge our business model at every level to ensure we are responding to the needs of patients and meeting the wider expectations of society. GSK today set out plans to evolve the way […]
25 years of evidence based medicine part ii: what we can learn about ebm from the cholesterol / statin debate / debacle
The Cholesterol / Statin Debate: A Microcasm of the Debacle that is Evidence-Based Medicine “I take issue when conventional doctors claim that evidence-based medicine supports the use of statin drugs in treating/preventing heart disease. In fact, evidence-based medicine, when studied objectively, would reveal that statin drugs should not be prescribed for either treating or preventing […]