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Robert F.

The story of a research publication that met an abrupt, but just end.

Unless he finds a side effect that is worse than a 1 in 500 risk of literal death, we can all follow his lead and blow it off as "very moderate".

The USA's path to legalizing peptides risks leaving consumers with unanswered questions about quality, safety and effectiveness.

Part of the reason for forming SBM in the first place is because my colleagues and I perceived that we were engaged partly in a long struggle for control over information—specifically the quality of health information being pushed to the public, including…

His brain may hurt, but he ain't stupid.

Two recent studies, one from France and one from Taiwan, examine why patients seek "integrative" oncology and what they get.

What matters more than reality itself?

The cowards and sycophants who enabled, promoted, and normalized MAHA in any way are collectively to blame for its attempt to do Tuskegee 2.0.

Ebola is a deadly disease caused by the orthoebolavirus group of viruses.

Last week, RFK Jr. and his minions opened a "vaccine injury clinic" at the NIH.

Though these examples just scratch the surface, they are the end result of the doctors I've written about previously, as well as the academic and media ecosystems that promoted them.

Each year I like to document the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine here on SBM – it’s a great reminder of the power of science to transform medicine.

Idaho parents are shielded from criminal prosecution if they choose "prayer or spiritual means" over effective medical care for their children, even as their children keep dying.

Yesterday's New York Times featured an article about a man with terminal lung cancer who was enticed to chase cures that didn't exist.

"The centerpiece of the MAHA and health freedom agenda has been removal of mRNA shots."

Until the BMJ demonstrate the integrity to revisit their own dismal failures regarding life and death matters, there's no reason to care about their opinions regarding less consequential issues, is there?

A new report from the NYT tells a chilling story of how the Centers for Disease Control has been hollowed out over the last 18 months under Trump and RFK Jr.

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An anonymous blogger cites a virus denier who claims that our understanding of the mechanisms of cancer metastasis is a "hoax."

"Just saying the same thing over and over again, whether in social media or in medical literature, ain’t gonna get it done

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A new study published in Nature Neuroscience shows evidence that our brains are actually two organs combined into one composite organ.

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Are vaccine advocates in a cult?

Last week The BMJ published an investigation alleging that the algorithm for spotting safety signals after COVID vaccination was flawed and that the FDA ignored it, amplifying an old antivax narrative.

"A cancer expert I admire becomes a Trump collaborator.

We should abandon the term "natural immunity."

LLM-based AI models are being increasingly used by physicians to assist clinical decision-making.

I'm a grown-ass man who likes video games.

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When it comes to issues related to SBM, our fierce, mighty Secretary of War, Pete Hegseth isn't doing so well.

Will approved generic versions of Ozempic eliminate the grey market for compounding?

A fifty-year-old man was admitted through the emergency room with extensive dry ice injuries to his left leg.

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The doctors I write about have all made preposterous pandemic predictions, over and over again, and never once looked back or even noticed the people they hurt in the process.

Genuine concern is consistent concern, and the silence from the Urgency of Normal about literally everything happening today is clarifying.

More than six years after the pandemic arrived and ivermectin and hydroxychloroquine were first touted as COVID cures, the evidence shows more than ever that they don't work.

The integrative medicine industry is all in on making a "scan" of your "biofield" part of your physician's diagnostic toolkit.

Not-A-Doctor Wendy Weber, a naturopath, has been appointed Director of the NCCIH.

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As football coach Bill Parcells famously said, “you are what your record says you are”.

Last week I wrote about traumatic brain injury (TBI).

You might think that someone who purports to be sincerely concerned about the origins of SARS-CoV-2 would also be unwilling to collaborate with someone who sought to spread SARS-CoV-2.

The NIH announced that Dr.

There is a long list of prolific pandemic pundits who have become totally silent about the current events they enabled.