In January 2019, The New England Journal of Medicine published a study that was immediately hailed as the final verdict on vitamin D: it doesn’t work. The study, known as the VITAL trial, was led by respected researchers from Harvard.
How a 2019 NEJM Study Misled the World on Vitamin D Continue Reading
The Cochrane Collaboration publishes systematic reviews of the effects of healthcare interventions. I was one of the founders but was expelled 25 years later, in September 2018, becoming the only person ever to be expelled.
Cochrane Admitted Guilt for Defamation Continue Reading
By engaging selectively, aligning with the United States, and preserving the option of withdrawal, Argentina positions itself to influence the future of global health governance rather than being shaped by it. This strategy safeguards sovereignty in a rapidly changing international environment.
Should Argentina Leave the WHO? Continue Reading
If you get a chance to grow up and take control of your “health care” by understanding costs and paying for things in some form, like what happens with a Health Savings Account, you might just seriously consider that.
How a Grown-Up Health Care System Operates Continue Reading
As John Adams wisely reminded us, “Liberty must at all hazards be supported.” This includes the liberty to think critically, to question established norms, to engage in debate, and to practice medicine guided by empirical evidence rather than algorithmic determinism.
How Social Media Has Distorted Medical Judgment Continue Reading
This essay only scratches the surface. The strange moral history of nicotine, caffeine, and acceptable addiction exposes a much larger problem: modern institutions have forgotten how to reason about risk.
Coffee, Nicotine, and the Politics of Acceptable Addiction Continue Reading
The POUCH Act is a beginning, not an endpoint. If lawmakers are serious about improving public health, they must resist the gravitational pull of the Sinclair Trap and design a nicotine policy that rewards switching rather than punishing it.
Why Governments Prefer Cigarette Revenue over Safer Alternatives Continue Reading
There was a time – very recently – when mainstream medicine actively promoted OxyContin and other deadly narcotics as safe and minimally addictive. Hundreds of thousands died as a result. The bloom is off the rose for the vaccine industry.
The Five Big Lies of Vaccinology Continue Reading
There is no such thing as an “anti-misinformation review.” What we have are systematic and unsystematic, also called narrative, reviews. And there is no such thing as a safe drug. All drugs, including vaccines, cause harm in some people.
BMJ and Cochrane Hype the HPV Vaccines in the Extreme Continue Reading
The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) will discuss hepatitis B vaccines at their meeting on December 4 and 5. In this article I will lay out the case for removing hepatitis B vaccines from the CDC childhood schedule altogether.
Hep B Shot: Not Proven Safe or Effective for Kids Continue Reading
There were early warnings, but they were not heeded. Ten months into the pandemic, the World Bank estimated that it had caused an increase of about 100 million people living in extreme poverty, and poverty kills.
Did the Draconian Lockdowns Kill More People than Covid-19? Continue Reading
With the release of the UK Covid-19 Inquiry, now’s a good time to look at the state of play with regard to all things Covid, and the public health establishment, in general, in the United States.
Will the Walls of Jericho Finally Come Tumbling Down? Continue Reading
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