Study shows parachutes don’t prevent death: The importance of reading before sharing
A spoonful of nothing: Why homeopathic remedies are just expensive placebos
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Reviving an old antidepressant for the fight against COVID-19
With the publication of results from the TOGETHER trial in the medical journal The Lancet, there is buzz surrounding the treatment of COVID-19 with the (old-as-dirt) antidepressant fluvoxamine. No,...
Analyzing the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine data in 5 to 11 year-olds
In October 2021, Pfizer submitted a formal request to the US FDA for Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) of their BNT162b2 (Comirnaty) COVID-19 vaccine in children 5 to 11 years old. Supporting this...
In previous generations, people were expected to "do as they were told" when it came to medications prescribed by their doctor. Even today, when I ask patients what they think about the plan...
Study shows parachutes don’t prevent death: The importance of reading before sharing
We live in an age of wonder: the information age. Never before have humans been so interconnected. While the world is shrinking every day because of the internet, it's not all rainbows and...
A spoonful of nothing: Why homeopathic remedies are just expensive placebos
I always find it amusing when I explain homeopathy to people. Almost unanimously, people will assume that I'm joking or exaggerating. Let's review the basics of homeopathy and homeopathic...
VAERS: how an essential safety program is being hijacked to falsely discredit vaccines
The Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS) has become a household name recently. Many misinformation campaigns have taken data from VAERS and have twisted it to discredit COVID-19 vaccines....
