I'm sure you are as sick of reading about RFK Jr. as we are of writing about him, but this is the world we live in. We cannot let outrage fatigue cause us to take our eye off the ball. If nothing els ...

In 2023 Dr. Vinay Prasad said that scientists who recognized the limitations of randomized-controlled trials (RCTS) were ...

Last Thursday during a roundtable on stem cell therapies, new FDA Commissioner Marty Makary referred to EBM levels of evidence as an artificial and dogmatic construct. Apparently Dr. David Katz's "mor ...

Writing for SBM these days is a bit like being in one of those cash grab machines, though instead of money flying over the ...

So-called "health influencers" - self-appointed health gurus spreading their unvetted opinions about health through social ...

I was in Chicago this weekend attending the ASCO meeting, the largest oncology meeting in the world. Nary a talk or poster about "turbo cancer" was seen, but that doesn't mean there wasn't cancer quac ...

Rethinking Medications: Truth, Power, and the Drugs You Take by Jerry Avorn presents a critical appraisal of the state of the prescription medications in the United States. It explores the complex ...

In light of HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.’s recent appointment of David Geier to conduct a study of autism and vaccines—a role that could negatively impact vaccine uptake throughout the United ...

Well, I’m an unboosted male. That’s my preferred pronoun, by the way. This “gold-standard science” didn’t matter to Drs. Vinay Prasad and Marty Makary, however. They ignored this evidence, and with ...