18+ hour, 9+ min ago  (933+ words) I'm on vacation this week and decided to repost a 2018 article that I had written for my other blog (but never published on SBM) that's oddly relevant to the SBM post last week about that awful NYT acupuncture article. Meet…...

3+ day, 8+ hour ago  (894+ words) That, and 4 other thoughts on the resignation of Dr. Marty Makary. With articles such as Why Marty Makary Was the Worst FDA Commissioner In 25 Years and Paranoia, Turmoil and Backlash: Inside the FDA Under Marty Makary, there's no shortage of…...

4+ day, 8+ hour ago  (613+ words) sciencebasedmedicine. org How Journalists Enable the COVID Amnesia Project People need to know the past credibility of our medical leaders to accurately gauge their current credibility. It's pretty hackneyed to whine about "the media" these days. Obviously, there are plenty…...

4+ day, 19+ hour ago  (1174+ words) This makes the third time in just two weeks that a major mainstream or scientific outlet published credible nonsense about acupuncture, but I had to cover it after dozens of people e-mailed me about this recent article in the New…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (1000+ words) In announcing the framework at a press conference, HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. said that chronic disease "is overwhelming the country and it is accelerating. "Today, we spend $4. 5 trillion a year on healthcare, and 90% of it goes to managing chronic…...

1+ week, 16+ hour ago  (1103+ words) PNAS recently published credulous nonsense about acupuncture so bad that I thought it couldn't be topped. "Hold my beer!" cried National Geographic, as it proceeded to top PNAS. Now, let's get to the credulous take on acupuncture. A needle prick…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago  (933+ words) Dr. Akiko Iwasaki is the Sterling Professor of Immunobiology and Professor of Dermatology and of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology and of Epidemiology at Yale University. She is an infinitely more accomplished researcher than I will ever be, and to…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago  (287+ words) There may be undisclosed ingredients in your hyaluronic acid supplement. Some supplements marketed as "hyaluronic acid" don't just contain hyaluronic acid. According to a recent release from the U. S. Food and Drug Administration, several have been found to contain undisclosed prescription…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago  (906+ words) As easily predicted, declining measles vaccine rates in the US is leading directly to surging measles cases. In 2025 we saw the highest measles cases, 2288, since 1991, and in 2026 we are on track to exceed this number with 1814 confirmed cases so far…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago  (1441+ words) A Closer Look at a Viral Claim All of the authors of the paper are affiliated with and/or salaried by the Wellness Company. This is disclosed openly. It is not unusual for authors to have such conflicts of interest,…...