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Read ‘The Book That Changed America’ for Darwin Day 2017
Arriving just before the Civil War, On the Origin of Species was a godsend for abolitionists in America. Charles Darwin provided evidence that we are all the same in the eyes of science. Given that...
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When Minions Attack
Image credit. In the comments to Dr. Edward Tobinick Sues Barbara Streisand – or something equally foolish,[1] Frederick Blum (sometimes Frederick S. Blum) states that he does not like my criticism...
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The Boy Who Cried Terrorist
This is the latest comment from Frederick Blum in response to what I wrote about his absurd defense of Dr. Tobinick.[1].[2] As you can see, in labeling appropriate respect for patients as terrorism,...
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The March for Science is a March for Honesty and Accountability
There were some great signs at the March for Science because the march was about truth and it is difficult to go wrong defending the search for truth. The only time people seem to oppose the search...
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Have a Slow, Quiet Friday the Thirteenth
Also to be posted on ResearchBlogging.org when they relaunch the site. Superstitious appears to be common among medical people, so this may be seen as offensive. If you doubt me, comment that it is...
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Happy Darwin Day 2018
Why do some people reject science? Evolution is just one aspect of science that some people claim, almost always without any scientific experience, is not real. The rest of the scientific community...
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Cardiac arrest victim Trudy Jones ‘given placebo’– rather than experimental...
As part of a study to find out if epinephrine (adrenaline in Commonwealth countries) is safe to use in cardiac arrest, a patient was treated with a placebo, rather than the inadequately tested drug....
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The Grinch Who Stole Reality
And the Grinch, with his Grinch-feet ice cold in the snow, stood puzzling and puzzling, how could it be so? It came without ribbons epi. It came without tags amio. It came without packages oxygen,...
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Happy Darwin and Lincoln Day 2019
Today we celebrate two 210th birthdays. Both stood up to right wing religious fanatics and were attacked for it. One was assassinated. The first birthday boy is Abraham Lincoln, who might have been...
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NIH clinical trial of remdesivir to treat COVID-19 begins
The University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC) in Omaha is the receiving facility for Americans repatriated with suspicion of infection with COVID-19 (COronaVIrus Disease 2019). UNMC will be...
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Hydroxychloroquine – The More You Know, The Worse It Looks
Do you want to use a drug that was never based on any good evidence, but only a hunch? Try hydroxychloroquine. The president says, What have you got to lose? Kitchen sink medicine is a remnant of the...
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Is Hydroxychloroquine Effective Against COVID-19?
As with any popular treatment, there are plenty of people who want us to ignore the research, or to focus on giving people hope. That is not a reasonable, or ethical, approach to medicine. That...
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The Oleandrin Scam Exposes Incompetent Doctors
President Trump has made another medical recommendation. This one is more dangerous than the last. As long as a lot of physicians are willing to harm patients in order to promote their political...
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Book Bans Keep Exposing Censorship to Ridicule
Brooklyn Public Library uses this QR code to allow students in states with book bans to read banned books. Welcome to Banned Books Week, which ends today, but can be celebrated all of the time – not...
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