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Gideon M-K; Health Nerd

You Watch Isn’t Poisoning You With PFAS

The science behind some truly ridiculous headlines.

22h ago

You Watch Isn’t Poisoning You With PFAS

22h ago

How Deadly Is Bird Flu (H5N1)?

What the data says about the likelihood of dying if you catch the disease.

6d ago

How Deadly Is Bird Flu (H5N1)?

6d ago

Children And COVID-19 In 2025

Why I’m not overly concerned about my daughter and COVID-19

Jan 6

Children And COVID-19 In 2025

Jan 6

Seed Oils Probably Aren’t Giving You Colorectal Cancer

Some of the worst media coverage of science I’ve ever seen

Dec 19, 2024

Seed Oils Probably Aren’t Giving You Colorectal Cancer

Dec 19, 2024

Intermittent Fasting Probably Isn’t Making You Bald

Why recent headlines aren’t as convincing as they might seem.

Dec 16, 2024

Intermittent Fasting Probably Isn’t Making You Bald

Dec 16, 2024

Can Chocolate Prevent Diabetes?

Probably not.

Dec 13, 2024

Can Chocolate Prevent Diabetes?

Dec 13, 2024

How Much Do We Know About Really Old People?

Why most of what we know about the 85+ population could be wrong.

Dec 10, 2024

How Much Do We Know About Really Old People?

Dec 10, 2024

Five Easy Steps To Better Sleep

Is sleeping better really within your control?

Nov 27, 2024

Five Easy Steps To Better Sleep

Nov 27, 2024

Is Cannabis Giving Everyone Cancer?

Despite the scary headlines about genotoxicity, the answer is still probably no.

Nov 22, 2024

Is Cannabis Giving Everyone Cancer?

Nov 22, 2024

Good Public Health Is Invisible

It’s only when things go wrong that you notice it. It looks like people will really notice public health in the United States quite soon.

Nov 19, 2024

Good Public Health Is Invisible

Nov 19, 2024

Gideon M-K; Health Nerd

Gideon M-K; Health Nerd

Epidemiologist. Writer. Podcaster. Twitter https://twitter.com/GidMK Threads https://www.threads.net/@gidmkhealthnerd Email gidmk.healthnerd@gmail.com

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