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3 days ago

Supplements: Do You Really Know What You’re Taking?

Why you should be very careful when buying herbal and dietary supplements — The supplement world is a massive business worldwide. A recent CDC estimate suggested that more than half of adults in the United States take at least one supplement regularly, and the rate of use is only increasing rapidly as time goes on. …

Health

5 min read

Supplements: Do You Really Know What You’re Taking?
Supplements: Do You Really Know What You’re Taking?

Aug 4

How Many People Get Long Covid?

Why the answer is more complicated than you might think — Of the many ongoing issues in the pandemic, one of the most difficult is Long Covid. Despite being a serious condition plaguing many people who recover from their initial Covid-19 infections, particularly for those who suffer debilitating, long-lasting symptoms, Long Covid is nevertheless often invisible, hard to diagnose, and even…

Covid 19

11 min read

How Many People Get Long Covid?
How Many People Get Long Covid?

Jun 29

Anti-Aging Pills Probably Won’t Make Us Live Forever

Why boring simple health advice is more useful than anti-aging pills and supplements — A perennial topic that has been around for almost as long as humanity has been able to write words is the idea of living forever, or at least a lot longer than we currently do. …

Health

6 min read

Anti-Aging Pills Probably Won’t Make Us Live Forever
Anti-Aging Pills Probably Won’t Make Us Live Forever

Jun 26

Covid-19 Vaccines May Have Saved 31 Million Lives (so far)

A new study estimates the efficacy of Covid-19 vaccines — In the never-ending saga that is the Covid-19 pandemic, no subject is more contentious than vaccines. Partly that’s because vaccines have always been a contentious topic — the idea of making yourself a little bit sick now to stop you from getting a lot sick later has been debated since…

Health

6 min read

Covid-19 Vaccines May Have Saved 31 Million Lives (so far)
Covid-19 Vaccines May Have Saved 31 Million Lives (so far)

Jun 14

Ivermectin Probably Doesn’t Work As A Treatment For Covid-19

Another well-conducted, large trial has failed to find a benefit for ivermectin in treating coronavirus infections — Note: I have never been funded or paid by a pharmaceutical company, and all of my funding comes from the Australian state and federal governments. On a personal level, I truly hope ivermectin does work for Covid-19, because it’s a cheap, low-risk, easily available medication, but we have to base…

Health

8 min read

Ivermectin Probably Doesn’t Work As A Treatment For Covid-19
Ivermectin Probably Doesn’t Work As A Treatment For Covid-19

Jun 8

Medical Error Is Not The ‘Third Leading’ Cause Of Deaths

The problematic science behind a commonly-quoted statistic — There’s an incredibly common claim splashed around whenever we talk about the mistakes that get made in medicine — that medical error is the third leading cause of death in the United States. …

Health

8 min read

Medical Error Is Not The ‘Third Leading’ Cause Of Deaths
Medical Error Is Not The ‘Third Leading’ Cause Of Deaths

May 30

Can You Replace Meat With Plant-Based Foods?

A new study suggests the answer is more complicated than you might think — It’s no secret — plant-based foods have exploded in recent years. In the 80s and 90s, eating meat replacements was a moderately off-putting experience, where you usually were either given some form of mushroom or something that vaguely represented meat if you closed your eyes and used your imagination. Not…

Health

7 min read

Can You Replace Meat With Plant-Based Foods?
Can You Replace Meat With Plant-Based Foods?

May 25

Australia Doesn’t Have Mass Shootings

It often feels like the United States is the only place that does — I’m going to tell you a terrible story, that for most people living in the United States is probably all too familiar. A young man, less than 30 years old, felt unwelcome and unrewarded by society. Up until that day, he’d tried and failed at a number of pursuits, and…

Health

5 min read

Australia Doesn’t Have Mass Shootings
Australia Doesn’t Have Mass Shootings

May 6

Covid-19 Vaccines Are Still Effective

Debunking the “12% efficacy” viral myth — This piece is based on a fantastic investigation by Dr. Jeffery Morris that is worth reading and linked here. Recently, the internet has been abuzz with a new and shocking claim. Apparently, the Pfizer vaccine was not as effective as the 95% we were sold on — in fact, people…

Covid 19

5 min read

Covid-19 Vaccines Are Still Effective
Covid-19 Vaccines Are Still Effective

May 3

Why Banning Abortion is Terrible For Public Health

Dispelling myths and looking to science — Abortion is in the news again, because in the United States a leaked Supreme Court document appears to show that the landmark Roe v Wade decision will be overturned shortly. …

Abortion

8 min read

Why Banning Abortion is Terrible For Public Health
Why Banning Abortion is Terrible For Public Health
Gideon M-K; Health Nerd

Gideon M-K; Health Nerd

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