“Abolish the NIH”? Dr. Scott Atlas gives the antiscience game away
Dr. Scott Atlas, a senior fellow at the right wing think tank Hoover Institution who came to prominence as a COVID contrarian, recently wrote an op-ed advocating the elimination of the National Institutes of health and leaving the funding biomedical research to the "free market." These are the "ideas" animating this administration's science policy.
Dr. Joseph Marine: Defend Your Article “Why Doctors Should Learn to Stop Worrying and Love MAHA”.
You owe it to Sensible Medicine readers to simultaneously to acknowledge the state of STEM under MAHA and argue that you were right about it.
Should We Treat MAHA/MAGA Doctors as Serious Scientists or Political Actors? Their Own Videos Provide the Answer.
Although MAHA/MAGA doctors wrapped themselves in the protective cloak of science to stave off criticism, we are under no obligation to treat doctors who spread COVID disinformation and right-wing political talking points on TV as legitimate and serious scientists.
Is the Homeopathic Industry “On the Ropes”?
The U.S. homeopathic industry is under growing regulatory and legal pressure.
WHO And The Death of Evidence-Based Medicine
I have long been critical of the World Health Organization’s promotion of dubious treatment methods under the banner of “traditional medicine”. It now has a global strategy to promote what is calls “traditional, complementary and integrative medicine” (TCIM). In my opinion (shared by at least some others) the document is a master class in how to promote medical pseudoscience with the language...
Lysenkoism 2.0 in action: Dismantling peer review at NIH
A recent report in Nature describes how the Trump administration is weakening peer review in favor of ideology-based grant approval at NIH. Lysenkoism 2.0 is in full swing and getting worse.
Dr. Nicole Saphier: “DOGE is Probably One of the Greatest Things to Happen in U.S. History.”
I see no reason trust doctors who refuse to correct their errors.
Using Phone Apps to Track Symptoms
It is easy to forget how much of an impact the smartphone has had on our daily lives and our society. About 91% of Americans own a smartphone, which means most of us are walking around with a device in our pockets that is a computer, communicator, camera, GPS locator and has access to virtually the world’s store of human knowledge. The...
Lysenkoism 2.0 in action: Robert F. Kennedy Jr. abuses his power to bully journal editors over a retraction
A journal editor decided to retract and remove a bad study by an antivaxxer named Neil Z. Miller. RFK Jr. publicly demanded to know why. This is Lysenkoism 2.0 in action in 2026.