Injectable Peptides – The New Snake Oil
Steven Novella warns that injectable peptides are the latest wave of snake‑oil products, exploiting loopholes created by the 1994 Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act. While legitimate peptide drugs like insulin and GLP‑1 agonists exist, many unapproved compounds are marketed through compounding pharmacies with minimal clinical data. The Biden administration moved 20 peptides to a restricted Category 2 list, yet the Trump‑era administration under RFK Jr. is reviewing several for approval, keeping a gray market alive. Novella argues that without rigorous trials, consumers face safety risks and the medical community loses reliable evidence.
MAHA Ruins Everything – Apeel Edition
Apeel Sciences, backed by a Gates Foundation grant, created an edible plant‑based coating that extends fruit and vegetable freshness by two‑to‑three times and can shave up to 12% off spoilage‑related waste. Influencers aligned with the MAHA network spread false claims—confusing...
Can Medical Schools Really Teach 71 Nutrition ‘Competencies’? Should They?
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services unveiled a Medical Education Nutrition Competency Framework that outlines 10 domains and 71 specific competencies, requiring a minimum of 40 instructional hours for undergraduate medical students. HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr....
Hyaluronic Acid Adulteration
The FDA recently warned that several over‑the‑counter supplements marketed as hyaluronic acid contain undisclosed prescription drugs, including NSAIDs and corticosteroids. Oral hyaluronic acid itself has limited bioavailability and scant clinical evidence supporting skin or joint benefits. The adulterated products exploit...
Measles Surging As Vaccine Rates Drop
Measles cases in the United States surged to 2,288 in 2025, the highest count since 1991, and 1,814 cases are already recorded in 2026. The outbreak mirrors a severe situation in Bangladesh, where 2,897 laboratory‑confirmed cases and 166 deaths have...
Can Ivermectin and Mebendazole Treat Cancer?
The Wellness Company posted a self‑reported study of its ivermectin 25 mg/mebendazole 250 mg capsule, claiming an 84% clinical‑benefit ratio and that 33% of participants showed no evidence of disease. The analysis drew on 197 baseline surveys and 122 six‑month follow‑ups, but relied solely...
MAHA Vs. The FDA: Dredging up Old Anti-Regulation Revisionist History
A new essay in Science-Based Medicine denounces the “health‑freedom” narrative that seeks to dismantle the FDA. It traces the agency’s authority back to the 1962 Kefauver‑Harris amendment, which linked drug approval to rigorous safety and efficacy trials. The author dismantles...
Scientific Censor Dr. Jay Bhattacharya Doesn’t Realize He’s the Medical Establishment Now & It’s His Job to Generate Evidence for...
Dr. Jay Bhattacharya, now leading the CDC, ordered the removal of a CDC manuscript that reported 53‑55% effectiveness of COVID‑19 vaccines against hospitalizations during the 2025‑2026 season. The study, which used a test‑negative design, also listed four methodological limitations, but Bhattacharya...
A Tale of Two Books: We Want Them Infected & In COVID’s Wake
The author contrasts his self‑published book *We Want Them Infected* with the Princeton‑authored *In COVID’s Wake*, noting that both address the U.S. pandemic response but diverge sharply in tone, reception, and political intent. *We Want Them Infected* compiles frontline accounts...
The Myth of the Magically Powerful Placebo Returns
The article dismantles the growing narrative that placebos are a "magical" treatment as effective as prescription drugs. It argues that placebo benefits are confined to subjective symptoms such as pain and nausea, and that no credible evidence shows they improve...
The COVID Amnesia Project III: The Plot to Erase Who Ordered Lockdowns in 2020
The third installment of the COVID Amnesia Project (CAP) argues that prominent COVID‑19 pundits, especially Dr. Jay Bhattacharya, are rewriting history to hide who actually ordered the 2020 lockdowns. The piece highlights that President Donald Trump and Florida Governor Ron DeSantis were...
New Review Casts Doubt On Alzheimers Drugs But Is Controversial
A new Cochrane review of 17 trials involving more than 20,000 Alzheimer’s patients concludes that amyloid‑targeting monoclonal antibodies deliver only trivial cognitive benefits and carry safety risks. The analysis groups together all anti‑amyloid antibodies—including older failures—thereby diluting the modest gains...
SCOTUS Conversion Therapy Decision “Opens a Dangerous Can of Worms”
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that Colorado's ban on conversion therapy for minors infringes on counselors' First Amendment speech rights, sending the case back to lower courts to determine if the law can meet strict scrutiny. The majority treats spoken...
New Study on AI Clinical Decision-Making
A recent study evaluated large language model (LLM) AIs across 29 clinical vignettes, generating 16,254 responses. Scores ranged from 0.64 for Gemini 1.5 Flash to 0.78 for Grok 4, with GPT models leading overall. While final‑diagnosis accuracy was modest, failure rates for differential...
Since They Won’t Remind You, Here’s What Drs. John Ioannidis, Jay Bhattacharya, and Scott Atlas, Actually Said 6 Years...
In the spring of 2020, Stanford physicians John Ioannidis, Jay Bhattacharya, and Scott Atlas publicly downplayed COVID‑19’s lethality and warned that lockdowns could cause greater societal harm. Ioannidis projected fewer than 40,000 U.S. deaths, Bhattacharya suggested a fatality rate as low as 0.01 %,...