Promoting Science and Critical Thinking
I really did not expect there to be a need to write this in 2026, but here we are: please do not be seduced by the claim that drinking raw milk is a health upgrade. I understand why the argument sounds attractive. Raw milk is marketed as natural, old-fashioned, nutrient-rich and less processed. In an … Read more
Humans are emotional, fallible, and prone to mistakes when tired, rushed, or overloaded. AI is just a machine. It does not get sleepy, flustered, or distracted, and in theory it can draw on a vast body of medical knowledge in seconds. So why not let AI replace doctors, or at least help guide patients directly? … Read more
There has been a new study that gives us a fascinating new insight into exercise. The researchers were asking themselves this key question – How effective are small, realistic changes in physical activity and sedentary behaviour on population-level mortality? But first, before we get into this, there is a rather important context for all of … Read more
Who is Dr. Kirk Milhoan? He is head of the RFK Jnr hand-crafted ACIP (Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices) refresh. As a quick reminder, it used to have wholly appropriate subject matter experts until RFK Jnr stepped in last June 2025, fired them all, and then replaced them with individuals who were a mixture of … Read more
We will get into the details of the latest NIH Pandemic policy and the 8 reasons why it is so utterly batshit crazy shortly. What is inevitable is that at some point there will be another Pandemic. We don’t know when and we don’t know how lethal. All we know is that at some point … Read more
The Followers of Christ Church in Oregon embrace the belief that prayers are all you need. If your child becomes ill or sick, then just pray them better, no calling on doctors. What we learn via an article within The Oregonian (dated 2017) has been the consequence of this over the decades … Of 78 children … Read more