Disease

September is National Vascular Disease Awareness Month. I would be remiss as a lapsed vascular surgeon not to speak about the disease afflicting the patients I have cared for over 30 years.

Looking Under the Molecular Hood

I recently wrote about a nonsensical study claiming that artificially sweetened drinks contribute to cognitive decline. It was nonsense.

What is Myopia 

I’ve been called a few choice names before, but “muckraker” was a new one. This was hurled at me after a talk I gave in which I had criticized RFK Jr.’s scientific acumen, and it was clear from the tone that this was not meant as a compliment.

In matters of vaccine science, immunology, and virology, there are several schools of thought. For convenience, I'll divide them into two categories: “Paul Offit” and “wrong.”

There is nothing better than a summer-dusk outdoor meal with friends, especially friends who act as mosquito magnets, attracting all the attention and leaving me to enjoy some ribs, a pinot, and conversation free of bites. 

Join us on the Science Dispatch podcast as we discuss:

The ketogenic diet is often promoted online as a solution for everything from brain fog and depression to serious psychiatric illness. The evidence is far more nuanced.

As I previously wrote, Legionnaires’ Disease was first identified in 1976 at a hotel in Philadelphia where