Disease

Dogs can sniff out all sorts of things, as every dog owner knows. At the dog park, Cracker, my Bedlington Terrier, unfailingly finds all the dog owners who have treats in their pockets.

Have you ever noticed that when you misplace something, it is always found in the last place you look? Of course, that is because you then stop looking. Psychologists have a term for similar intellectual behavior, confirmation bias.

A recent article in the prestigious New England Journal of Medicine called attention to the urgent need for research and initiatives to address the syndrome known as post-ac

Despite the scare tactics of “Reefer Madness” and Harry Anslinger, the “OG” warrior of the federal Bureau of Narcotics, cannabis in the 60s and 70s was not considered a “drug of dependence,

While we all enjoy cleaner air and less airborne particulate matter is always better than more, public health policies must be based on demonstrated human health benefits.

We first queried ChatGPT as a “straw person” to get an idea of the (ostensibly) conventional wisdom:

The data comes from a Research Letter published in JAMA Internal Medicine, where the researchers compared an algorithm's diagnostic acumen with the medical staff's decisions.

“being in poverty is bad for one’s health.”

We all know people who said, “I had COVID, but it wasn’t too bad after the first couple of days.  After that, I had a cough and was tired for maybe a week.  Pretty much like the flu.” 

In the bad old days, studies suggested that if hospitalized with COVID vs. seasonal influenza, your chance of dying was fivefold greater – a number guaranteed to catch your attention.