My Articles

November 10, 2022 – If We *Really* Want to Honor Our Veterans, Let's Control Their Pain
November 8, 2022 – The J-Man Chronicles: Uneven Legs and the Plausibly Accidental Sky Penis
November 6, 2022 – Why Target Opioids When Alcohol is a Much Bigger Problem?
October 31, 2022 – Arnica: A *Real* Sugar Pill. But it Won't Make Your Car Go Further
October 27, 2022 – The J-Man Chronicles: Dude Wipes and the Demise of Diet Soda
October 21, 2022 – The Van Gogh Soup Protestors Picked The Wrong Food
October 19, 2022 – Finally - An Honest Portrayal Of Opioid Overdose Deaths
October 14, 2022 – The Case of the 'Killer' Wedding Rings
October 12, 2022 – Tranq: A Monster Worse Than Fentanyl?
October 5, 2022 – Breakthrough in Understanding Metastasis: Healthy Cells Do It, Too
October 3, 2022 – Tumors Have a 'Fungal Biome' - Implications for Powerful New Cancer Screens
September 29, 2022 – 'Mercury' vs. Digital Thermometers: Some Metallurgy and a Rant
September 28, 2022 – Cannabis Chemical Myrcene Can Help You Sleep, Clean Paint Brushes, and Run Your Truck
September 23, 2022 – (I Got) The Paxlovid Blues
September 21, 2022 – It's Time to Undo the Harm the CDC Has Done to Pain Patients - Drs. Singer and Bloom in Newsweek
September 16, 2022 – The Devil You Know - Neurontin's Massive Flop as an Opioid Alternative
September 15, 2022 – Why Did Dr. Lynn Webster Trash 'Dopesick?' An Interview.
September 9, 2022 – Tattoos Can Theoretically Cause Cancer - So Can Removing Them
September 6, 2022 – Do Statins Really Give You Muscle Cramps? Rarely
September 1, 2022 – Why Are Clouds Seeded with 'Silver'? Does it Work?
August 29, 2022 – Which Tootsie Pop Flavor is the Most 'Natural'?
August 24, 2022 – Eleventh Hour Veto Prevents Californians from Trying a New Solution to a Big Problem
August 24, 2022 – A 'Mild' Way to Destroy PFAS (Forever Chemicals). But Is It Practical?
August 22, 2022 – 'Tylenol Lite' - Will a Safer New Useless Painkiller Replace a Dangerous Old One?
August 16, 2022 – What Makes Omicron Special? Centaurus Gives Us a Clue
August 11, 2022 – The Truth (Or Lack Thereof) About Melatonin
August 9, 2022 – New Study Obliterates PROP's Absurd Position on Further Reducing Opioid Prescriptions
August 3, 2022 – Metallurgical Irony: Tin Foil Hats Want You to Avoid Using Aluminum
August 3, 2022 – After Biden’s COVID-19 Infections, Here’s What Regulators Should Do to Limit Paxlovid Rebound
July 29, 2022 – Does Fentanyl Penetrate Skin? A Long Overdue Dreaded Chemistry Lesson From Hell
July 27, 2022 – China Claims an AIDS Drug Will Beat Covid. Too Good to Be True?
July 20, 2022 – Dr. Red Lawhern: The 'Energizer Bunny' of Pain-Patient Advocates
July 20, 2022 – Drs. Bloom and Lev Agree (and Disagree) About the Opioid Crisis: Podcast Ep. #82 of the 'High Truths' Series
July 15, 2022 – Supreme Court Tells Cops To Stop Playing Doctor
July 14, 2022 – Why Paxlovid is Far More Effective Than Media Coverage, and Some Skeptics, Suggest
July 13, 2022 – PROP is So Desperate That It'll Lie About Half a Tootsie Roll
July 12, 2022 – Paxlovid-Resistant Covid 'Discovered' Should We Worry?
July 7, 2022 – FDA Says Pharmacists Can Prescribe Paxlovid. ACSH Got There Long Ago
July 6, 2022 – A Science Lesson for NYC Shoplifters
July 5, 2022 – PROP Keeps Lying About Opioids - This Time They Got Caught
June 28, 2022 – Does An Omicron ‘Booster’ Make Sense?
June 20, 2022 – A Surgeon and a Non-Practicing Anti-Opioid Zealot Walk Into a Bar: The Singer Fugh-Berman Debate
June 20, 2022 – Paxlovid Flops in Healthy People. Or Did It?
June 14, 2022 – What is ‘Paxlovid Rebound,’ and Should It Concern Us?
June 13, 2022 – FDA Opioid Giveback Program: Who Knew They Had a Sense of Humor??
June 9, 2022 – You Take the Lavender, I'll Take the Morphine. More Anti-Opioid Nonsense.
June 1, 2022 – U.S. Consumers Overpay for Generic Drugs
May 26, 2022 – Is Pot Really Safe? Tales From the ER. An Interview with Dr. Roneet Lev
May 24, 2022 – NY Times' German Lopez Botches Opioid Coverage — And It's Not The First Time
May 20, 2022 – IV Tylenol Flops in Yet Another Pain Trial ... To No One's Surprise