by J. Jerrald Hayes | Mar 16, 2020 | Science, Science Based Medicine
Worried about coronavirus? If your loved one is over 60, read this There are specific precautions older adults should take to protect their health. We spoke to two geriatricians and pulled guidance from the CDC to assemble what you need to know about the virus and how...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Mar 16, 2020 | Science, Science Based Medicine
These simulations show how to flatten the coronavirus growth curve Health By Warning: This graphic requires JavaScript. Please enable JavaScript for the best experience. PLEASE NOTE The Washington Post is providing this story for free so that all readers have access...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Mar 14, 2020 | Science, Science Based Medicine
How to Protect Older People From the Coronavirus People over 60, and especially over 80, are particularly vulnerable to severe or fatal infection. Here are some steps to reduce their risk. Amid the uncertainty swirling around the coronavirus pandemic stands one...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Apr 3, 2018 | Alternative Medicine, Pseudoscience, Science Based Medicine
Tumeric tastes great but I would question if it was good for anything healthwise. I think much of the hype surrounding Tumeric being good for losing weight, preventing Alzheimer’s, treating diabetes, preventing baldness, treating cancer and more (although to the best...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Mar 16, 2018 | Science Based Medicine
KevinMD on Facebook on Twitter Medicine requires doctors to constantly manage probabilities “I’d really feel better if we got the MRI,” Ms. James said. “I understand you think it’s a migraine, but I want to know, just in case....
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Feb 20, 2018 | Alternative Medicine, Pseudoscience, Science Based Medicine
Wow,…THAT. WAS. GREAT. !!! I’ve read and followed Britt Hermes Naturopathic Diaries blog for a while but this is the first time I have heard her speak and I think she ZDoggMD were cooking with gas. I could have taken in another hour of their...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Aug 14, 2017 | Alternative Medicine, Pseudoscience, Science Based Medicine
Alternative medicine kills cancer patients Alternative medicine, by definition, consists medicine that either has not been shown to work or has been shown not to work. To paraphrase an old adage yet again, medicine that has been shown to work with an acceptable...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Jun 4, 2017 | Alternative Medicine, Health, Pseudoscience, Science, Science Based Medicine, What I'm Reading
I got in a FaceBook discusion (an argument) about the effectiveness of Chiropractic the other day when I posted a video of Dr Stephen Novella where he takes it down and I called it “Chiro-quackery” and at best it might be considered physical therapy and/or overpriced...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Mar 28, 2017 | Health, Science, Science Based Medicine
To Quote The Credible Hulk on FaceBook DNA polymerase adds about 1 wrong deoxyribonucleotide per 100k bases during DNA replication. It can also “proofread” and correct many such mistakes, resulting in an error rate around 1 in 10 million bases in...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Jan 31, 2017 | Science, Science Based Medicine, Science Denial
The research linking autism to vaccines is even more bogus than you think The details from investigations into the research are...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Oct 11, 2016 | Mathmatics, Science, Science Based Medicine
It’s time for science to abandon the term ‘statistically significant’ – David Colquhoun | Aeon Essays The aim of science is to establish facts, as accurately as possible. It is therefore crucially important to determine whether an observed...
