Vitamin D Supplementation: of Scandal, Sunlight, and Skin in The Game
The New York Times recently ran a story indicating that a prominent physician scientist particularly associated with advocacy for vitamin D supplementation may have important conflicts of interest. The case is made that this doctor, an endocrinologist at Boston University, has personally contributed enormously to sales of vitamin D, testing for vitamin D, and even the use of tanning salons through his influence on peers and the public. He has in turn been at the receiving end of very considerable compensation from companies that make and sell supplements, perform tests, or offer tanning beds.
- 10/09/2018
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Is Any Alcohol Dangerous to Your Health?
In a word: yes. In two words: of course. But crossing a street is dangerous to your health. Driving a car or riding a bike is dangerous to your health. So that’s not really very helpful information.
- 04/09/2018
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Nutrition and the Art of Disparaging Science: Of Smoke and Fire
It is back to school season, so let’s start this with a pop quiz:
- 03/09/2018
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Parsing the Pros and Cons of Breast Cancer Screening
You might think that screening for breast cancer by mammography is a slam-dunk. It was not the last time I wrote about it; and it is not now.
- 01/09/2018
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Politics, Propaganda, and Perspective: How Preventive Medicine Pertains
In any political campaign season, fidelity to facts is often sacrificed for the persuasiveness of propaganda. In this campaign season of roiling discontent, that is only all the more so. In particular, the identification of every act of terrorism or violence as a systemic failure of the current power structure is as specious as it is seductive. Preventive Medicine can lend some very relevant perspective.
- 30/08/2018
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