A Doctor in Full
In my own field of anesthesiology, the best way to avoid risk is to do nothing at all. I suppose this makes me a walking contradiction: a physician who prescribes medicine while also being somewhat wary of medicine.
Why the Healers Had to Rebel
The old world of captured medicine is collapsing under its own weight. The new one is already being born — in every honest conversation, every uncensored study, every act of compassion unmediated by permission.
To Bear Witness after Institutional Betrayal
The work of Gail Seiler and Teresa Cichewicz reminds us that even in the face of systemic failure, truth, conscience, and human dignity can still be defended. It feels fitting that the Betrayal Project’s emblem is a lighthouse.
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Did President Donald Trump’s Physician Provide a Full Safety/Efficacy Disclosure on mRNA Covid-19 Shots?
On Oct. 10, Trump’s physician, Dr. Sean P. Barbabella, announced that he found that our president “remains in exceptional health” and that he had received “updated Covid-19 booster vaccinations.” It’s likely the president received a Pfizer mRNA shot.
Connecting the Dots between the WHO and UN Security Council Reform
Consistent with the belief that every crisis is also an opportunity, the current global flux created by the crisis of multilateralism provides an exceptionally favourable confluence of circumstances for a transformative redesign of the architecture of international health governance.
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The Perverse Incentives in the US Healthcare System
Ultimately, we need to reform the stranglehold that the American Association of Medical Colleges (AAMC) and its Application Service (AMCAS) have on medical education. This whole process is worthy of study by the NIH.
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FDA’s Bizarre Decisions about Nicotine Pouches Lead to the Wrong Products on Shelves
The FDA’s treatment of NOAT stands out as a case study in inconsistency: a quiet, adult-focused brand approved in Europe yet effectively banned in the US, while flashier and riskier options continue to slip through.
FDA’s War on Commonsense Nicotine Regulation
Sweden’s evidence shows the results of a pragmatic approach: a near-smoke-free society achieved through consumer choice, not coercion. The FDA’s own approval of ZYN proves that such products can meet its legal standard for protecting public health.
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Smoke, Mirrors, and the Pfizer Deal
I am a mother, and I care about the world my children will inherit. I want them to grow up in a country where health is built on real food, clean water, strong families, and prevention rooted in nature.
Francis Collins Accidentally Reveals His Own Incompetence
Collins also acknowledged that the public health profession, the profession he was effectively leading during the most important crisis of its modern existence, paid “zero” attention to what the ensuing trade-offs would be from the immense restrictions imposed on the public.
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Inside the Henry Ford Vaccine Controversy
When an unpublished study from one of America’s most respected hospital networks surfaced in the US Senate last month, it reignited a fierce debate in medicine: are vaccinated children healthier than unvaccinated children?
Vaccine Misunderstanding…or Intentional Deception?
With Covid-19 we were told that vaccination was our only way out of the pandemic, that natural immunity from prior infection was insufficient protection, and that the Covid vaccines were 95% effective. Except it wasn’t, because “95% effective” was based on obfuscation.
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