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Surgeon/scientist promoting science-based medicine and deconstructing quackery. Editor, Science-Based Medicine blog. Also: @gorskon.bsky.social. (He/him.)
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“Learn to love MAHA” vs. “how to make the CDC great again”?

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By David Gorski
| Science-Based Medicine Verified
A (seemingly) long time ago in a galaxy (seemingly) far, far away, a Johns Hopkins cardiologist named Dr. Joseph Marine wrote a(n) (in)famous post for the inaptly named Sensible Medicine blog entitled Why Doctors Should Learn to Stop Worrying and Love MAHA. MAHA, for those who haven’t been paying attention, stands for “make America healthy again,” a slogan co-opted by our current Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F.
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“Abolish the NIH”? Dr. Scott Atlas gives the antiscience game away

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By David Gorski
| Science-Based Medicine Verified
We at Science-Based Medicine have been sounding the alarm about unscientific and anti-scientific medicine and medical claims since 2008. In this endeavor, we have tried to remain as nonpartisan as possible, although it is a fool’s errand to try to remain apolitical, because medical science, like any science with incredibly important practical applications that result in government regulation and policies impacting it, cannot avoid intertwining with politics.
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Lysenkoism 2.0 in action: Dismantling peer review at NIH

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By David Gorski
| Science-Based Medicine Verified
I must admit that I’m getting really tired of using the two images of Trofim Lysenko in my posts again, but, unfortunately, this week it can’t be helped…again. I’m also getting tired of reminding our readers who Trofim Lysenko was, in case you happen to be encountering this blog for the first time or, for whatever reason, haven’t read my past posts on Lysenkoism 2.0 and the destruction of US federal science. So, before I launch into discussing how this administration, HHS Secretary Robert F.
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