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Edzard Ernst

Cambridge, Penmarch
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Physician, scientist, (H-Index=150), blogger (edzardernst.com), tri-lingual author, columnist: SPIEGEL,WELT,STANDARD,L'EXPRESS,SKEPTIC, several books ...
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Actinic Purpura: the unsightly botches that Donald Trump often displays on the back of his hands

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By Edzard Ernst
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Many commentators have wondered what the bothches on Trump’s hands might be and whether they signify some sinister cause. The White House medical updates and Trump himself have attributed the bruising to a combination of factors: Frequent Handshaking: Both Trump and his physician have claimed that shaking hands with thousands of people causes minor soft-tissue trauma.
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Authoritarian attitudes and the perceived scientific legitimacy of anthroposophic medicine

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By Edzard Ernst
| edzardernst.com
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Pete Hegseth’s Flu Shot Reversal: a gross failure of leadership that has already cost one life

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By Edzard Ernst
| edzardernst.com
The US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s decision to make the annual flu vaccine optional for US military service members in April 2026 was not an exercise in “medical autonomy,” as he called it at the time. It was a recklessly ideological act that has now already cost a life. By lifting a long-standing, evidence-based mandate Hegseth dismissed as “absurd” and “overreaching,” he prioritized ill-advised principles over the health, welfare, and readiness of US service members.
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