Steven Novella
Founder and Executive Editor at Science-Based Medicine
The host of the Skeptics Guide to the Universe podcast, and science blogger extraordinaire.
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2 weeks ago |
sciencebasedmedicine.org | Steven Novella
While the medical world is melting down from the absolute apocalypse that is RFK Jr., it’s good to celebrate that (at least for now) medical progress continues to march on. Recently published in the NEJM is a case report of a breakthrough that we may look back on as a milestone in medicine. Patient-Specific In Vivo Gene Editing to Treat a Rare Genetic Disease. This represents the culmination of one of the promises of the CRISPR revolution – specific gene therapy in living individuals.
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3 weeks ago |
sciencebasedmedicine.org | Steven Novella
Have you heard of brainspotting? It’s been around since 2003 when it was invented out of whole cloth (not “discovered”) by psychotherapist David Grand. It seems to be gaining in popularity recently, so it is worth the SBM treatment. Here is how proponents describe the alleged phenomenon:“Brainspotting makes use of this natural phenomenon through its use of relevant eye positions.
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1 month ago |
sciencebasedmedicine.org | Steven Novella
Organ transplant is a potentially lifesaving medical intervention, but there is a critical lack of donor organs. Even in a wealthy country like the US, there are about 100,000 people on the waiting list for an organ transplant, but only about 23 thousand organs become available each year. About 6 thousand people die each year while on the waiting list. For this reason researchers are looking for alternatives.
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1 month ago |
sciencebasedmedicine.org | Steven Novella
Trust is a fragile yet critical resource for any institution. At the end of the day, civilization is mostly built on a handshake and a mutual agreement to follow the rules. This includes trust that designated experts have the expertise they claim, are competent, and are acting appropriately in the interest of others, rather than exploiting their position for self-dealing. A critical loss of trust leads to the collapse of institutions and even nations.
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1 month ago |
theness.com | Steven Novella
RFK Jr.’s recent speech about autism has sparked a lot of deserved anger. But like many things in life, it’s even more complicated than you think it is, and this is a good opportunity to explore some of the issues surrounding this diagnosis. While the definition has shifted over the years (like most medical diagnoses) autism is currently considered a fairly broad spectrum sharing some underlying neurological features.
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Interview on a Chicago radio station about the COVID pandemic. I didn't realize until I was on what their political orientation was - https://t.co/8x2fw8KG0x
Orioles are back. Put out some oranges, and they will come. https://t.co/ufwfi2jb8y
Getting lots of questions about Dr. Mikovits. She appears to be an anti-vaccine conspiracy theorist crank. She wrote a book with notorious antivaxxer, Heckenlively. Foreward by nutjob RFK Jr. https://t.co/53Dqx1u1cm