The Association of Misleading Studies
Last week I pointed out several flaws in how researchers gathered data for the NIH-AARP Diet and Health Study, which has generated a slew of scary headlines such as Animal Fat… Read more »
Category Archives: Bad Medicine
Health Prevention
Senator Tom Harkin of Iowa recently wrote an op-ed piece to explain how Congress is going to design a new and improved health-care system that will take care of everybody… Read more »
Bariatric Surgery: Bad To The Bone
Bad news for the bariatric-surgery industry: a Mayo clinic study released this week suggests that people who’ve undergone weight-loss surgery are more likely to break their bones. Here’s the first… Read more »
The Lap Band Still Plays On
I received this email today from fellow comedian and blogger Josh Goguen: Hey, Tom – I have satellite radio and they have a channel called Doctor Radio. I happened to… Read more »
And The Lap Band Played On …
I saw this billboard while driving to my office a couple of days ago. I was so stunned, I nearly blew through a stop sign. I pulled over and snapped… Read more »