Recent studies indicate that #vaccines, including shingles, RSV, Tdap, and flu vaccines, can significantly reduce the risk of dementia and Alzheimer's disease. www.skepticalraptor.com/skepticalrap...

It’s time get a flu vaccination | Pediatricians are urging people to get the flu vaccine after last winter saw the most flu-related deaths among children in 15 years. apnews.com/article/flu-...

I’m starting to think that maybe some of these conservative free speech diehards might actually only care about the stuff they want to say. Do you think that the parental choice folks might not be on the up and up either? I’ve got some serious thinking to do.

Correlation doesn’t always equal causation. What if decreased brain activity is actually the cause of chiropractic?

Soulless chaos demon says what?

Will it take longer than it takes for raspberry ketones to melt away stubborn abdominal fat? What an asshole.

I’m not a golf fan. I can watch people walk around on grass at a park in my town. But I’m familiar with the racism and the exclusion of most groups of people in its history. This, however, surprised me. I am not proud to be an American. www.advocate.com/voices/ryder...

I will never watch a movie or television show involving “Tilly Norwood”. I will avoid that shit like the plague. If AI takes over Hollywood, it is dead to me. I will read more. I will do more crossword puzzles.

Another excellent article by Tara Haelle. I’ve spoken to her a number of times for previous articles and she is one of the best journalists out there covering pediatric medicine. This is a complex issue and she deftly handles the controversial aspects of abusive head trauma.

Are Childhood Vaccines ‘Overloading’ the Immune System? No. 🛟

In college, in Louisiana, I worked on some oyster research in a food science class. A local reporter came once to interview the lead researcher and asked what a protein was and if we could show them one. These are the people voting for presidents.

I miss the days of the tweetiatrician. We built so much community under the shared purpose of sharing evidence based child health information. The methods and platforms may have changed but that doesn’t mean we can’t keep going. Follow pediatricians. Share our messages. www.tiktok.com/t/ZTMjGmB2j/

Recently admitted a tween who lost over 30% of their body weight starving themselves the year after being called fat by a bully. Heart rate 37 when awake. Stopped having periods. Bones eroding away. Fat shaming anyone, especially kids, is never okay. Even if their parent is a fascist.

"Pregnant women should receive a single dose of Tdap during each pregnancy in the 27th–36th week of pregnancy to help protect their newborns from #pertussis during their first few months of life." Mississippi has announced a pediatric death due to pertussis. msdh.ms.gov/msdhsite/ind...

"Hepatitis B is a virus that attacks the liver. The disease has no cure and chronic infection can lead to serious outcomes such as liver cancer, cirrhosis and death. ...risks of these outcomes are much higher for people who get infected as infants." www.npr.org/2025/09/25/n...

Ear Acupuncture May Benefit Patients With Penetrating Neck Wounds "Though the subjects ultimately all died, there was an intriguing statistical trend towards slower death in the acupuncture group." www.knudsensnews.com/post/ear-acu...

NSAIDs like ibuprofen increase risk of miscarriage or stillbirth as well as premature closure of an important fetal blood vessel called the ductus arteriosus.

An AI-generated video of Trump was circulating in which he promised med beds for all Americans. I wrote about this old conspiracy theory a few months back. It's wild. #Medsky www.mcgill.ca/oss/article/...

Not cowards.

Cowards.

A measles outbreak in Indonesia has led to 17 deaths and more than 2,000 infections in East Java. Low vaccination rates are cited as a key factor, prompting a new campaign to reach thousands of children. Source: www.pbs.org/newshour/wor...

One of the leucovorin papers has, uh, issues.

Forget medbeds. Call me when we have Medibots. Anyone who gets this reference is my new best friend. And yes, that is Sorcerer Supreme Wong, played by Benedict Wong, here as Dr. Franklin Fu.

No, it doesn’t. This study is garbage designed to yield a positive result that does not refute earlier studies that are better controlled. Comparing “usual care” to acupuncture is a flawed approach that does not account for a variety of biases and so-called placebo effects.

What LSU is paying Brian Kelly to coach football over ten years is almost the same amount it would take to build the school the new library it desperately needs. Just thought I'd post that tonight, for no particular reason.

I wouldn’t exactly say that Friendship is an easy watch. Had to get through some scenes peeking through my fingers. But it is hilarious. If you like I Think You Should Leave, you will like this movie.

And Misogyny goes hand in hand with capitalism. There are so few medications approved for pregnant people because the drug companies don't research them because there's not enough profit in it for them to take the risk of another thalidomide.

So just bunker busters or are we talking nuclear?

For every responsible adult I see using an e-bike, there are at least eleven helmetless 12-year-olds weaving around cars. Parents please stop buying these things.

I read close to 50 papers in order to give an evidence-based, accurate response to Monday's press conference. There's a lot to unpack here. I hope you find this informative. Cc: @mcgilloss.bsky.social www.mcgill.ca/oss/article/...

“Flu is dangerous for children, period. That is not a mischaracterization.” “We don’t always know how to predict which kids are going to have the most severe forms of flu, which is why we recommend the vaccine for everyone" #IDSky + #PedsSky + #MedSky. www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...

@grantritchey.bsky.social This is why I don’t see a dentist. They either do this or murder lions.

Another reason to carry hand sanitizer.

Nothing quite like being greeted by a Christian nationalist slogan associated with terrorism when arriving at work in the morning. It was in permanent marker so took a few minutes to scrub off.

This has already been well studied and so-called “flashbulb” memories are more easily/frequently recalled but more at risk of changing over time. That’s how memory works. There are minor edits with each recall. What we remember, years down the road, may have little in common with the actual events.

Breaking: President Trump calls for full FBI investigation after an elevator at the White House took several minutes to arrive despite his pushing the button repeatedly. “The president could have sprained a finger. We won’t stop until we find a radical left-wing culprit.” - FBI Director Patel

“Twelve percent of cases have required hospitalization, with 29% of those hospitalized aged 19 years or younger. There have been 3 confirmed measles deaths this year.” www.cidrap.umn.edu/measles/cdc-...

‘Cause what you see, you might not get And we can bet, so don't you get souped yet Scheming on a thing, that's a mirage I'm trying to tell you now, it's sabotage

Maybe it wasn’t a person at all. This is just like the beginning of Maximum Overdrive! Wait, or was it Chopping Mall?

Boiron, the largest manufacturer of homeopathic products in the world, pulls in $300 million/year despite selling products based on a concept that violates fundamental laws of chemistry and that has never been proven beneficial for any condition in any human at any time since it was made up in 1796.

Proctor & Gamble Announces Line of At-Home Personal Detox Products Under Swiffer Brand "Just like the floors in your house can become caked with grime and covered in dust and pet hair, your colon can hold up to fifteen pounds of undigested waste." www.knudsensnews.com/post/proctor...

The U.S. government has jumped the public health shark: the comments at the autism conference were unfounded and seemed designed to put childern and the unborn at risk. www.statnews.com/2025/09/23/t... via @statnews.com @artcaplan.bsky.social

OK... THIS is the (highly criticized) correlation study used by Trump, RFK Jr. et al. 👇 I guess big conflicts of interest are cool, if they support MAGA (deeply wrong) ideas. Researcher Was Paid $150,000 as an Expert Witness in Tylenol Lawsuits www.nytimes.com/2025/09/23/h...

It's disturbing to see the whitewashing of long-time quack Richard Frye by media sources that should know better. Frye has long been associated with the anti-vax "autism biomed" movement, which promotes bogus treatments. His dubious trial was terminated for non-compliance.

Will someone please think of the…anti-science wackos.

Thanks but it really is our fault for (checks notes) dedicating our lives to helping children thrive and educating families.

Trump Raptured? Some Experts Believe it Could Happen Soon “Trump, shown here pointing at the sky and saying "Hey, is that a UFO?" to distract a Secret Service agent from a loud shart.” www.knudsensnews.com/post/trump-r...

“Slytherin!”