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At my gym, a sign appeared on the sauna door in the men’s locker room that I wanted to photograph. Given the circumstances, however, I decided to keep my phone in my pocket. The sign said: Inappropriate behavior in the sauna will result in immediate termination of your membership. Since then, I’ve been thinking about…

In their recent marathon interview with Tucker Carlson, Calley Means and Dr. Casey Means mentioned in passing that under Obamacare, 85% of the revenue that health insurers collect as premiums must be paid out as claims. The result, the Meanses say, is that insurance companies are incentivized to maximize healthcare spending. The Meanses’ key message…

I wI wrote previously about when to trust — or really, disqualify — health influencers. This is the online universe of personal trainers, fitness gurus, and content creators. Red flags include: Likewise, doctors with a substantial presence also make easy-to-spot blunders that are immediately disqualifying. If there’s one area of my heath I could improve,…

One clue that the public health establishment was responding to COVID in bad faith was the “shock and awe” campaign of closures and lockdowns designed to scare the public into submission. Rule number one of the pandemic playbook until 2020 was that leaders should avoid frightening people and sowing panic. I wonder if there’s a…

The Harvard School of Health/Department of Nutrition should have been embarrassed by the debunking of its most recent study on red meat and diabetes — if anyone was still paying attention. The splashy headline that red meat increases the risk of diabetes, followed by the media’s sprint to the next sensation, is the archetype of…