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Epidemiologist. Writer (Slate, TIME, etc). ' Research fellow at @UoW Host of @senscipod Email [email protected] he/him

Sydney, New South Wales
Joined November 2015
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@GidMK
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You don't have a vitamin D deficiency. No one does. At least, that's according to the Endocrine Society guidelines. My new piece:
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The complex science about vitamin D levels and what they mean
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My new piece is on cocoa supplements and why chocolate probably isn't going to stop you aging. https://t.co/DUZW8tU27g
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The dubious claims about cocoa supplements and anti-aging potential
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👩‍⚕️ Dr. Laura 👩‍⚕️
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Please follow and bookmark to see me and my guests Dr. Gideon Meyerowitz-Katz (@GidMK), Dr. Tyler Black (@tylerblack32) and Adam Zivo (@ZivoAdam) as we have a nuanced conversation from across the political divide on the evidence and politics around pediatric gender affirming care
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@GidMK
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2 months
New piece looks at remarkably bad research integrity cases on hugely impactful studies where the journals took years to respond. This is bad, it's an ongoing problem, no one is trying to fix it. https://t.co/zZkUdwK4S2
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The painfully slow process of scientific correction
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@GidMK
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4 months
My new piece looks at headlines saying that peanuts are the key to longevity and why it's just bad science. Wherein I get to unironically use the term Big Nut. https://t.co/Ai1tvZq34L
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An introduction to the dubious science of Big Peanut
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@GidMK
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5 months
I've never written about pandemic origins, because as someone with no stake in the discussion I never really cared one way or the other. But since people being disastrously wrong, here's my opinion about why COVID-19 was almost certainly not a lab leak
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Because people keep getting this very wrong.
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@GidMK
Health Nerd
5 months
I've never written about pandemic origins, because as someone with no stake in the discussion I never really cared one way or the other. But since people being disastrously wrong, here's my opinion about why COVID-19 was almost certainly not a lab leak
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Because people keep getting this very wrong.
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@GidMK
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6 months
There have been some incredibly misleading headlines about metformin for older women's longevity recently. Turns out they are based on some very meagre data. My new piece: https://t.co/xqCXrvTUYc
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New headlines are claiming that this common diabetes drug can make women live longer, but the data is very unconvincing.
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@GidMK
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6 months
My new piece looks at recent headlines, and why oats probably aren't helpful when it comes to PFAS in your body. https://t.co/IaPnwYVMxd
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Despite recent headlines, the answer is probably not.
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@GidMK
Health Nerd
6 months
Recent headlines have been fearmongering about pesticides in tampons. Turns out, the data shows that there is nothing to worry about. The amount of glyphosate (not a pesticide) in tampons was actually vanishingly low. https://t.co/R9ZrThje9q
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The very problematic science behind some recent headlines.
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@GidMK
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7 months
Biden has prostate cancer. Should you get a test? Maybe. The data is very mixed, and for men his age screening is not even recommended without symptoms. https://t.co/FRFt0Y9feb
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One of the trickiest topics in epidemiology.
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@GidMK
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8 months
Measles is an incredibly infectious disease. Even minor dips in vaccination rates can cause big outbreaks. I wrote about why this is, and why I'd expect the U.S. measles epidemic to continue to grow. https://t.co/DJc3EziwjB
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@CaulfieldTim
Timothy Caulfield
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Measles Is Dangerous https://t.co/hdhYrrdjg9 by @GidMK The long-disproven myth the MMR vaccine causes autism "used to be popular mostly in the bizarre corners of the internet." But "it has become mainstream due to RFK Jr. & the current U.S. government endorsing it."
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Why my kid has all of her vaccine doses.
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8 months
Two children are dead in Texas from measles. Here's why, as an expert in the topic matter, I make sure my daughter gets her vaccines on time. Measles is a dangerous disease. https://t.co/BbfrSaezGm
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Why my kid has all of her vaccine doses.
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8 months
A common MAHA claim is that diabetes rates are skyrocketing, with the blame usually on food additives or dietary guidelines. But it's not really true. In fact, it's provably true to say that diabetes rates have been falling in the U.S. for over a decade. https://t.co/3tiUW6HX31
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The complexity of chronic disease
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@GidMK
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8 months
No, despite recent headlines, coffee is probably not giving people heart attacks. If anything, the opposite is more likely. https://t.co/92R75lVq0F
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Despite recent headlines, there’s no strong evidence that office coffee is raising your cholesterol.
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@GidMK
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9 months
Vitamin A supplements are not a replacement for vaccines when it comes to measles (and for American kids may not help at all). This is not a contentious fact. https://t.co/XRQ3WQcmb7
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No, nutrition is not better than vaccination.
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@CaulfieldTim
Timothy Caulfield
9 months
"...no reason to believe that vaccines are destroying anyone’s immune system. The new study is scientifically inadequate, and cannot possibly tell us anything about health issues related to vaccination." COVID Vaccines Aren’t Causing AIDS https://t.co/dgqNjpDR3W by @GidMK
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@GidMK
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9 months
There's been a lot of noise recently about the idea that COVID-19 vaccines are causing immune damage. Some rather woeful commentators have even used the term AIDS. My new piece explains why this is gibberish based on bad science. https://t.co/7kq4nh01Xo
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@GidMK
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INSPECT-SR is a massive Delphi consensus study, I've never met or corresponded with most of the 37 other authors. Specifically, I've met 4 of them online, 4 in person, and have published with 5 of them to some extent.
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