Ep. 185 James Heathers on Ivermectin, Data Science, and Trust
Our guest is James Heathers, physiologist, scientist, and part-time “data thug” who’s developed the technique of sniffing out fraudulent or highly erroneous scientific publications into an art. He has recently published “The Real Scandal About Ivermectin,” an article in The Atlantic featuring an analysis that he and his colleagues have performed identifying devastating flaws in some randomized control trials that purportedly showed Ivermectin to be effective against COVID-19. The article discusses the Ivermectin story in the broader context of the reliability of scientific publications. James is also Chief Scientific Officer at the technology company Cipher Skin.
GUEST:
James Heathers, PhD: Twitter, and podcast
PREVIOUS APPEARANCE ON THE PODCAST:
Ep. 65 James Heathers: Why Science Needs Data Thugs.
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Ep. 184 Vinay Prasad
Our guest is Vinay Prasad, hematologist-oncologist and Associate Professor in the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics at the University of California San Francisco. He is the author of over 300 academic articles, and the books Ending Medical Reversal (2015), and Malignant (2020). We have a wide-ranging conversation covering public health, the politicization of science, and the future of the established institutions of knowledge.
GUEST:
Vinay Prasad: Twitter, YouTube, and Website
PRIOR APPEARANCE ON THE SHOW:
Ep. 153 Vinay Prasad: Making Conversations About Medicine Great Again.
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Ep. 183 Approving COVID Vaccines for Children: Part 2 with Cody Meissner
Our guest in Dr. Cody Meissner, Chief of Pediatric Infectious Disease at Tufts University School of Medicine, and member of the FDA’s Vaccine and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee (VRBPAC) who recently approved the EUA for Pfizer’s COVID vaccine for children ages 5-11.
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H. Cody Meissner, MD: Webpage
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Ep. 182 Approving COVID Vaccines for Children: Part 1 with Paul Offit
Our guest is Dr. Paul Offit, an expert on vaccines, immunology, and virology. He is the Maurice R. Hilleman Professor of Vaccinology, Professor of Pediatrics at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania and Director of the Vaccine Education Center at The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. He is also a member of the FDA’s Vaccines and Related Biologic Products Advisory Committee (VRBPAC) which recently approved the EUA for the Pfizer’s Covid-19 vaccine for children age 5-11.
This is part 1 of a 2-part series on this topic.
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Paul Offit, MD: Twitter and Webpage
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Ep. 181 Medicine, Capital Punishment, and the Troubling Reality of Death by Lethal Injection
Our guest is Dr. Joel Zivot, Associate Professor of Anesthesiology at Emory University School of Medicine in Atlanta. Ho also holds a Masters degree in ethics and is a Senior Faculty Fellow at the Emory University Center for Ethics. He shares his personal experience with and perspective on the reality of death by lethal injection and discusses why the medical profession should not serve as an arm of the State.
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Joel Zivot, MD: Twitter and Webpage
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Ep. 180 A New Yorker Speaks Truth to Power
Our guest is Eli Klein, a gallery owner in Manhattan who became a scourge to governor Andrew Cuomo for his handling of the pandemic.
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Eli Klein: Twitter and Website
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Ep. 179 Political Conservatism: Cure to a Failing Health Care Liberalism?
Our guest is Dr. Shawn Whatley, returning to the show to discuss a recent essay introducing conservative principles to a health care audience steeped in a liberal tradition.
GUEST:
Shawn Whatley, MD. Blog and Twitter
LINK:
Shawn Whatley. How to Get Canada off the Health Care Teeter-Totter (at The Hub)
BOOKS BY DR. WHATLEY:
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- When Politics Comes Before Patients: Why Canadian Medicare Is Failing
- No More Lethal Waits: 10 Steps to Transform Canada’s Emergency Departments
PREVIOUS APPEARANCE ON THE SHOW:
Ep. 40 Practicing Medicine in Canada: Promises and Realities
Ep. 165 Deconstructing Medical Socialism
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Ep. 178 Doctors and Defibrillators
Our guests are John Mandrola and Bogdan Enache, returning to the show to wrap up our series on “Adventures and Misadventures in Defibrillation.”
GUESTS:
John Mandrola, MD: Twitter and Website
Bogdan Enache, MD: Twitter
LINKS:
Michel Accad. The case against shared decision-making part 1, part 2, and part 3.
RELATED EPISODES:
Ep. 172 Adventures in Defibrillation
Ep. 174 Misadventures in Fibrillation
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Ep. 177 The Media and the Pandemic, with David Zweig
Our guest is journalist and author David Zweig, one of the few voices in the media that dared to question the public health narrative and was able to scoop major stories about the pandemic that were ignored by the mainstream outlets.
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David Zweig: Webpage and Twitter
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Ep. 176 The Case for Physician-Owned Hospitals, with Brian Miller
Our guest is Brian Miller, Assistant Professor of Medicine and Business (courtesy) at the Johns Hopkins University. He is a practicing hospitalist, health policy researcher, and health policy analyst, working as a consultant to the FTC Bureau of Consumer Protection on health insurance. He is also a member of the Medicare Evidence Development & Coverage Advisory Committee, the UNC-NC State Biomedical Engineering Department Industrial Advisory Board, and the Keck Graduate Institute School of Medicine Dean’s Advisory Council.
GUEST:
Brian J. Miller: Webpage and Twitter
LINKS:
- Cost and Quality of Care in Physician-Owned Hospitals: A Systematic Review (Mercatus Center)
- Reversing Hospital Consolidation: The Promise of Physician-Owned Hospitals (in Health Affairs blog)
- Health Affairs Article Misses the Mark on Physician-Owned Hospitals. (American Hospital Association website)
- Testimony to Senate Judiciary Committee on Competition Policy, Antitrust, and Consumer Rights.
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