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When Did Breastfeeding Become a Disease?

By Howard Herrell, MDPosted on February 3, 2017

The practice of breastfeeding is as old as, well, mankind. Few functions could be considered more natural, and few biologic functions work as well. It […]

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From One Extreme to the Other…

By Howard Herrell, MDPosted on February 3, 2017

I hear an awful lot about swinging pendulums. As medicine, politics, or almost anything goes from one extreme to the other, we are told that […]

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Dreams of a Better World…

By Howard Herrell, MDPosted on January 19, 2017

Imagine living in a different world, a world where our children are not pumped full of dangerous toxins and chemicals at the doctor’s office; a […]

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Appeal to Experience, or Insight versus Awareness

By Howard Herrell, MDPosted on January 18, 2017January 27, 2017

A common fallacy we all make is the appeal to accomplishment. This occurs when we claim that an opinion or idea is invalid because the […]

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Oh my …. Really?

By Howard Herrell, MDPosted on January 17, 2017January 27, 2017

It’s ironic that a journal that’s supposed to combat high blood pressure is doing its best to raise mine with this click bait. A study […]

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Prevailing Bias

By Howard Herrell, MDPosted on January 10, 2017January 21, 2017

Imagine waking up tomorrow morning and finding a world you don’t know. Everything isn’t as it should be. Things that should be good are now […]

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Post-Truth, Alt-Health

By Howard Herrell, MDPosted on December 23, 2016December 26, 2016

Frequency of the word “post-truth” in news stories according to Google Trends (spike is in Nov. 2016) Since the 2016 election, the term post-truth has […]

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Data Dreams

By Howard Herrell, MDPosted on December 19, 2016December 19, 2016

Like dreams, statistics are a form of wish fulfillment. – Jean Baudrillard Are you afraid of getting mauled by a bear? I have great news: […]

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What’s Your Best Guess?

By Howard Herrell, MDPosted on December 7, 2016December 8, 2016

Until I know this sure uncertainty, I’ll entertain the offered fallacy. – William Shakespeare, The Comedy of Errors My four year old daughter asked me to guess which […]

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Paved With Good Intentions … Or, How Do I Do A Vaginal Delivery?

By Howard Herrell, MDPosted on December 5, 2016December 8, 2016

Here are some steps of vaginal delivery that have been used in various combinations over the last century: In early labor, nurses should shave the […]

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