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Is the bar this low? (Or: "Do your job.")

RANT/ 4yo patient new to me. CP, doesn't walk. Still in diapers. Markedly delayed/intellectually disabled (BTW, I wish they'd update the...

Mark Walton Fowler: the Tennessee doctor that keeps unsuccessfully killing people

Dr. Mark Walton Fowler is the unmasked, unskilled, out-of-practice, 68-year-old doctor responsible for overseeing Tennessees executions. A few months ago he botched an execution after...

Texas Pediatricians Face Paxon Investigations for Vaccinating Children

NYT (gift article) - https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/05/health/ken-paxton-pediatricians-vaccines.html?unlocked_article_code=1.GVE.4ZGy.-0ja412x1Q_f&smid=url-share The doctor, who had been treating kids in the community for 20 years, was delighted when a woman she had cared...

RFK Jr.: AI can provide "a second opinion that is much better informed than any doctor in the country [and has the power to] free us from medical tyranny."

NYT (gifted): https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/29/health/maha-summit-kennedy-vance.html?unlocked_article_code=1.FVE.a8VU.yD2iX-x2Amh_&smid=url-share Of note, this MAHA event was sponsored by OpenAI and Anthropic, both being for-profit organizations struggling to find a profitable use for their...

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Is the bar this low? (Or: "Do your job.")

Mark Walton Fowler: the Tennessee doctor that keeps unsuccessfully killing people

Texas Pediatricians Face Paxon Investigations for Vaccinating Children

RFK Jr.: AI can provide "a second opinion that is much better informed than any doctor in the country [and has the power to] free us from medical tyranny."