Modern Medicine: A Castle Built on Sand?

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Patricia Harrity All scientific research is built on particular dogmas including, or perhaps especially, biomedicine. It’s easier for some “scientists” to perpetuate falsehoods than it is to admit they were wrong, abandon long standing ideas, and start again from scratch. Many scientists would rather pursue trendy research areas in order to win accolades and secure […]

Rockefeller Medicine: A Poisonous Illusion?

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Tessa Lena This story is about the famous 1910 Flexner Report that laid the foundations of themodern medical system, dubbed “Rockefeller medicine.” It is also about the fascinatingdynamic that exists between the ego, the plight of a “respectable” scammer, and thetrajectory of the world.