“I just think, wow — interesting — you never took biochemistry.” — Amy Edwards, MD, of Rainbow Babies & Children’s Hospital in Cleveland, on HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s claims about how measles, mumps, and rubella vaccines are made and how the human body works.
“It really contradicted a lot of our pre-existing notions that we had for novel adulterants like xylazine and medetomidine.” — David Zhu, BSc, of the Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine in Richmond, about the plasticizer BTMPS that spread rapidly through the illicit drug supply.
“You could have all kinds of potentially fringe theories influencing mainstream medicine, or things which have mounds of scientific evidence behind them being ignored.” — Aaron Carroll, MD, of the health research and policy organization AcademyHealth, on the dangers of replacing all members of a government health panel at once.
“Our physicians do believe that 1 hour every 4 years is more than sufficient.” — Jeff Williams, of the Louisiana State Medical Society, on a new state law requiring nutrition CME for physicians.
“This project highlights a potential concern for prescribing practitioners to consider.” — Chong Kim, MD, of MetroHealth Medical Center in Cleveland, on data showing links between gabapentin prescriptions for lower back pain and dementia risk.
“[T]here’s a basic principle of law, you cannot deceive consumers.” — Chad Mizelle, chief of staff at the Justice Department, during a Federal Trade Commission workshop about gender-affirming care for minors.
