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08/31/2026

When Ideology Dictates Science Policy: Modern-Day Lysenkoism at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

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08/23/2026

https://commonsensemd.blogspot.com/2026/08/discontinuing-statins-for-primary.html

08/18/2026

https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/navigating-cancer-screening-without-uspstf-2026a1000rww

Without USPSTF guidance, how should primary care approach cancer screening? Dr Kenny Lin reviews key updates in cervical, colorectal, and lung cancer protocols.

08/14/2026

https://commonsensemd.blogspot.com/2026/08/making-measles-great-again-part-2.html

Six months ago, I wrote about why measles outbreaks matter to everyone. At that time, Lancaster County had recently diagnosed 5 people with measles, the first cases in Pennsylvania this year. As of today, the state Department of Health has recorded 296 cases of measles in 2026. Of those, 61 cases ...

08/08/2026

https://commonsensemd.blogspot.com/2026/08/the-long-arc-of-recommendations-to.html

07/27/2026

https://commonsensemd.blogspot.com/2026/07/reducing-unnecessary-phototherapy-for.html

07/26/2026

https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/starting-over-what-changing-practices-taught-me-about-trust-2026a1000opc

Vaccine hesitancy and misinformation get the blame for declining patient trust, but Dr Kenny Lin argues a major factor is being overlooked: disappearing continuity of care.

07/21/2026

https://commonsensemd.blogspot.com/2026/07/advocacy-groups-killed-canadian-task.html

If the "third rail" of the U.S. health care system is Medicare, the third rail of preventive medicine is screening mammography. History has shown that North American evidence-based medicine panels are imperiled when they suggest that breast cancer screening can be optional for women younger than 50,...

07/10/2026

https://commonsensemd.blogspot.com/2026/07/deprescribing-statins.html

If you found out that a medication you had been taking for years was much less effective than previously advertised, would you keep taking it?

06/26/2026

https://commonsensemd.blogspot.com/2026/06/screening-for-type-1-diabetes-what.html

It has now been 15 months since the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) last met. In the interim, several members' 4-year terms expired, and HHS Secretary RFK Jr. fired the two remaining Vice Chairs, leaving the USPSTF leaderless and without a voting quorum. Although much of the work of the...