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This is an automated Substack Account of https://vinayprasadmdmph.substack.com Discover more/Create at: @skystack.xyzhttps://bsky.app/profile/vinayprasadmdmph.skystack.xyzhttps://bsky.app/profile/vinayprasadmdmph.skystack.xyz/post/3mv6ocvsjps2nWhen failing institutions complain about losing support and funding • The United States Preventive Services Task Force. https://www.drvinayprasad.com/p/when-failing-institutions-complain10 Sep 2026 15:56 +0000at://did:plc:wgui3p2mp2b3odtrscc4jwl7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mv6ocvsjps2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/vinayprasadmdmph.skystack.xyz/post/3mv4hvfwuvc2nCancer breakthroughs: Hope or hype https://www.drvinayprasad.com/p/cancer-breakthroughs-hope-or-hype09 Sep 2026 19:50 +0000at://did:plc:wgui3p2mp2b3odtrscc4jwl7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mv4hvfwuvc2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/vinayprasadmdmph.skystack.xyz/post/3muzmjeait22nLooksmaxxing: does it work? is it dangerous? https://www.drvinayprasad.com/p/looksmaxxing-does-it-work-is-it-dangerous08 Sep 2026 17:20 +0000at://did:plc:wgui3p2mp2b3odtrscc4jwl7/app.bsky.feed.post/3muzmjeait22nhttps://bsky.app/profile/vinayprasadmdmph.skystack.xyz/post/3muullw5iks2nWhy don’t we have more cancer cures? • 10 reasons that go beyond the New York Times. https://www.drvinayprasad.com/p/why-dont-we-have-more-cancer-cures06 Sep 2026 16:20 +0000at://did:plc:wgui3p2mp2b3odtrscc4jwl7/app.bsky.feed.post/3muullw5iks2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/vinayprasadmdmph.skystack.xyz/post/3muqiubzk6c2nCancer drug prices keep going up, now $477,000 per year of therapy • Lessons learned 2012-26 https://www.drvinayprasad.com/p/cancer-drug-prices-keep-going-up05 Sep 2026 00:25 +0000at://did:plc:wgui3p2mp2b3odtrscc4jwl7/app.bsky.feed.post/3muqiubzk6c2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/vinayprasadmdmph.skystack.xyz/post/3mul5tgf3ds2sThe CDC and Pennsylvania won’t agree if 2 people died of measles • Josh Shapiro has failed https://www.drvinayprasad.com/p/the-cdc-and-pennsylvania-wont-agree02 Sep 2026 23:31 +0000at://did:plc:wgui3p2mp2b3odtrscc4jwl7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mul5tgf3ds2shttps://bsky.app/profile/vinayprasadmdmph.skystack.xyz/post/3mukjrbtaos2sTarget trials are a failed methodology • A recent target trial is contradicted by a randomized study in 2 days. https://www.drvinayprasad.com/p/target-trials-are-a-failed-methodology01 Sep 2026 18:46 +0000at://did:plc:wgui3p2mp2b3odtrscc4jwl7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mukjrbtaos2shttps://bsky.app/profile/vinayprasadmdmph.skystack.xyz/post/3mukjrcb5ys2sMy interview for the Doctors Lounge https://www.drvinayprasad.com/p/my-interview-for-the-doctors-lounge01 Sep 2026 16:53 +0000at://did:plc:wgui3p2mp2b3odtrscc4jwl7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mukjrcb5ys2shttps://bsky.app/profile/vinayprasadmdmph.skystack.xyz/post/3mu5xgewv622tJosh Shapiro is in trouble • Free advice to the governor and other politicians regarding public health https://www.drvinayprasad.com/p/josh-shapiro-is-in-trouble28 Aug 2026 16:58 +0000at://did:plc:wgui3p2mp2b3odtrscc4jwl7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu5xgewv622thttps://bsky.app/profile/vinayprasadmdmph.skystack.xyz/post/3mu3qyivojc2jDoes the shingles vaccine reduce cardiovascular events? • Nature medicine strikes out... again https://www.drvinayprasad.com/p/does-the-shingles-vaccine-reduce27 Aug 2026 20:14 +0000at://did:plc:wgui3p2mp2b3odtrscc4jwl7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu3qyivojc2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/vinayprasadmdmph.skystack.xyz/post/3mtywijjlck27Two recent interviews • Wanted to make two recent interviews available to you all https://www.drvinayprasad.com/p/two-recent-interviews26 Aug 2026 16:43 +0000at://did:plc:wgui3p2mp2b3odtrscc4jwl7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtywijjlck27https://bsky.app/profile/vinayprasadmdmph.skystack.xyz/post/3mtx24kblik27I have 3 problems with the letter opposing the punishment of Nathan Cofnas • Don't restore Nathan, fire the Rector https://www.drvinayprasad.com/p/i-have-3-problems-with-the-letter25 Aug 2026 23:05 +0000at://did:plc:wgui3p2mp2b3odtrscc4jwl7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtx24kblik27https://bsky.app/profile/vinayprasadmdmph.skystack.xyz/post/3mtujn4lq622iShould we ban pre-med and medical student research? • The sentiment is spot on, even if the solution is impractical. https://www.drvinayprasad.com/p/should-we-ban-pre-med-and-medical24 Aug 2026 21:01 +0000at://did:plc:wgui3p2mp2b3odtrscc4jwl7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtujn4lq622ihttps://bsky.app/profile/vinayprasadmdmph.skystack.xyz/post/3mtrz6bolik2iHave the sciences been hopelessly captured by “woke ideologues with contempt for truth, evidence and common sense”? • Steven Pinker is right about the question, but wrong about the answer. https://www.drvinayprasad.com/p/have-the-sciences-been-hopelessly23 Aug 2026 22:36 +0000at://did:plc:wgui3p2mp2b3odtrscc4jwl7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtrz6bolik2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/vinayprasadmdmph.skystack.xyz/post/3mtpipfhf4k2lJason Arday, Nathan Cofnas, Cambridge, Ghent and NEJM Voices https://www.drvinayprasad.com/p/jason-arday-nathan-cofnas-cambridge22 Aug 2026 23:39 +0000at://did:plc:wgui3p2mp2b3odtrscc4jwl7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtpipfhf4k2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/vinayprasadmdmph.skystack.xyz/post/3mtlpz3rji22lJason Arday in the New England Journal/ Nicholas Cofras’ Suspension letter • I am astonished both of these are in writing; and why the former is in a medical journal https://www.drvinayprasad.com/p/nejm-posts-a-charged-essay-about21 Aug 2026 09:37 +0000at://did:plc:wgui3p2mp2b3odtrscc4jwl7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtlpz3rji22lhttps://bsky.app/profile/vinayprasadmdmph.skystack.xyz/post/3mtk5ppbyfs2l10 thoughts about Jason Arday, Cambridge, Nathan Cofnas, and the decline of Universities. https://www.drvinayprasad.com/p/10-thoughts-about-jason-arday-cambridge20 Aug 2026 18:27 +0000at://did:plc:wgui3p2mp2b3odtrscc4jwl7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtk5ppbyfs2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/vinayprasadmdmph.skystack.xyz/post/3mthnaxkyc22lShould folks older than 75 take a statin? • A french trial says no-- is the trial useful? https://www.drvinayprasad.com/p/should-folks-older-than-75-take-a19 Aug 2026 18:56 +0000at://did:plc:wgui3p2mp2b3odtrscc4jwl7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mthnaxkyc22lhttps://bsky.app/profile/vinayprasadmdmph.skystack.xyz/post/3mtfgtv5cas2lJAMA essay argues that AI will be better than docs; Docs upset; What’s the reality? • And: does it make sense to publish peer review articles about what AI will do? https://www.drvinayprasad.com/p/jama-essay-argues-that-ai-will-be18 Aug 2026 22:55 +0000at://did:plc:wgui3p2mp2b3odtrscc4jwl7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtfgtv5cas2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/vinayprasadmdmph.skystack.xyz/post/3mt5vgrsodk2uIt would have worked, If only. 'If only' medicine • Why we lost the game https://www.drvinayprasad.com/p/it-would-have-worked-if-only-if-only15 Aug 2026 20:28 +0000at://did:plc:wgui3p2mp2b3odtrscc4jwl7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mt5vgrsodk2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/vinayprasadmdmph.skystack.xyz/post/3mt3ozryoz22uA cluster randomized trial of HEPA filters is strikingly negative • Another failure of public health 'experts' https://www.drvinayprasad.com/p/a-cluster-randomized-trial-of-hepa15 Aug 2026 00:18 +0000at://did:plc:wgui3p2mp2b3odtrscc4jwl7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mt3ozryoz22uhttps://bsky.app/profile/vinayprasadmdmph.skystack.xyz/post/3mswe2tobdk2uMedical ethics and IRB committees make two errors: they block useful research, they permit useless research • Can they be fixed? https://www.drvinayprasad.com/p/medical-ethics-and-irb-committees12 Aug 2026 22:26 +0000at://did:plc:wgui3p2mp2b3odtrscc4jwl7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mswe2tobdk2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/vinayprasadmdmph.skystack.xyz/post/3msq3oxcpv22uFake numbers: closing USAID cost 14 million lives, vaccines saved 2 million • The media loves false and misleading statistics when they fit the liberal narrative https://www.drvinayprasad.com/p/fake-numbers-closing-usaid-cost-1410 Aug 2026 10:51 +0000at://did:plc:wgui3p2mp2b3odtrscc4jwl7/app.bsky.feed.post/3msq3oxcpv22uhttps://bsky.app/profile/vinayprasadmdmph.skystack.xyz/post/3msle2c6icc2uFive red flags cancer patients should look out for https://www.drvinayprasad.com/p/five-red-flags-cancer-patients-should07 Aug 2026 14:56 +0000at://did:plc:wgui3p2mp2b3odtrscc4jwl7/app.bsky.feed.post/3msle2c6icc2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/vinayprasadmdmph.skystack.xyz/post/3msle2cmlhs2uFormer Covid Czar says lab leak, and who is responsible for decisions politicians or scientist https://www.drvinayprasad.com/p/former-covid-czar-says-lab-leak-and07 Aug 2026 01:33 +0000at://did:plc:wgui3p2mp2b3odtrscc4jwl7/app.bsky.feed.post/3msle2cmlhs2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/vinayprasadmdmph.skystack.xyz/post/3msbm73o5ac2uWho is accountable: political leaders or the scientists who advise them? https://www.drvinayprasad.com/p/who-is-accountable-political-leaders04 Aug 2026 17:19 +0000at://did:plc:wgui3p2mp2b3odtrscc4jwl7/app.bsky.feed.post/3msbm73o5ac2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/vinayprasadmdmph.skystack.xyz/post/3ms7frnlyas2uWhite House Covid Czar Says He thinks it was Lab Leak • The Overton window keeps shifting https://www.drvinayprasad.com/p/white-house-covid-czar-says-he-thinks03 Aug 2026 19:25 +0000at://did:plc:wgui3p2mp2b3odtrscc4jwl7/app.bsky.feed.post/3ms7frnlyas2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/vinayprasadmdmph.skystack.xyz/post/3ms57dyzahk2uAnthony Fauci https://www.drvinayprasad.com/p/anthony-fauci02 Aug 2026 22:19 +0000at://did:plc:wgui3p2mp2b3odtrscc4jwl7/app.bsky.feed.post/3ms57dyzahk2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/vinayprasadmdmph.skystack.xyz/post/3mruzwda5j22uWhy Fauci Struck a Nerve - and 5 more diary updates • The media should at least aspire to explain and understand why so many feel so strongly-- they have failed to do so. https://www.drvinayprasad.com/p/why-fauci-struck-a-nerve-and-5-more30 Jul 2026 16:35 +0000at://did:plc:wgui3p2mp2b3odtrscc4jwl7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mruzwda5j22uhttps://bsky.app/profile/vinayprasadmdmph.skystack.xyz/post/3mrnihu5by22u6 lessons from Anthony Fauci's diary https://www.drvinayprasad.com/p/6-lessons-from-anthony-faucis-diary27 Jul 2026 17:35 +0000at://did:plc:wgui3p2mp2b3odtrscc4jwl7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrnihu5by22u