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A Midwestern Doctor
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A Midwestern Doctor writes The Forgotten Side of Medicine, a personal blog at midwesterndoctor.com about health. Since 2024, 9 different Hacker News readers have linked it 35 times, most often “The Great Cholesterol Scam and the Dangers of Statins”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-11-01, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (6) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
A Midwestern Doctor blog covering health and medicine topics such as vaccines, DMSO after stroke, cancer rates and dopamine. Commenters link it for health research and for arguments about vaccine safety.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 6 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
The Forgotten Side of Medicine exposes pharmaceutical corruption and remarkable therapies lost to time for the health of humanity.
Most-linked posts?
- The Great Cholesterol Scam and the Dangers of Statins2 people · 5 mentions · first linked 2024-07-05
What Hacker News says?
Check out Midwestern Doctor blog posts. Seems to turn every possible stone to get healthy results. Changed my thinking a lot https://www.midwesterndoctor.com/
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on “Science YouTuber physicsgirl (Dianna Cowern) stands for the first time in 2 yrs”Submitted A critical history of the FDA as a story · 30 points
HN discussionDMSO can allegedly help some people improve after stroke, if applied soon enough. https://www.midwesterndoctor.com/p/dmso-could-save-millions-...
Comment linking /p/dmso-could-save-millions-from-brain?utm_source=publication-search
on “Tips for stroke-surviving software engineers”Submitted The Great Cholesterol Scam and the Dangers of Statins as a story · 7 points
HN discussion>> If we all now dismiss as unconvincing any information that contradicts our opinion, you get, well, the Trump Administration. Confirmation bias much? Ironic? >> Of course, what’s hazardous is not being vaccinated; that’s why vaccines were created in the first place. “Immunization is one of the triumphs of modern medicine,” the Gormans note. But no matter how many scientific studies conclude that vaccines are safe,…
Comment linking /p/the-hpv-vaccine-disaster-was-a-tes
on “Why Facts Don't Change Our Minds”Submitted Dermatology's Disastrous War Against the Sun as a story · 7 points
HN discussion> Secondly, I became convinced Trump had to be using some type of an advanced intuitive capacity, as, based on the information that would have been available to Trump at the time the decisions were made, I could not see any other way to explain how he’d made some of the choices he made. [0] Why are you reading an unironic Donald Trump mega glazer? [0]: https://www.midwesterndoctor.com/p/catalyst-events-and-the-t...
Comment linking /p/catalyst-events-and-the-trump-assassination?r=2uhat8&utm_medium=ios&triedRedirect=true
on “Cancer rates are rising in young people”Submitted The Remarkable Secrets of Olive Oil as a story · 6 points
HN discussionHere’s a counterpoint if anyone is interested: https://www.midwesterndoctor.com/p/why-are-statins-so-danger... I’m not saying either side is right but when it comes to your health why not evaluate as many opinions as possible.
Comment linking /p/why-are-statins-so-dangerous
on “Cardiovascular disease is a solved problem”Submitted The Great Blood Pressure Scam – By a Midwestern Doctor as a story · 5 points
HN discussionWith any new drug, we want to know the overall net benefit for someone taking it. Here are some receipts on the damage this shot can cause. https://www.midwesterndoctor.com/p/the-perils-of-vaccinating... Interested to hear evidence-based counterarguments to what is laid out in the article.
Comment linking /p/the-perils-of-vaccinating-when-you
on “HPV vaccination reduces oncogenic HPV16/18 prevalence from 16% to <1% in Denmark”Submitted The Great Cholesterol Scam and the Dangers of Statins as a story · 5 points
HN discussionWhile this article looks insightful and mostly fact-based, the source is suspicious as it has at least one highly conspirological antivax post: https://www.midwesterndoctor.com/p/how-much-damage-has-mass-...
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on “The Dopamine Trap”Submitted The Truth About Salt – By a Midwestern Doctor as a story · 4 points
HN discussionSubmitted Natural Light Is an Essential Nutrient as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted Stopping the War Against Sleep – By a Midwestern Doctor as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted The Great Cholesterol Scam and the Dangers of Statins as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted The Great Cholesterol Scam and the Dangers of Statins as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted The Pharmaceutical Conspiracy to Silence Online Dissent as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted The Harms of Modern Lighting and the Fight Bring Back Incandescent Bulbs as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted The Unseen Cost of Organ Transplants: Ethical Issues and Spiritual Implications as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Natural Light Is an Essential Nutrient as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted They Rig Clinical Trials – Leaving Millions Sick, Broke, and Gaslit as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted The Great Cholesterol Scam and the Dangers of Statins as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Natural Light Is an Essential Nutrient as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted What We Aren't Told About Osteoporosis as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Why Are Statins So Dangerous? – By a Midwestern Doctor as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted The Dopamine Trap as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Coconuts – By a Midwestern Doctor as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Stomach Acid Is Vital for Health – By a Midwestern Doctor as a story · 1 points
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