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<title><![CDATA[Dr. Buzz Hollander - Articles - RealClearPolitics]]></title><link>http://www.RealClearPolicy.com/authors/rss/archive/46301.xml</link><description><![CDATA[Dr. Buzz Hollander]]></description><category domain="46301">Author</category><item>
							<title><![CDATA[Hotez v. RFK Jr: Showdown in the Joe Rogan Vax Corral]]></title>
							<link>https://doctorbuzz.substack.com/p/hotez-v-rfk-jr-showdown-in-the-vax</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 23 Jun 2023 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Dr. Buzz Hollander</author>
							<description><![CDATA[I initially found tiresome'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' the dust-up'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' over calls for bow-tied vaccinologist Peter Hotez and RFK Jr. to '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'debate'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' over the latter'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s claims about vaccines.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Will a Shingles Vaccine Prevent Alzheimer's?]]></title>
							<link>https://doctorbuzz.substack.com/p/will-a-shingles-vaccine-prevent-alzheimers</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 30 May 2023 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Dr. Buzz Hollander</author>
							<description><![CDATA[A compelling pre-print makes the case, but it's an uphill climb.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Melatonin: Effective Sleep Aid or Public Health Threat?]]></title>
							<link>https://doctorbuzz.substack.com/p/melatonin-effective-sleep-aid-or?sd=pf</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 16 May 2023 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Dr. Buzz Hollander</author>
							<description><![CDATA[A recent JAMA Network report questions the safety of melatonin gummies, but is there a role for melatonin in managing insomnia?]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Pfizer's Maternal RSV Vaccine Falls Short]]></title>
							<link>https://doctorbuzz.substack.com/p/pfizers-maternal-rsv-vaccine-falls</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 14 Apr 2023 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Dr. Buzz Hollander</author>
							<description><![CDATA[A poorly elucidated risk:benefit ratio probably won't stop it from being approved, however.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[A 100% Accurate Cancer Test? I See BS]]></title>
							<link>https://doctorbuzz.substack.com/p/bs-alert-a-blood-test-claims-100</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 30 Mar 2023 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Dr. Buzz Hollander</author>
							<description><![CDATA[In other breaking news: A sucker is born every minute.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Should We Stop Treating Most Prostate Cancers?]]></title>
							<link>https://doctorbuzz.substack.com/p/should-we-stop-treating-most-prostate</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 20 Mar 2023 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Dr. Buzz Hollander</author>
							<description><![CDATA[A new UK study suggests "watchful waiting" was no worse than active treatment in lower risk prostate cancers.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Can Market Rein In Health Costs? Someone Has To Pay]]></title>
							<link>https://doctorbuzz.substack.com/p/can-the-free-market-rein-in-us-health</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 11 Mar 2023 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Dr. Buzz Hollander</author>
							<description><![CDATA[It'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s fun to bandy ideas about. Figuring out how to pay for them, less so. In this final installment of my series on health care reform in the U.S., I'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'ll take a stab at the hard part: payments.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Your 'Health Insurance' Isn't Insurance]]></title>
							<link>https://doctorbuzz.substack.com/p/can-the-free-market-reign-in-us-health</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 05 Mar 2023 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Dr. Buzz Hollander</author>
							<description><![CDATA[It's time to stop pretending what passes for health insurance in the U.S. is really an insurance policy.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Reining In Health Costs: Step 1--Price Transparency]]></title>
							<link>https://doctorbuzz.substack.com/p/reining-in-us-health-care-costs-step</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 24 Feb 2023 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Dr. Buzz Hollander</author>
							<description><![CDATA[First of a three part series pondering how to get ourselves out of the mess we're in, without abandoning the free market.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Super Bad: Does an NFL Career Guarantee CTE?]]></title>
							<link>https://doctorbuzz.substack.com/p/super-bad-does-an-nfl-career-guarantee</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 16 Feb 2023 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Dr. Buzz Hollander</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Another study reports an alarmingly high rate of CTE among NFL players, but, once again, it overstates the case.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Gone Platinum: A Little Chemo Can Go Long Way]]></title>
							<link>https://7weeks.substack.com/p/gone-platinum</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 14 Jan 2023 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Dr. Buzz Hollander</author>
							<description><![CDATA[A little chemo can go a long way.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Damar Hamlin &amp; the Inevitable Covid Vaccine Questions]]></title>
							<link>https://doctorbuzz.substack.com/p/damar-hamlins-collapse-and-the-inevitable?sd=pf</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 07 Jan 2023 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Dr. Buzz Hollander</author>
							<description><![CDATA[A tragic sports news story takes on a predictable second life.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[A Reminder of Why Our Meds Are So Expensive]]></title>
							<link>https://doctorbuzz.substack.com/p/mercks-38m-spanish-wrist-slap-reminds?sd=pf</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 29 Oct 2022 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Dr. Buzz Hollander</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Why do we care? Well, the U.S. health care system wears the title belt for Most Expensive in the World, and some 15-20% of our health expenses rolls out from being proud owners of The Most Expensive Medicines in the World. In fact, per the Kaiser Family Foundation, we'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' crush'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' the...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Colonoscopy No Longer the Best Way To Screen?]]></title>
							<link>https://doctorbuzz.substack.com/p/does-the-nordicc-trial-dethrone-colonoscopy</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 15 Oct 2022 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Dr. Buzz Hollander</author>
							<description><![CDATA[A first-ever RCT on the benefits of colonoscopy arrives, and it underwhelms.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trial Sets Alzheimer's World Abuzz. I'm Not Convinced]]></title>
							<link>https://doctorbuzz.substack.com/p/a-positive-trial-sets-the-alzheimers</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 09 Oct 2022 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Dr. Buzz Hollander</author>
							<description><![CDATA[But does lecanamab really merit all the excitement?]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Are Fake Sugars Causing Real Disease?]]></title>
							<link>https://doctorbuzz.substack.com/p/are-fake-sugars-causing-real-disease</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 23 Sep 2022 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Dr. Buzz Hollander</author>
							<description><![CDATA[A new study finds that consumption of artificial sweeteners was associated with higher risks of strokes and heart events.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Can the Humble Multivitamin Prevent Dementia?]]></title>
							<link>https://doctorbuzz.substack.com/p/can-the-humble-multivitamin-prevent</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 16 Sep 2022 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Dr. Buzz Hollander</author>
							<description><![CDATA[We'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'re used to tantalizingly-reported'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' observational'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' studies making all sorts of similar claims, of course. Yes, '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'people who eat chili peppers live longer,'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' but such assertions usually can be brushed off as plagued by confounding biases. (In the case of chili peppers,...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[NYC's Polio Outbreak Remains a Mystery]]></title>
							<link>https://doctorbuzz.substack.com/p/the-new-polio-outbreak-is-bad-but</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 13 Aug 2022 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Dr. Buzz Hollander</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Despite what you might read, polio's return in unvaccinated pockets outside NYC is anything but predictable or obvious.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Problem With Giving Biden Paxlovid]]></title>
							<link>https://doctorbuzz.substack.com/p/president-bidens-paxlovid-and-the</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 05 Aug 2022 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Dr. Buzz Hollander</author>
							<description><![CDATA["It might just help" is not a good enough reason to prescribe a medication.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Was Tom Cruise Right About Antidepressants?]]></title>
							<link>https://doctorbuzz.substack.com/p/was-tom-cruise-right-about-antidepressants</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 31 Jul 2022 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Dr. Buzz Hollander</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Yet another article challenges the "chemical imbalance theory" of depression, but it doesn't mean we should abandon SSRIs.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[What's Really Going on With 'Long Covid']]></title>
							<link>https://doctorbuzz.substack.com/p/putting-long-covid-in-perspective</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 24 Jul 2022 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Dr. Buzz Hollander</author>
							<description><![CDATA[It's more complex than the public discourse suggests.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Safe, Effective Covid Vaccine for Infants May Be Neither]]></title>
							<link>https://doctorbuzz.substack.com/p/the-safe-and-effective-moderna-covid</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 30 Jun 2022 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Dr. Buzz Hollander</author>
							<description><![CDATA[I thought I was done writing about the Moderna and Pfizer vaccines for infants and toddlers with my'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' prior piece'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' on the subject. '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'Safe, not very effective, but let parents desperate to protect their kids have the choice,'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' would be the one line summary. However, one of my...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Is Your Night Light Making You Fat?]]></title>
							<link>https://doctorbuzz.substack.com/p/is-your-night-light-making-you-fat?sd=pf</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 27 Jun 2022 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Dr. Buzz Hollander</author>
							<description><![CDATA[I love sleep. I guard it jealously, on a personal level; and promote it unabashedly, as a physician. When I see'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' headlines'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' like this, therefore, I start nodding my head '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';''&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' of course'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' anything that disrupts sleep quality will unleash all sorts of health evils!]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Should FDA Approve Covid Vaccines for Young Kids?]]></title>
							<link>https://doctorbuzz.substack.com/p/the-fda-is-about-to-approve-covid?s=w</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jun 2022 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Dr. Buzz Hollander</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The data is unremarkable, but the pressure to grant EUAs runs high.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Fountain of Youth Is Filled With...Coffee?]]></title>
							<link>https://doctorbuzz.substack.com/p/the-fountain-of-youth-is-filled-with?s=w</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[https://doctorbuzz.substack.com/p/the-fountain-of-youth-is-filled-with?s=w]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Sat, 04 Jun 2022 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Dr. Buzz Hollander</author>
							<description><![CDATA[A new study from an old database suggests that even those who sweeten their coffee outlive those sad souls who don't drink coffee at all.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Cultural Sensitivity Gets in Way of Stopping Monkeypox]]></title>
							<link>https://doctorbuzz.substack.com/p/cultural-sensitivity-is-getting-in?s=w</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[https://doctorbuzz.substack.com/p/cultural-sensitivity-is-getting-in?s=w]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Wed, 25 May 2022 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Dr. Buzz Hollander</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Sorting through expert opinion on Monkeypox runs into some very 2022 problems]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Finding Compromise on Abortion]]></title>
							<link>https://doctorbuzz.substack.com/p/finding-compromise-on-abortion?s=w</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 23 May 2022 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Dr. Buzz Hollander</author>
							<description><![CDATA[I confess this willingly: I took up a free subscription to the Washington Post'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s online edition early in the pandemic. While this may erode my centrist credentials in the eyes of some, I found it helpful to see what the mainstream media had to say about Covid.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Should We Stop Pushing Statins?]]></title>
							<link>https://doctorbuzz.substack.com/p/should-we-stop-pushing-statins?s=w</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 07 May 2022 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Dr. Buzz Hollander</author>
							<description><![CDATA[I freely admit this to my patients: I am a statin agnostic. It'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s rather embarrassing. Statins have been around almost as long as Religion, undeniably lowering cholesterol levels the whole time, and yet I cannot quite make up my mind about them, despite all the studies and sales.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[How Pfizer Botched the Vaccine for Kids]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearscience.com/articles/2022/02/16/making_sense_of_pfizers_covid_vaccine_mess_for_young_kids_816907.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 16 Feb 2022 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Dr. Buzz Hollander</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The FDA'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s decision last week to postpone its evaluation of the Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine for children aged 6 months to 4 years old caught most observers off guard. After all, when an organization like the FDA asks a pharmaceutical company like Pfizer to file for an Emergency Use...]]></description>
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