The Dead Letter

04/03/2026

Don’t think your is just indigestion! It could be a .

04/03/2026

So many of my sudden death cases are men who delayed going to the doctor despite the urging of their wife/gf.

03/31/2026

The real explanation of why the Charlie Kirk bullet “didn’t match”:

03/31/2026

This video demonstrates ANTHRACOSIS, a black pigment that can be found in/on the lungs due to smoking, occupation, or living in a heavily industrialized area.

03/30/2026

People magazine continuing to spread anti-medicine propaganda. It is much more common (probably a 100 to 1) that a man with dizziness actually has vertigo and not a brain tumor.
If we got an MRI on every person with dizziness or a headache, then waits for those tests would be a minimum of 6 months.
Not only that, 99% of patients would be needlessly exposed to radiation ☢️ (for a CT scan) and precious helium used for MRI machines would be exhausted.

🔗: bit.ly/41GQfff

A 21-year-old man in England’s symptoms were reportedly dismissed by medics as vertigo, before he received a devastating diagnosis, and died three months later.

📷: JustGiving

03/30/2026

Reminder that I have a Substack where I teach on topics of forensics and , including showing real images from cases! Please consider following and subscribing.

Physician of Forensic and Surgical Pathology

03/30/2026

I wrote a book that released right before the pandemic…and it was about a hypothetical .

03/29/2026

Medical School Grading Was subjective …sometimes.

03/29/2026

Temporarily leaving medicine isn’t as easy as it is in some jobs…not if you want to maintain high skill level.
I’ve done variations of it 2-3 times over nearly the last 20 years, and when you can back it can feel like an avalanche.

03/23/2026

Yes, myocarditis has been around for a long time.

03/20/2026

How statistics can be misleading depending on the phenomenon being inquired about.

03/18/2026

A few comments on .