A Message from Dr. McMillan

Science fails when it becomes subject to a preferred narrative, because the outcome is effectively chosen before the investigation begins.

If there is no relentless commitment to proving safety, then the public is left with little more than hope that the consequences do not emerge later.

From the trajectory signals I am seeing in the UK data, I fear we may be looking at decades of preventable pain unless we finally become willing to investigate what is actually happening.

Dr. Philip McMillan

In this week's May 15th, 2026 update:

• Covid-19: New Zealand’s health system declined to study postmortem data

• Vejon: This week’s featured Vejon video

• Disease: Vitamin B12 has a complicated relationship with cancer

• Infographic: A health system that refused to look

• News: Medical news in brief

• Education: What changed in the liver after the pandemic? See the data for yourself?

  Read time: 6 minutes

FEATURE ARTICLE

COVID-19

A Health System That Refused to Look: Why New Zealand's Pandemic Data Remained Unexamined
Authors: Dr. Philip McMillan, John McMillan

• Senior database administrator Barry Young flagged irregularities in 2023 after superiors declined to investigate clusters of unexplained deaths.

• Early lockdowns left most New Zealanders infection-naive at vaccination, offering scientists an unusually clean research cohort.

• Officials analyzed records across the whole population, diluting signals that stratified time-window analysis could have revealed.

• Key questions about pathology, antibody response, and vaccinated-versus-unvaccinated outcomes in deceased patients were never asked.

Why this is important: Population-wide signals depend on subgroup analysis to surface real risks. By examining the data broadly rather than by time-window and vulnerability, New Zealand authorities missed a rare opportunity to clarify post-vaccination outcomes. This case shows how institutional reluctance, not absent evidence, can close legitimate scientific questions.

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HEALTH

Vitamin B12 Has a Complicated Relationship With Cancer, With Both Deficiency and Excess Raising Concerns
Ahmed Eldediwy and Nadine Wehida, Kingston University

• B12 supports red blood cell production, nervous system function, and DNA replication, mostly obtained from animal-based foods.

• A 2025 Vietnamese study found a U-shaped relationship between B12 intake and cancer, where deficiency and excess matter.

• Colon cancer patients with very high B12 had median survival of five years versus eleven for normal levels.

• Elevated B12 often reflects tumor activity, liver damage, or binding proteins rather than directly causing the cancer.

Why this is important: B12 supplementation is widely viewed as harmless, but evidence suggests excess may behave as a marker, or possibly a contributor, in serious illness. Recognising elevated B12 as a clinical signal could prompt earlier investigation in patients who otherwise appear healthy, refining how clinicians interpret routine blood work.

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INFOGRAPHIC

Why New Zealand's Pandemic Data Remained Unexamined… Click here to learn more!

EDUCATION

What Changed in the Liver After the Pandemic? See the Data for Yourself

WHY ARE TOXIC LIVER DISEASE, FATTY LIVER,
AND MEDICATION REACTIONS RISING?
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THE POST-PANDEMIC LIVER SHIFT

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MEDICAL NEWS IN BRIEF

NEWS HIGHLIGHTS

🚥 Smart Contact Lenses That Deliver Targeted Electrical Signals Improved Depression-Like Behaviours in Mice With Impaired Vision: Non-invasive brain stimulation through the eye represents an unusual approach to depression treatment, sidestepping surgery and oral medication. Although the mouse results are promising, the requirement for damaged photoreceptors highlights a fundamental limitation. Translating such precise targeting to human anatomy will require years of refinement and careful safety testing.

🚥 Regular Engagement With the Arts Is Linked to Slower Biological Aging, Comparable to Exercise at Similar Frequency: Cultural participation has rarely been treated as a measurable health intervention. By quantifying its effect on epigenetic aging at scales comparable to exercise, this research positions arts engagement as a serious component of public health policy, suggesting accessible cultural activities deserve attention in healthy aging strategies.  [SOURCE]

🚥 Certain Maternal Occupations Before and During Pregnancy Correlate With Higher Autism Risk in Children, Danish Study Finds: Workplace exposures during reproductive years remain understudied as a contributor to neurodevelopmental conditions. By identifying specific occupational categories tied to higher autism odds, researchers point toward potentially modifiable environmental factors. The findings are observational and Denmark-specific, but they invite closer study of pre-pregnancy occupational health protections. [SOURCE]

🚥 Antimicrobial Resistance Threatens Modern Medicine, Killing 1.27 Million Annually and Putting Routine Procedures at Risk: A return to a pre-antibiotic world would render many routine surgeries and cancer treatments dangerous, alongside threatening sepsis care and basic infection control. Investment in alternative therapies and stricter antibiotic stewardship now will determine whether common procedures remain safe in coming decades.

🚥 Twice-Daily Peppermint Oil Supplementation Reduced Systolic Blood Pressure by 8.5 mmHg in Pre-Hypertensive Adults: Hypertension affects more than a billion people worldwide and drives stroke and heart disease. A low-cost dietary intervention with measurable systolic reduction offers a possible adjunct to standard treatment. The small sample size means larger trials are needed to confirm the result and clarify long-term safety. [SOURCE]

🚥 Both Insufficient and Excessive Sleep Accelerate Biological Aging Across Multiple Organ Systems, Columbia Analysis Finds: Sleep recommendations often focus on getting enough rest, but this analysis shows excess sleep carries comparable risk. Identifying a narrow optimal window for biological aging gives clinicians and patients a clearer target. The findings reinforce sleep as a deeply integrated component of physiology touching nearly every organ system. [SOURCE]

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