Dr. Justin Shafa

12/10/2026

09/10/2026

What if we spun the patient instead of the CT scanner?

08/10/2026

If a health guru says every doctor is wrong except them, run.

Medicine isn’t perfect.

Doctors disagree all the time.

But when someone claims they alone know the truth while every major medical society is “hiding” it, that’s usually a red flag.

Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.

What’s the biggest medical myth you still hear people repeating?

08/10/2026

Had you in the first half 😉

07/10/2026

When I saw the last offering, the top four made more sense 

07/10/2026

Hot take: a normal MRI is one of the most underrated medical tests.

People get excited when a scan finds something.

As a radiologist, I get excited when it doesn’t.

A normal MRI can rule out some very scary possibilities and give people something priceless:

Peace of mind.

Have you ever had a test come back normal and felt relieved?

07/10/2026

Have you ever imagined what a CT scanner looks like with its cover removed?

06/10/2026

A lot of wellness influencers are selling fear, not health.

Fear of food.

Fear of sunscreen.

Fear of medications.

Fear of tap water.

Fear of ingredients you can’t pronounce.

A recent Pew Research survey found many young adults say health influencer content actually makes them more worried about their health.

Fear gets clicks.

Fear sells products.

Good medicine is usually much less exciting.

What’s the most overhyped health scare on social media right now?

05/10/2026

Everyone is worried about microplastics. Almost nobody is worried about antibiotic resistance.

The CDC has been warning about antibiotic resistance for years, yet we’re now seeing wellness companies market antibiotics to healthy people “just in case.”

That’s crazy to me.

Antibiotics aren’t supplements. They’re one of the most important tools in modern medicine, and every unnecessary prescription makes resistance worse.

We’ve somehow become more worried about what’s in our water bottle than preserving drugs that save lives.

What am I missing?