Pentagon Press Briefing - Gulf War Illness
Pentagon, Washington D.C., October 19, 1999
Dr. Golomb discusses her RAND report on pyridostigmine bromide and Gulf War illness.
Available from C-SPAN.
Headlines - Pills Bury Doughboys
Segment from the Daily Show with Jon Stewart, October 21, 1999
Dr. Golomb is lampooned on late-night television.
Available from Comedy Central.
Testimony to Congress - Gulf War Illness
Washington D.C., November 16, 1999
Dr. Golomb testifies to the House Veterans’ Affairs Subcommittee on Gulf War illness and the potential relation to the pyridostigmine bromide nerve agent pretreatment pills that veterans had taken. This video was edited to focus on Dr. Golomb’s comments.
Full Hearing available from C-SPAN.
Conflicts of Interest in Medicine
Salk Institute, La Jolla, Beyond Belief Conference, October 5, 2008
Dr. Golomb discusses the many ways in which conflicts of interest operate to distort medical science.
Representation of Drug Benefits vs. Harms: The Impact of Conflict of Interest
Vaccine Safety Conference, January 2011
Dr. Golomb discusses how an apparent imbalance in information dissemination, favoring benefits over harms, is attributable to conflicts of interest at various stages in the medical research process.
Chocolate Benefits: It May Make You Thinner
Interview with UC San Diego Health, 2012
Dr. Golomb discusses her 2012 paper “Association between more frequent chocolate consumption and body mass index,” published in Archives of Internal Medicine. This study has an intriguing result: more frequent chocolate intake is linked to lower body mass index.
Paper is available here.
Beatrice Golomb and Mimi Guarneri: Statin Study
Interview with Peggy Pico, KPBS News, 2012
Dr. Golomb discussed her 2012 paper, “Effects of statins on energy and fatigue with exertion: Results from a randomized controlled trial,” published in Archives of Internal Medicine. (Read it at this link.) This double-blind placebo-controlled randomized trial provided evidence that statins have unfavorable effects on energy and exertional fatigue.
Paper is available here.
Chocolate: The Most Delicious Vegetable
UCSD Department of Medicine Distinguished Speakers Series, 2014
Dr. Golomb discusses the ways in which chocolate consumption is tied to favorable effects.
Diplomats’ Mystery Illness Pulsed Radiofrequency/Microwave Radiation
Presentation at the Cuban Academy of Sciences, March 2, 2020
Dr. Golomb presents evidence that radiofrequency/microwave radiation is a likely cause of the mysterious symptoms experienced by Cuban diplomats.
GWI-Specific Research Leads to Breakthroughs and Treatments
Capitol Hill Forum on Gulf War Illness, August 23, 2021
Dr. Golomb presents on the GRG’s recent GWI findings. Includes a Q&A session. This video was edited to focus specifically on Dr. Golomb’s comments.
Full presentation available here.
Diplomats’ Mystery Illness and Pulsed Radiofrequency Radiation
Talk given to JASON, June 16, 2021
The talk, on what is often called "Havana Syndrome," was given remotely, with a taped version of the audio coupled with the slides. The included material is substantially similar to the previous (but much longer) talk that was given on February 24, 2020, to the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine Standing Committee, tasked by the State Department to address the issue. The NASEM report (issued in December 2020) agreed with my conclusion that pulsed RF was the most likely foundation for the mysterious illness experienced by these Foreign Service personnel. The official terminology is now "Anomalous Health Incidents'' (AHI). A similar version of this presentation, removing some as yet not public information, was given to the Cuban Academy of sciences on March 2, 2020.