I wrote an article for Mada on the unethical practice of diagnosing politicians from a distance.

I get irritated when I see psychiatrists, some of whom taught me the profession, using the stigma of mental illness to strike low blows at political opponents, instead of using their social and scientific knowledge to educate people about mental health and advocate against discrimination.

Over the past four years, renowned psychiatrists have been invited on television talk shows …

The nice and patient people at the Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy (TIMEP) invited me to write a piece on the Koftagate scandal. You can read it here or below ↓.

Five months ago, Egypt's Military Engineering Authority announced that by June 30, 2014, they would be able to cure those living with HIV/AIDS and the Hepatitis C virus (HCV). They gave hope to millions of patients; the message was: "Finally we will get …

أشتريت من موقع إيباي جهاز عجيب جداً، في رحلتي لفضح جهاز الهيئة الهندسية للكشف عن الفيروسات عرفت ان جهاز جوفر للكشف عن كرات الجولف هو الجهاز الأصلي الّ بعد كده أعاد إبتكاره رجل الأعمال البريطاني النصاب ال باعه للعراق بملايين الدولارات وبعد كده أتحبس واتحكم عليه بعشر سنوات سجن.

ملخص لمؤتمر صحفي عقدته الهيئة الهندسية بخصوص مزاعمها بإبتكار علاج جديد لعلاج الفيروسات

Egyptian Army Engineering Authority (EA) is organising a press conference tomorrow at the Qubba Military Hospital at 10:00am. According to Youm7 and Watan they will announce new information about 'their successes in the treatment of HIV/AIDS and Hepatitis C' using their newly invented devices.

It is important to remember that there are two devices in the whole #koftagate story:

A: The diagnostic devices: (Fast series) Including C-Fast that allegedly diagnoses Hepatitis C. This …

El-Youm El-Sabe3 published an update on the Egyptian military devices that detect and treat Hepatitis C and HIV. Based on a military source the newspaper conveys the following points:

• 70,000 applied for treatment by email
• The device treated 1000 patients till now. Including judges, deputy ministers and doctors
• Treatment started in Abbasseya hospital (not clear which one) and Almaza military hospital. 100% of cases of HIV were cured. 97% of Hepatitis C.
• Foreign patients …

MIT virologist Islam Hussein Ph.D. made two super detailed videos debunking koftagate. He shared on twitter that the whole story is causing him too much stress. Please watch and share the videos as much as you can

عالم الفيروسات بمعهد ماساتشوستس للتكنولوجيا الدكتور إسلام حسين نشر فيدوهات مُفصلة ترد على الإدعائات الخاصة بجهاز الكشف وعلاج الفيروسات. الدكتور قال لي على تويتر ان الموضوع يعرضه لضغط شديد جدا لعدم قدرته على الوصول للناس لشرح …

الصورة من وكالة أنباء أ ف ب.

شرح لي أخ عراقي ان في نقاط التفتيش الأمنية كان منتشر استخدام جهاز الكشف عن المفرقعات الشبيه بجاهز سي-فاست، ولأن الوضع الأمني في العراق منهار فمواطنين كثر بيحتفظوا باشياء مثل اسلحة شخصية ومواد حارقة للمولدات او اشياء اخرى غريبة في سياراتهم لكن ليست مفرقعات، فلو اعتبرنا اريل الجهاز يميل ويختار بشكل عشوائي عدد من السيارات فمن الممكن جدا ان يعثر على تلك الأشياء. وتعتبر بشكل خاطئ دليل على …

I learnt from Al-Masry Al-Youm and Youm7 that the army is exhibiting its Hepatitis C detection device (C-Fast) at the EgyMedica fair held at the Cairo Conference Centre.

The Revolution in Diagnosis

The picture Al-Masry Al-Youm posted had written below it that the device detects the Malaria "virus" (Malaria is a parasitic infection and not a virus). I went to town with this on Twitter of course …

Dr. Ahmed Okasha assessing Hamdeen Sabahi psychaitrically. Photo from the SMC website.

The Presidential Elections Committee …