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Acupuncture quackademic medicine infiltrates PLoS ONE [Respectful Insolence]

September 3rd, 2010 · No Comments

Nearly a month ago, I expressed my dismay and displeasure at the infiltration fo quackademic medicine into what is arguably the premier medical journal in the world, The New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) in the form of a highly credulous review on the use of acupuncture for low back pain that brought eternal shame […]

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So Can I Sue for More Grant Money? [Mike the Mad Biologist]

September 2nd, 2010 · No Comments

There’s something that has puzzled me about the recent stem cell decision that led to an injunction that prevents the NIH from spending any funds on research involving human embryonic stem cells. I’ve read the decision (pdf), and it appears to be incredibly broad and damaging to NIH funding in general.
I could understand an injunction […]

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Simple Answers to Complex Medical Questions [Uncertain Principles]

September 2nd, 2010 · No Comments

There’s a new medical study of the effects of alcohol consumption that finds a surprising result:

Controlling only for age and gender, compared to moderate drinkers, abstainers had a more than 2 times increased mortality risk, heavy drinkers had 70% increased risk, and light drinkers had 23% increased risk. A model controlling for former problem drinking […]

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So Can I Sue for More Grant Money? [Mike the Mad Biologist]

September 2nd, 2010 · No Comments

There’s something that has puzzled me about the recent stem cell decision that led to an injunction that prevents the NIH from spending any funds on research involving human embryonic stem cells. I’ve read the decision (pdf), and it appears to be incredibly broad and damaging to NIH funding in general.
I could understand an injunction […]

[Read more →]

Tags: Health

Simple Answers to Complex Medical Questions [Uncertain Principles]

September 2nd, 2010 · No Comments

There’s a new medical study of the effects of alcohol consumption that finds a surprising result:

Controlling only for age and gender, compared to moderate drinkers, abstainers had a more than 2 times increased mortality risk, heavy drinkers had 70% increased risk, and light drinkers had 23% increased risk. A model controlling for former problem drinking […]

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APHA OHS Section Awards Honor Winners and Remind Us of Ongoing Struggles [The Pump Handle]

September 1st, 2010 · No Comments

by Elizabeth Grossman
The American Public Health Association’s (APHA) Occupational Health & Safety Section has announced the winners of its 2010 Occupational Health & Safety Awards. In a year that has been marked by what David Michaels, Assistant Secretary for Occupational Safety and Health, has described as “a series of workplace tragedies” - among them the […]

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When homeopaths fight back [Respectful Insolence]

September 1st, 2010 · No Comments

I love it when my fans notice me.
After all, of what use is my having taken so many hours over so many years laying down on a nearly daily basis if my words don’t have an impact? Surely I couldn’t be so egotistical that I’d do it anyway even if my readership was what it […]

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APHA OHS Section Awards Honor Winners and Remind Us of Ongoing Struggles [The Pump Handle]

September 1st, 2010 · No Comments

by Elizabeth Grossman
The American Public Health Association’s (APHA) Occupational Health & Safety Section has announced the winners of its 2010 Occupational Health & Safety Awards. In a year that has been marked by what David Michaels, Assistant Secretary for Occupational Safety and Health, has described as “a series of workplace tragedies” - among them the […]

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Tags: Health

When homeopaths fight back [Respectful Insolence]

September 1st, 2010 · No Comments

I love it when my fans notice me.
After all, of what use is my having taken so many hours over so many years laying down on a nearly daily basis if my words don’t have an impact? Surely I couldn’t be so egotistical that I’d do it anyway even if my readership was what it […]

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The secret history of psychedelic psychiatry [Neurophilosophy]

August 31st, 2010 · No Comments

This post is part of a Nature Blog Focus on hallucinogenic drugs in medicine and mental health, inspired by a recent Nature Reviews Neuroscience paper, The neurobiology of psychedelic drugs: implications for the treatment of mood disorders, by Franz Vollenweider & Michael Kometer. This article will be available, open-access, until September 23. For more information […]

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