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Category: Medicine
National Geographic reports: A new strain of hypervirulent, deadly Cryptococcus gattii fungus has been discovered in the United States, a new study says. The outbreak has already killed six people in Oregon, and it will likely creep into northern California...
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Category: Science in the Media
Yes, this is old news. I've written about it before, as have numerous other progressive scientifically-oriented bloggers. But now that there is an opinion piece featured prominently in the New York Times, perhaps the issue is gaining momentum. Cows on...
Posted by Joseph j7uy5 at 9:32 AM • 3 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Psychiatry
The January 2010 American Journal of Psychiatry has two articles pertaining to the relationship between dietary practices and mental health. One article presents the results of a study; the other is an editorial. Association of Western and Traditional Diets With...
Posted by Joseph j7uy5 at 7:22 AM • 10 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Public Health
One of the more enlightening and worrisome articles I read recently was The Perils of Efficiency, by James Surowiecki. The article was a discussion of the practical effects of the mathematical concept, that you can only optimize one variable in...
Posted by Joseph j7uy5 at 7:49 AM • 2 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Bioethics
I couldn't resist that title, but I must admit it isn't mine; the author's post is here. This is about the NYT article about the finding that children on Medicaid are more likely to be prescribed antipsychotic medication, compared to...
Posted by Joseph j7uy5 at 9:05 AM • 11 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Science News
This is about chronic fatigue syndrome and the association with XMRV. I apologize in advance for the provocative title, and the subsequent gratuitous references to the Nobel Prize, but there is a point to this. Take a look at this...
Posted by Joseph j7uy5 at 9:04 AM • 3 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Medicine
The SEIU website makes an astonishing claim: But, in DC and nine other states, including Arkansas, Idaho, Mississippi, North Carolina, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota, and Wyoming, insurance companies have gone too far, claiming that "domestic violence victim"...
Posted by Joseph j7uy5 at 8:18 AM • 11 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Public Health
...and the steel hits the flesh. Mark Rosenberg, MD, representing the Paul G. Rogers Society for Global Health Research, had an opinion piece published in the Boston Globe. He makes a good point about health. It is not just doctors...
Posted by Joseph j7uy5 at 9:12 AM • 8 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Medicine
Comparative Effectiveness Research (CER) has been controversial, as noted in the Washington Post. Admittedly, most of the controversy has been contrived. Fortunately, the process is moving forward; there is no meaningful opposition at this point. A good summary of the...
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Category: Psychiatry
Psychology is turning out to be a rather important field these days. Nate Hagens has a post on The Oil Drum, The Psychological and Evolutionary Roots of Resource Overconsumption Revisited. He reviews the evolutionary psychology of poor economic decision-making. Calculated...
Posted by Joseph j7uy5 at 9:06 AM • 2 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
