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Category: health policy
I recently had the pleasure of writing an op-ed piece about health care reform for my hometown newspaper, the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, and it ran in the paper today. You can check it out online here. I grew up reading...
Posted by Nick Anthis at 10:41 PM • 2 Comments •
Category: universal health care
Socialized medicine isn't even on the table right now... unfortunately.
Posted by Nick Anthis at 4:22 PM • 15 Comments •
Category: blogosphere
Although I've only written a bit about the recent outbreak of influenza A H1N1 (swine flu), I'd encourage you to take a look at this post by Kent Newsome that discusses where to find reliable information on this topic. This...
Posted by Nick Anthis at 11:26 AM • 8 Comments •
Category: structural biology
All H1N1 swine flu isolates tested to date are resistant to adamantane-based drugs. This post explains the origin of this resistance in light of what we know about the structure and function of influenza proteins.
Posted by Nick Anthis at 6:49 AM • 33 Comments •
Category: vaccines
The Lay Scientist has a new guest post up from British physician "DeeTee" about measles, a horrible disease that until recently had been virtually eradicated from the developed world. Unfortunately, despite the fact that measles is totally preventable with proper...
Posted by Nick Anthis at 7:46 AM • 0 Comments •
Category: philosophy of science
Human medicine is rife with unempirical interventions.
Posted by Nick Anthis at 8:47 AM • 7 Comments •
Category: media
Can you spot the stupidity?
Posted by Nick Anthis at 1:15 PM • 11 Comments •
Category: health policy
A step in the right direction, and--despite what the right wingers are screaming about--probably not far enough.
Posted by Nick Anthis at 3:55 PM • 6 Comments •
Category: HIV/AIDS
Antiretroviral drugs taken prophylactically protecting against HIV, some doubt about the effects of circumcision, and a blast from the past with John McCain
Posted by Nick Anthis at 7:20 AM • 16 Comments •
Category: poverty
The Council of Science Editors launches its Global Theme Issue on Poverty and Human Development
Posted by Nick Anthis at 5:30 PM • 1 Comments •
Category: public health
It's time for a few key Republicans to grow a heart and/or some balls and override this veto.
Posted by Nick Anthis at 2:13 PM • 5 Comments •
Category: health policy
but not with a veto-proof majority.
Posted by Nick Anthis at 7:58 AM • 0 Comments •
Category: health policy
Congress appears to be on track for another major standoff with President Bush. The Washington Post reports today that the House and Senate have reconciled their differing versions of the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP or CHIP) expansion and...
Posted by Nick Anthis at 12:23 PM • 1 Comments •
Category: HIV/AIDS
A primer on the HIV denialism of Thabo Mbeki and his government.
Posted by Nick Anthis at 8:39 AM • 35 Comments •
Category: health policy
...by placing unreasonable new restrictions on SCHIP.
Posted by Nick Anthis at 7:50 AM • 3 Comments •
Category: health policy
This just in: the CHIP expansion has passed both houses of Congress.
Posted by Nick Anthis at 5:00 AM • 1 Comments •
Category: health policy
despite Republican opposition to expanded health care access for kids.
Posted by Nick Anthis at 4:50 PM • 0 Comments •
Category: scientific activism
Drug safety advocate Dr. Steven E. Nissen
Posted by Nick Anthis at 7:44 AM • 0 Comments •
Category: health policy
Let's get this bill rolling....
Posted by Nick Anthis at 4:16 PM • 5 Comments •
Category: Bush Administration
And this administration's amazingly consistent ability to one-up itself.
Posted by Nick Anthis at 7:35 PM • 1 Comments •
Category: public health
Tobacco trumps children's health care.
Posted by Nick Anthis at 12:27 PM • 2 Comments •
Category: political interference
It's YOUR fault that you were being politically suppressed, Mr. Surgeon General!
Posted by Nick Anthis at 5:37 PM • 2 Comments •
Category: political interference
Add one more to the list.
Posted by Nick Anthis at 9:27 AM • 38 Comments •
Category: Ask a ScienceBlogger
Although extended unprotected exposure to the sun damages your skin and eyes, a small daily dose is important for maintaining general health and wellbeing
Posted by Nick Anthis at 1:41 PM • 10 Comments •
Category: public health
It's a virtual smorgasbord!
Posted by Nick Anthis at 5:18 PM • 14 Comments •
Category: public health
The bill overturning mandatory vaccination has passed in both the Texas House and Senate, and it is now awaiting the action of Governor Rick Perry.
Posted by Nick Anthis at 9:40 AM • 21 Comments •
Category: Supreme Court
Paternalism is the word of the day as the Supreme Court slices away at reproductive freedoms.
Posted by Nick Anthis at 11:55 AM • 2 Comments •
Category: drugs
Based on a report in The Lancet, drug classification schemes need to change. Now.
Posted by Nick Anthis at 8:38 AM • 9 Comments •
Category: public health
Not that HIV/AIDS is an important issue or anything... but it appears that Republican presidential hopeful John McCain hasn't been thinking much--or at all--about HIV prevention. The New York Times blog The Caucus reports that when asked about the subject...
Posted by Nick Anthis at 10:54 AM • 2 Comments •
Category: public health
The Texas House voted today 119-21 to overturn governor Rick Perry's executive order requiring mandatory vaccination against HPV (human papilloma virus) for girls entering the sixth grade. The bill, HB1098, still requires final approval in the House before moving along...
Posted by Nick Anthis at 4:28 PM • 4 Comments •
Category: public health
With debate on HB1098 beginning on Tuesday, the Texas House is on the verge of shooting down quite possibly the first progressive thing Rick Perry has done as governor of Texas.
Posted by Nick Anthis at 8:08 PM • 18 Comments •
Category: universal health care
What is big and flashy, capable of generating plenty of press, and claims to be the solution to all (or at least a sizeable chunk) of California's problems?
Posted by Nick Anthis at 7:43 AM • 1 Comments •
Category: universal health care
The UK's National Health Service (NHS) is a matter of British pride, despite some minor shortcomings. Strong on preventative and routine medical care, the NHS has on the other hand been criticized for its long waiting lists required for more...
Posted by Nick Anthis at 8:12 PM • 1 Comments •
Category: health policy
When you live in the wealthiest nation in the world but can still claim over 40 million people without health insurance--despite spending more than twice as much per capita on health care as any other nation--you might have a problem....
Posted by Nick Anthis at 7:08 PM • 4 Comments •
Category: book reviews
In Big Coal, Jeff Goodell offers an insightful and chilling exposé of the coal industry that leaves the reader shocked by our continued reliance on coal but at a loss for what to do about it.
Posted by Nick Anthis at 7:45 AM • 3 Comments •
Category: drugs
A recent UK government study indicates that the class of a drug has little to do with its actual danger. Another report blasts the government for allowing politics to usurp science in formulating drug policy. Is the UK's drug policy fundamentally flawed, or does it just need a bit of scientific tweaking?
Posted by Nick Anthis at 11:08 AM • 16 Comments •
Category: universal health care
If Massachusetts were a physician, I'd have mixed feelings about visiting him or her. Sure, Dr. Massachusetts would be persistent and would try to make me feel better, but probably wouldn't do much to treat the underlying causes. Massachusetts would probably be an adept surgeon, but maybe not a great family doctor.
Posted by Nick Anthis at 7:45 AM • 7 Comments •
Category: universal health care
I had a great hassle-free trip to the doctor the other day, and it wasn't because I live in some fantasy world. I live in England.
Posted by Nick Anthis at 7:45 AM • 7 Comments •
Category: Ask a ScienceBlogger
One success of science influencing policy in a good way that might not be so obvious was the Partial Test Ban Treaty of 1963, which was largely influenced by the work of one scientist, Linus Pauling.
Posted by Nick Anthis at 9:33 PM • 5 Comments •
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