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scientificactivistprofile.gif A postdoc by day and a scientific activist by night, Nick Anthis isn't letting his research in protein structure and function get in the way of defending scientific and social progress.

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Health Care Reform: It's a Matter of Convenience

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...

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A Tale of Two Health Care Systems

Category: universal health care

Socialized medicine isn't even on the table right now... unfortunately.

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Where to Find Reliable Information on Swine Flu

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...

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Why Swine Flu Is Resistant to Adamantane Drugs

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.

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Measles: Not a Trivial Illness

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...

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Why We Need More Evidence-Based Medicine

Category: philosophy of science

Human medicine is rife with unempirical interventions.

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"[She] treated her last flu with castoff amoxicillin."

Category: media

Can you spot the stupidity?

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Stimulus Bill Moves America Closer to Practicing Evidence-Based Medicine

Category: health policy

A step in the right direction, and--despite what the right wingers are screaming about--probably not far enough.

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On Drugs, Circumcision, and John McCain

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

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Science: Addressing Poverty Both Directly and Indirectly

Category: poverty

The Council of Science Editors launches its Global Theme Issue on Poverty and Human Development

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Bush Vetoes Children's Health Insurance Program Expansion

Category: public health

It's time for a few key Republicans to grow a heart and/or some balls and override this veto.

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House Passes SCHIP Expansion

Category: health policy

but not with a veto-proof majority.

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House and Senate to Vote on Children's Health Insurance Expansion Despite Veto Threat

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...

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HIV Denialism in South Africa: a Lesson in Complexity

Category: HIV/AIDS

A primer on the HIV denialism of Thabo Mbeki and his government.

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Bush Administration Bravely Fights the New Communist Threat of Children's Health Insurance

Category: health policy

...by placing unreasonable new restrictions on SCHIP.

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Update: Senate Also Passes CHIP Expansion

Category: health policy

This just in: the CHIP expansion has passed both houses of Congress.

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House Passes CHIP Expansion

Category: health policy

despite Republican opposition to expanded health care access for kids.

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Scientific Activism in the News

Category: scientific activism

Drug safety advocate Dr. Steven E. Nissen

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Take Action on CHIP!

Category: health policy

Let's get this bill rolling....

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More on the Bush Administration's Antagonism Toward CHIP

Category: Bush Administration

And this administration's amazingly consistent ability to one-up itself.

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Bush Plans to Veto CHIP Expansion

Category: public health

Tobacco trumps children's health care.

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And the Saga Continues....

Category: political interference

It's YOUR fault that you were being politically suppressed, Mr. Surgeon General!

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Bush Administration Muzzled Surgeon General

Category: political interference

Add one more to the list.

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Ask a ScienceBlogger: A Sun Ray a Day....

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

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HPV Vaccination in the New England Journal of Medicine

Category: public health

It's a virtual smorgasbord!

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Texas Mandatory HPV Vaccination Update

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.

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SCOTUS: Who's Your Daddy?

Category: Supreme Court

Paternalism is the word of the day as the Supreme Court slices away at reproductive freedoms.

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Study Finds Alcohol and Tobacco More Harmful than Marijuana, LSD, or Ecstasy (Revisited)

Category: drugs

Based on a report in The Lancet, drug classification schemes need to change. Now.

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McCain on Condoms for HIV Prevention: ???

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...

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Texas House Votes to Overturn Mandatory HPV Vaccination

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...

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Mandatory HPV Vaccination Under Attack in the Texas Legislature on Tuesday

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.

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Like Governor, Like Health Care Plan

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?

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The NHS Improves Still Further by Decreasing Waiting Lists to Record Low

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...

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A Band-Aid for a Broken Health Care System?

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....

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The Power of Coal Is as Evident as Ever in Jeff Goodell's Big Coal

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.

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Study Finds Alcohol and Tobacco More Harmful than Marijuana, LSD, or Ecstasy--Drug Reclassification Should Follow

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?

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No More Aspirin, Please

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.

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Universal Health Care, Duh!

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.

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Ask a ScienceBlogger: The Nuclear Test Ban Treaty as a Science Policy Success

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.

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