Oct 08 2010
The Allure of Bad Statistics: Gay Teen Suicides and Online Predators
Bogus statistics about threats to youth--including gay teen suicide and online predators--can damage efforts to address those social problems.
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Sep 21 2010
Obesity in Children Linked to Common Cold Virus
Adenovirus-36 may be making kids heavier, a new study suggests.
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Jul 20 2010
Friday News Feedbag for Friday, July 16!
If this is your first exposure to the Friday News Feedbag... we're glad to have you in the club. Welcome to Feedbag Nation, which stems from our weekly science news podcast that you can subscribe to here on iTunes and ...
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Jul 02 2010
70 Million Swine Flu Vaccine Doses Wasted
70 million doses of H1N1 swine flu vaccine prepared for an epidemic that never came will likely be destroyed.
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Jun 30 2010
Cure for Diabetes Approaches Reality
Researchers say they've managed to eliminate the disease in rats using transplanted pig cells.
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Mar 24 2010
E. Coli: Not Just for Carnivores Anymore
When the topic of eating meat comes up, on occasion my vegan and vegetarian friends will recite a list of reasons they abstain from consuming the flesh of animals. (Not that they need to justify anything to me; I always ...
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Mar 02 2010
Amid Desperation, Fake Cures and False Hope in Haiti
In the aftermath of Haiti’s devastating earthquakes, huge amounts of money, food, clothing, water, tents, and other supplies arrived in the country. People showed up as well: professional search and rescue personnel, epidemiologists, nurses, and doctors. And, unfortunately, many people ...
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Feb 01 2010
Vaccine-Autism Doctor Guilty of ‘Dishonesty and Misleading Conduct’
Andrew Wakefield, the doctor whose research sparked international concern over whether or not childhood vaccines cause autism, was found guilty by a British panel of acting unethically in his research on autism. Wakefield was the lead author a small-scale 1998 ...
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