Drink — and the Odds of Injury
A recent story in The Washington Post’s Wonkblog claims that that, by looking at people who wind up at the Emergency Room, you can figure out how often drinking leads to injury. The Post’s...
View ArticleAfrican American Boys and Autism
A shocking reanalysis of CDC data claimed that African American boys had a greater risk of autism associated with the time they were vaccinated, and that the agency had covered up this finding. The...
View ArticleThe CDC Conspiracy
Should the media cover anti-vaccination claims? It seems as if conventional reporting would probably do more harm than good if it did by reporting both sides and creating the impression of equivalency...
View ArticlePopular Allergy, Sleep Medicines and Dementia: A Risk?
Responding to a new study in JAMA Internal Medicine linking certain drugs to dementia, The Daily Mail ran with the headline: “Popular sleep remedies and hayfever pills ‘increase risk of Alzheimer’s by...
View ArticleIs the Risk of War Declining?
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View ArticleDeath by Bacon: Did the News get to the Meat of the Matter?
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