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# tech    

just in case you missed it…

Would you pay $6,000 for advice from a doctor who claims he could help you live longer by making it up as he goes along?
just in case you missed it…

# oddities    

vaccines, the evil alien conspiracy

Australian anti-vaccine activists are joining forces with a man who thinks that shape-shifting alien reptoids secretly run the world.
vaccines, the evil alien conspiracy

# politics    

no allergy meds for you…

The American healthcare system is best compared to a sophisticated machine with many moving parts. A badly maintained Rube Goldberg to be more exact.
no allergy meds for you…

# health    

your tanning bed is plotting your demise

Cell phones might not give you cancer, but tanning beds absolutely can and we have proof.
your tanning bed is plotting your demise

# health    

hey, where did swine flu go?

Swine flu may have disappeared from the news, but it's still out there and it's still a threat as it mutates further.
hey, where did swine flu go?

# health    

general homeopathic hospital

Mitchell and Webb show us what a homeopathic ER would actually look like in practice.
general homeopathic hospital

# health    

don't wind back the clock on medicine

When we reject centuries of medical science and research, we're effectively going back and time to make ailments we tamed into life-threatening afflictions once again.
don't wind back the clock on medicine

# health    

in defense of sadness…

Depression is a serious affliction, but we also need to prevent turning normal human emotions into pathologies.
in defense of sadness…

# health    

why woo is big business

Woo and junk science are big business. And why wouldn't they be? They're free from the limits of what's real.
why woo is big business

# health    

why insurance won't cover alternative medicine

Don't expect your insurance company to cover homeopathic remedies anytime soon.
why insurance won't cover alternative medicine

# health    

helping those who won't help themselves

How far should we go to help people who refuse to help themselves? Or worse yet, whose parents refuse treatment we know will keep them alive?
helping those who won't help themselves

# health    

anti-vaxers: yelling "fire" in a crowded theater…

Anti-vaxxers are absolutely certain that vaccines are evil and they're prepared to move any goal post to justify that belief.
anti-vaxers: yelling "fire" in a crowded theater…

# health    

is it time to rethink clinical trial guidelines?

Researchers call for a more rigorous and detailed protocol in final stage drug trials after reviewing the real world efficacy of anti-depressants.
is it time to rethink clinical trial guidelines?

# health    

why alternative medicine spreads like a virus

It seems bizarre, but the longer a patient using alternative medicine is sick, the more converts the alternative treatments win.
why alternative medicine spreads like a virus

# health    

the fallout from medical luddism

Unhinged anti-vaccination activism is starting to amass a body count as children are stating to suffer and die from preventable diseases.
the fallout from medical luddism

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