Outbreaks of science myth-busting can be a bit of a puzzlement. The science behind a popular headline-maker might be a tottering house…
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Bias Resveratrol Hangover: Waking Up After Hypothesis BingeingRead more
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Evidence Vacation: What’s the Point?Read more
It’s not really news when a journalist goes cherry-picking for juicy tidbits to fit a narrative, is it? We all fall into…
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Bias Science in the Abstract: Don’t Judge a Study by its CoverRead more
A competition for attention lies at the heart of the scientific enterprise. And the abstract is its “blurb.” A scientific abstract is…
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Bias A Viewer’s Guide to Mammography Evidence Ping-PongRead more
You could get a very sore neck watching all the claims and counter-claims about mammography zing back and forth. It’s like a…
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Bias The Disease Prevention Illusion: A Tragedy in 5 PartsRead more
Act I: An ounce of “prevention.” “Prevention is better than cure.” Aphorisms like this go back a long way. And most…
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Black History Month (Hi)stories our bodies tell: Experiencing racism (Guest Post)Read more
Guest post by Michelle Munyikwa I am currently still reveling in Black History Month. Yes, it is no longer February…
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Black History Month Out from the shadows of racist anthropology (Guest Post)Read more
Guest post by Michelle Munyikwa The skull was smaller than I expected it to be, shockingly light in my hands. Despite…
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Black History Month Vulnerability as strength: Thoughts on changing medicine’s hidden curriculum (Guest Post)Read more
Guest post by Michelle Munyikwa I recently read this article in Health Affairs regarding the effects of the hidden…
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Black History Month “How is it that life gets under our skin?” Introducing Michelle MunyikwaRead more
There don’t seem to be all that many PhD anthropologists who are also physicians. It’s a long, daunting road to get there…
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Personal No Guts, No Glory? The Fear and Attraction of Risky Winter SportsRead more
The one time I went flying off the side of a mountain on skis, I certainly didn’t mean to. Before I hit…
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Evidence The Winter Sneeze – Hand, Tissue or Dracula Style? (Gesundheit!)Read more
When I was a kid from the wrong side of the tracks, wiping your nose on your clothes was a…
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Bias 5 Key Things to Know About Meta-AnalysisRead more
Knowledge accumulates. But studies can get contradictory or misleading along the way. You can’t just do a head count: 3 studies saying…