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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Evidence Vacation: What’s the Point?Read more
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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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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…
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Bias Inching Closer Towards a Science Base for JusticeRead more
In a courtroom, the full power of the state comes down on an individual. No one should have to face that on…
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Bias Biomedical Research: Believe It Or Not?Read more
It’s not often that a research article barrels down the straight toward its one millionth view. Thousands of biomedical papers are published every day…
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Evidence Emotional Donating: The Science and Un-Science of Disaster ResponseRead more
Those images send us rushing to donate in droves. That generosity can add up to hundreds of millions of dollars for a…
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Evidence “Trust me, I’m a professor!” Evidence, medical schools & studentsRead more
There are just so many young people here. I’m at the 21st birthday meeting of an organization I got to help build…
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Evidence Blemish: The Truth About BlackheadsRead more
Some old wives’ and doctors’ tales are pretty harmless. Behind the myths about blackheads and acne, though, it gets very ugly. And…
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Evidence Vacation fade-out: Back to work with a thud?Read more
Work can wind us up. Vacations are supposed to wind us down. But just how much benefit do we get from…
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Bias Nutrient X Prevents Disease? Sorting the Wheat from the BranRead more
It started, as many issues do, because we didn’t get enough roughage in our diets. Before dietary fiber gained currency in the…