Tag: health
NYTimes.com – Its Gene Patents Upheld, Myriad Genetics Moves to Protect Its Secrets
Regardless of whether or not you agree with the idea of patents on genes, the fact that these patents are forcing patients to undergo a more expensive and less effective procedure should give anyone concern.
NYTimes.com – Radiation + Cable Anchor + Science = ?
Cable news no matter the network typically is a pile of fail when it comes to science.
NYTimes.com – Whatever Nuclear Power’s Threat, No Easy Alternatives
Not typically known but true, especially when taking into account the pollutants that coal plants emit.
The Washington Monthly – How The Media Covers Health Care Rulings, Cont’d
The larger implication is how the public winds up perceiving each of these rulings, all again with the exact same legal implication.
NYTimes.com – How to Make Oatmeal . . . Wrong
Honest doesn’t make them quite as much money.
Why we changed our minds and started to vaccinate. – Skeparent
Parent’s make the right choice and choose to vaccinate their kids based on the evidence.
MMR scare doctor ‘acted unethically’, panel finds – BBC News
The original research “discovering” a link between vaccines and autism was performed unethically.