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Misinformation Common Among Women With Breast Cancer

Vaccines are getting American media attention now that Republicans are engaging in misinformation...

Even With Universal Health Care, Mothers Don't Go To Postnatal Check-Ups

For decades, health care costs have been a political topic in America. Advocates argue it is the...

Happy Twelfth Night - Or Divorce Day, Depending On How Your 2026 Is Going

Today is, in Christian observance, Twelfth Night, the end of The 12 Days of Christmas in that song...

Blood Pressure Medication Adherence May Not Be Cost, It May Be Annoyance At Defensive Medicine

High blood pressure is an important risk factor for developing cardiovascular disease and premature...

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Apollo 11 - The Remix

Apollo 11 - The Remix

Jul 20 2019 | comment(s)

The 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing is getting a lot of coverage, and it's well-deserved. It was a bold Cold War adventure, it cost a fortune,(1) and it succeeded.

As a former Army officer during the Cold War it's hard to imagine anyone missing it,(2) but it was a necessary component. We never would have done it without a sense of paranoid purpose. There was no reason to do it outside geopolitics.(3)  
Cigarette Butt Litter Hurts Plant Growth

Cigarette Butt Litter Hurts Plant Growth

Jul 19 2019 | comment(s)

The most disgusting thing about cigarette smoking for most isn't the smoke, nor is it the prospect of toxic carcinogens causing cancer in smokers the rest of us will end up subsidizing, it is that smokers often throw their garbage on the ground afterward and expect someone else to pick it up.(1) 
More 'Intensive' Beekeeping Doesn't Lead To More Bee Diseases

More 'Intensive' Beekeeping Doesn't Lead To More Bee Diseases

Jul 17 2019 | comment(s)

The number one killer of honeybees is not pesticides, despite expensive marketing campaigns by environmental groups trying to claim that is the case (1), and it isn't even the very lucrative industry of trucking bees around to engage in artificial pollination for crops like almonds, which leads to shock from being in new places.
Fracking Correlated To Radon In Ohio - Here Is Why No One Is Actually At Risk

Fracking Correlated To Radon In Ohio - Here Is Why No One Is Actually At Risk

Jul 15 2019 | comment(s)

A study has taken a look at the radii of homes with measured data near natural gas wells and statistically linked that to higher radon.

While some in media will use that to sound this week's 'science is killing us' alarm, the reality is that something that is not a concern is being linked to something else not a concern. 
Nutritional Supplements And Fad Diets Still Don't Work

Nutritional Supplements And Fad Diets Still Don't Work

Jul 10 2019 | comment(s)

A recent review of meta-analyses and 277 randomized controlled trials--in which nearly 1 million adults participated--to find out how various nutritional supplements and diets influenced mortality rates and cardiovascular outcomes found...not much.
Forget Propaganda About Nuclear Energy, The Real Radiation Risk For Humans Is Natural Cosmic Rays

Forget Propaganda About Nuclear Energy, The Real Radiation Risk For Humans Is Natural Cosmic Rays

Jul 09 2019 | comment(s)

Sometimes pop culture becomes fact for the public. When the climate disaster film "The Day After Tomorrow" came out, journalists bizarrely started referencing it as a real climate change scenario, and now that Netflix, the home of anti-science sentiment among streaming services(1), has "Chernobyl" available, people think that is creating mutants.(2)