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Absolute Vs Relative Risk: Why Parents Shouldn't Worry About Kids Walking On Halloween

Absolute Vs Relative Risk: Why Parents Shouldn't Worry About Kids Walking On Halloween

Oct 16 2023 | comment(s)

Common sense says that if you have a lot more people walking, often in dark costumes, and just as many people driving, plus more people drinking alcohol than would otherwise occur on a Tuesday, pedestrian fatalities will go up. 

Common sense is right. They will.

Halloween Candy: Myths And Facts About Healthy Teeth

Halloween Candy: Myths And Facts About Healthy Teeth

Oct 09 2023 | comment(s)

When science finally settled the debate between genetics and lifestyle regarding oral health, the world began to set new benchmarks for improved health overall. After World War II it was discovered that bacteria in our mouths create acid from carbohydrates, and that acid erodes the enamel on teeth, which will mean more decay and cavities.
TikTok Can Be More Than Just Harvesting Your Data For Chinese Spies

TikTok Can Be More Than Just Harvesting Your Data For Chinese Spies

Oct 05 2023 | comment(s)

Controversial social media video site TikTok has one supporter - a public relations academic at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln.

A recent paper, ironically in a journal from a publisher that has also been called predatory, argues that TikTok may be effective for encouraging women to get a pap smear, which aids in early detection of cervical cancer, which kills some 4,000 women each year in the United States. 
Why Do Kids With Type 1 Diabetes Take More Psychotropic Medication?

Why Do Kids With Type 1 Diabetes Take More Psychotropic Medication?

Oct 04 2023 | comment(s)

A new analysis found an increasing trend in psychotropic medication dispensation for Swedish children and adolescents with type 1 diabetes. The results from from 2006 to 2019 showed consistent higher use than kids without type 1 diabetes. 
Men Don't Go To The Doctor Enough

Men Don't Go To The Doctor Enough

Oct 03 2023 | comment(s)

Health care in America is broken and the chief reason is the government. In 2009, when Obamacare became part of the President's agenda, I said we should just write out the check for trillions of dollars and nationalize the industry. My reasoning was that anything else would mean we have worse access and much higher cost.
Peace Through Partying At The Sorceror's Wake

Peace Through Partying At The Sorceror's Wake

Oct 01 2023 | comment(s)

At the Hilazon Tachtit cave site, before it was Israel, before King David even fought the Philistines, the area north of Nazareth and west of the Sea of Galilee was populated by Natufians, an early settled people, and in 2008 archaeologists revealed details of a burial site unlike any other found in the Natufian period or the Paleolithic before it - instead of a mass grave, like those remains found nearby, it was a lone woman.