Public Health

Epidemiology Paper Correlates Vaping To Anorexia- And Then We Wonder Why Anyone Is Skeptical About COVID-19 Data

In 2021, it is vital that the public trusts epidemiologists when it comes to disease transmission. The cultural obstacle is that epidemiology is such a large field, much of it populated by woo. Osteopaths hurt their own reputations by not demanding that hu ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Sep 14 2021 - 9:18am

War On Vaccines: Physicians Committee For Responsible Medicine Claims A Vegetarian Diet Makes COVID-19 Mortality Drop

The animal rights activist group Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine has an op-ed in American Journal of Medicine claiming that if you want the COVID-19 vaccine to work 'better', whatever that is supposed to mean, adopt a vegetarian die ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Oct 6 2021 - 8:27am

White Patients Significantly Less Likely To Be Sent To A Skilled Nursing Facility After Surgery

Even if insurance and household incomes are similar, white people are more likely than people of color to be sent home after surgery rather than to a skilled nursing facility. People of color are also more likely to stay in long-term care or get care at ho ...

Article - News Staff - Oct 11 2021 - 8:05am

Yet Another Over-Hyped Study Alleging Phthalates As The Cause Of All Human Misery

I’ve written in the past  about the tendency of some researchers to compensate for weak study design or small sample size by over-hyping their research findings, particularly with the news media. ...

Article - Gregory Bond - Oct 21 2021 - 4:21pm

Suspect Correlation: Eating Alone Linked To Heart Attacks In Women

If we want people to trust disease epidemiologists during the COVID-19 pandemic- and the next pandemic after that, since this was the third one of just coronavirus in 17 years- then we have to start holding suspect epidemiologists accountable. ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Nov 3 2021 - 1:58pm

Eggs Earlier In Life Will Mean Fewer Egg Allergies

In response to increases in allergies, and then paralyzing schools and businesses because many parents conflate any allergic reaction with anaphylaxis, in 2017 allergists and pediatricians began recommending that parents start to introduce peanut product a ...

Article - News Staff - Nov 5 2021 - 10:14am

Military Veteran Deaths Went Up In 2020 As You'd Expect, But Less Than The General Population

Suicides and other mental health issues, as well as general deaths, went up during the pandemic in 2020 and veterans were not excluded. But they fared better than the general population, which is good news for Veteran's Day. ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Nov 12 2021 - 4:19pm

Happy Thanksgiving: You're More Likely To Be Murdered Than Die From A Food Allergy

A person with a food allergy is more likely to be murdered than to die from a severe reaction, according to a new paper in Clinical and Experimental Allergy. ...

Article - News Staff - Nov 22 2021 - 5:15pm

E-Cigarettes Lead To 800% Increase In Quitting Cigarettes In The Most Important Demographic

Smoking remains the most prevalent lifestyle disease in the world, and for people who want to quit, there are lots of options, from "cold turkey" to vaping to patches and gums. But among smokers who don't intend to quit, there is a clear win ...

Article - News Staff - Dec 29 2021 - 12:26pm

In Severe Scoliosis, Growth-Friendly Surgeries Cause More Complications Than Single Spinal Fusion

Early-onset scoliosis is a potentially deadly curve in the spine that can damage a child’s heart and lung function as it progresses. Adolescents with scoliosis are traditionally treated with a single spinal fusion, where rods and screws are inserted to fus ...

Article - News Staff - Jan 4 2022 - 4:39pm