Over the last couple of months, I’ve written periodically about cancer research and the complaints that the present system of funding grants and of peer review stifles innovation, as well as whether ideas for which there is some evidence but which fall out of the mainstream are given a fair shake. My overall take has […]
Category: Medicine
Cicadas! I don’t think I’d have the self-control that the children pictured above do, though.
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I had thought of featuring this little gem on Your Friday Dose of Woo before, but my Friday feature usually requires a bit more to go on. Well, not exactly. Rather, it requires a bit more quotable material, the better for hilarity to ensue, and this is just a book with a description and some […]
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I’ve been meaning to go through the recent meta-analysis of Avandia published by the New England Journal of Medicine that purported to show major increase in the risk for cardiac events (myocardial infarctions and cardiac death) in patients who use Avandia, but somehow never got around to it. I’m not sure I need to now, […]
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Hot on the heals of the loss of Flea and other medical bloggers, Dr. Hébert announces without explanation other than that “I’ve had enough” and “I’ll be gone for a little while.” Cryptic indeed. I can understand why someone might quit blogging or take a hiatus. However, if I were ever to decide to do […]
