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The NIH: A broken pipeline, yes, but the blame is not entirely on the NIH

As an NIH-funded surgeon/scientist, I just had to read this report at BrokenPipeline.org when I became aware of it, courtesy of Bora and Drugmonkey. Basically, it describes how bleak the NIH funding situation has become, particularly for young investigators. The report (PDF) comes from several prominent research universities and warns that we are at risk […]

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Antivaccine nonsense Autism Entertainment/culture Medicine Politics Popular culture Quackery Television

The Hannah Poling case: Autism rebranded again

Damn you, mercury militia. I had had another topic entirely in mind for this week’s post, but, as happens far too often, news events have overtaken me in the form of a story that was widely reported towards the end of last week. It was all over the media on Thursday evening and Friday, showing […]

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In case you’ve ever been polled and were wondering what the questions really mean…

…Wiley explains: That about sums it up, as do the rest of the questions in the comic’s poll.

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Antivaccine nonsense Entertainment/culture Medicine Politics Popular culture Quackery Television

Antivaccination propaganda about the Poling case: A Saturday morning link roundup

Yesterday was annoying. It started out hearing about the vaccine injury case conceded by the government in a story on NPR on during my drive into work. As I walked through the clinic waiting area on the way to my lab, the TVs in the waiting rooms were all on CNN, where–you guessed it!–there was […]

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Antivaccine nonsense Autism Complementary and alternative medicine Medicine Politics Quackery

John McCain panders to antivaccination zealots

Well, now I’m really in a pickle as far as the 2008 Presidential election goes. I really don’t like Hillary Clinton and consider Barack Obama not ready for prime time; i.e., he’s too inexperienced and too liberal for my liking. On the other hand, I used to like John McCain–at least until he started pandering […]