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Disappointment and outrage: Advocates react to withdrawal of safety rules for child farmworkers : The Pump Handle
scienceblogs.com — “Advocates react to the Obama administration's unexpected decision to drop proposed revisions to rules on children working in agriculture -- an industry with a high fatality rate for young workers.” View full resource at scienceblogs.com
Most Recently Shared on May 10, 2012 at 7:23 pm By:
elaine schattner Oncologist, Hematologist, Physician, Doctor, and Internist
Disappointment & outrage re: withdrawal of safety rules for child farm-workers @LizBorkowski - PumpHandle - http://t.co/RPsy4mqJ
Primary Cilia Connect : Greg Laden's Blog
scienceblogs.com — “Here is a press release from BioMed Central that is just so interesting I had to give it to you as it is without delay: Connecting cilia: cellular antennae help cells stick together Primary cilia are hair-like structures which protrude from almost all mammalian cells....” View full resource at scienceblogs.com
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No, Virginia, cancer care in Europe doesn't suck, contrary to what a recent paper implies : Respectful Insolence
scienceblogs.com — “The U.S. is widely known to have the highest health care expenditures per capita in the world, and not just by a little, but by a lot. I'm not going to go into the reasons for this so much, other...” View full resource at scienceblogs.com
Most Recently Shared on April 24, 2012 at 7:49 am By:
David Gorski Surgeon, Oncologist, Physician, and Doctor
No, Virginia, cancer care in Europe doesn't suck, contrary to what a recent paper implies: The U.S. is widely kn... http://t.co/kX6f5dBm
The annals of "I'm not anti-vaccine," part 10: Titanic, Oklahoma City, or the Holocaust? : Respectful Insolence
scienceblogs.com — “It's not infrequent that I come under fire from antivaccinationists for, ironically enough, calling them antivaccinationists. "Oh, no," they protest, "I'm not antivaccine. How dare you call me that? I'm actually a vaccine safety advocate." Of course, when you probe...” View full resource at scienceblogs.com
Most Recently Shared on April 23, 2012 at 7:11 am By:
David Gorski Surgeon, Oncologist, Physician, and Doctor
The annals of "I'm not anti-vaccine," part 10: Titanic, Oklahoma City, or the Holocaust?: It's not infrequent th... http://t.co/MRfYsK6m
Thanks, antivaccinationists. Thanks again for the measles. : Respectful Insolence
scienceblogs.com — “Thanks again, antivaccine activists. Thanks for the measles. Again: Last year was the worst year for measles in the U.S. in 15 years, health officials said Thursday. There were 222 cases of measles, a large jump from the 60 or...” View full resource at scienceblogs.com
Most Recently Shared on April 20, 2012 at 4:12 pm By:
David Gorski Surgeon, Oncologist, Physician, and Doctor
Thanks, antivaccinationists. Thanks again for the measles.: Thanks again, antivaccine activists. Thanks for the ... http://t.co/vbmLbo5T
X Minus One for vaccination : Respectful Insolence
scienceblogs.com — “Yesterday was a bit of a rough patch; so today there won't be the usual Orac magnum opus to which you've all become accustomed. Instead, maybe I'll do a briefer post with semi-random thoughts. Of course, even Orac's shorter posts...” View full resource at scienceblogs.com
Most Recently Shared on April 19, 2012 at 2:26 pm By:
David Gorski Surgeon, Oncologist, Physician, and Doctor
X Minus One for vaccination: Yesterday was a bit of a rough patch; so today there won't be the usual Orac magnum... http://t.co/c5DRwky9
Bioethics falls for the "tell both sides" trope : Respectful Insolence
scienceblogs.com — “I thought that a solid basic understanding of basic and clinical science was a prerequisite to be a bioethicist. AFter all, the prefix "bio" is in the word "bioethicist," which implies to me that bioethicists study the ethics of biology...” View full resource at scienceblogs.com
Most Recently Shared on April 18, 2012 at 10:45 am By:
David Gorski Surgeon, Oncologist, Physician, and Doctor
Bioethics falls for the "tell both sides" trope: I thought that a solid basic understanding of basic and clinica... http://t.co/bUER4daE
CEASE and desist subjecting autistic children to homeopathy : Respectful Insolence
scienceblogs.com — “Periodically, I like to make fun of homeopathy and homeopaths. I realize that to some that might seem like the proverbial shooting of fish in a barrel, but it is amusing and educational. However, it's not always amusing. For instance,...” View full resource at scienceblogs.com
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David Gorski Surgeon, Oncologist, Physician, and Doctor
CEASE and desist subjecting autistic children to homeopathy: Periodically, I like to make fun of homeopathy and ... http://t.co/p46Lk8g6
A homeopath lectures scientists about anecdotal evidence : Respectful Insolence
scienceblogs.com — “If there's one difference between so-called "complementary and alternative medicine" (CAM) and science-based medicine (SBM), it's the role of anecdotes in each. CAM and SBM each take a very different view of anecdotes. In SBM, anecdotes are relegated to a...” View full resource at scienceblogs.com
Most Recently Shared on April 16, 2012 at 7:20 am By:
David Gorski Surgeon, Oncologist, Physician, and Doctor
A homeopath lectures scientists about anecdotal evidence: If there's one difference between so-called "complemen... http://t.co/t0nOyYdS
Epigenetics does not mean that thinking makes it so : Respectful Insolence
scienceblogs.com — “You know, I really, really hate the way quacks abuse molecular biology. I know, I know. I've said it before, but certain quacks have a way of willfully misunderstanding the latest advances in genomics, molecular biology, and biology in general....” View full resource at scienceblogs.com
Most Recently Shared on April 13, 2012 at 11:13 am By:
David Gorski Surgeon, Oncologist, Physician, and Doctor
Epigenetics does not mean that thinking makes it so: You know, I really, really hate the way quacks abuse molecu... http://t.co/KGCqfHJK
Acupuncture: Not an "essential health benefit" in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act : Respectful Insolence
scienceblogs.com — “This week, the Supreme Court is hearing a case that can only be described as historic. Any of you out there (in the U.S. anyway; I realize that my readership is international) who have paid even a passing attention to...” View full resource at scienceblogs.com
Most Recently Shared on March 28, 2012 at 3:01 am By:
David Gorski Surgeon, Oncologist, Physician, and Doctor
Acupuncture: Not an "essential health benefit" in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: This week, the... http://t.co/c5CPV94W
Moving from the "Right to Know" to the "Right to Understand": Global harmonization of OSHA's Hazard Communication Standard : The Pump Handle
scienceblogs.com — “Revisions to OSHA's 30 year old Hazard Communication standard now align it with the globally harmonized system for classifying and labeling chemical hazards, while also enhancing workers ability to understand the hazards associated with the chemicals they encounter on the job.” View full resource at scienceblogs.com
Most Recently Shared on March 22, 2012 at 12:12 pm By:
elaine schattner Oncologist, Hematologist, Physician, Doctor, and Internist
Moving from the "Right to Know" to the "Right to Understand" on OSHA's Hazard Communication Standard | Pump Handle | - http://t.co/f6Cix1BW
Another defense of the antivaccine propaganda "documentary" The Greater Good from the San Ramon Valley Unified School District : Respectful Insolence
scienceblogs.com — “San Ramon, we have a problem. The other day, I laid some not-so-Respectful Insolence on a clueless school board president in San Ramon Valley, California, named Greg Marvel. What merited a heapin' helpin' of what Orac does so well was...” View full resource at scienceblogs.com
Most Recently Shared on March 22, 2012 at 7:12 am By:
David Gorski Surgeon, Oncologist, Physician, and Doctor
Another defense of The Greater Good from the San Ramon Valley Unified School District: San Ramon, we have a prob... http://t.co/WbKC6WO0
A school board president abuses his position to promote an antivaccine movie : Respectful Insolence
scienceblogs.com — “A science-based blogger's work is never done, apparently. I'll show you what I mean in a minute. But first, I just have to make a simple observation. Pseudoscience, be it quackery, evolution denial, denial of anthropogenic global warming, antivaccine nonsense,...” View full resource at scienceblogs.com
Most Recently Shared on March 20, 2012 at 7:17 am By:
David Gorski Surgeon, Oncologist, Physician, and Doctor
A school board president abuses his position to promote an antivaccine movie: A science-based blogger's work is ... http://t.co/nb3NxCP7
Patient satisfaction versus quality of care, round two : Respectful Insolence
scienceblogs.com — “About a month ago, I wrote about a study that looked at metrics of patient satisfaction and compared them to hard outcomes often used to evaluate quality of care, including frequency of emergency room usage, frequency of hospitalization, and overall...” View full resource at scienceblogs.com
Most Recently Shared on March 19, 2012 at 7:09 am By:
David Gorski Surgeon, Oncologist, Physician, and Doctor
Patient satisfaction versus quality of care, round two: About a month ago, I wrote about a study that looked at ... http://t.co/3CCPdJyf
