This is a selection of articles from the January 2008 archive. Click here for this month's Epidemiologists headlines.
Peer review nightmare, as in "Oh, my God!"
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Source: Effect Measure - January 31, 2008 Tags: Big Pharma Source Type: journals
Individual Mandates Matter
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Source: Dr. Buttery's Public Health BLOG - January 31, 2008 Tags: policy Source Type: journals
Tobacco Control Programs Cut Adult Smoking Rates
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Source: Dr. Buttery's Public Health BLOG - January 31, 2008 Tags: policy Source Type: journals
Once More: Thimerasol does NOT cause Autism.
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Source: Dr. Buttery's Public Health BLOG - January 31, 2008 Tags: research Source Type: journals
Cuts to Medicaid & Medicare?
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Source: Dr. Buttery's Public Health BLOG - January 31, 2008 Tags: policy Source Type: journals
The microbiology of double-dipping
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Source: Aetiology - January 31, 2008 Tags: General biology Source Type: journals
The Indian peoples' lying eyes
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Source: Effect Measure - January 31, 2008 Tags: Bird flu Source Type: journals
The logging industry and the kindness of strangers
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Source: Effect Measure - January 30, 2008 Tags: Environment Source Type: journals
HIV Prevalence in the U.S.
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Source: Dr. Buttery's Public Health BLOG - January 30, 2008 Tags: Surveillance Source Type: journals
Talking about Jesus, II
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Source: Zackary Sholem Berger - January 30, 2008 Tags: Jesus idol worship לא ישמע על פיך Samuel David Luzzatto Source Type: journals
Flu shots: a tale of two cities
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Source: Effect Measure - January 30, 2008 Tags: Vaccines Source Type: journals
Shkeeving
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Source: Effect Measure - January 29, 2008 Tags: Words Source Type: journals
Doctors biased against overweight people?
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Source: Dr. Buttery's Public Health BLOG - January 29, 2008 Tags: policy Source Type: journals
Texas: still bass-ackwards on public health
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Source: Aetiology - January 29, 2008 Tags: Infectious disease Source Type: journals
Tamiflu resistance in seasonal flu: the devil is in the details
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Source: Effect Measure - January 29, 2008 Tags: Bird flu Source Type: journals
No volunteers to save the world
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Source: Effect Measure - January 28, 2008 Tags: Climate change Source Type: journals
Turtles: not a kid's best friend
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Source: Aetiology - January 28, 2008 Tags: General Epidemiology Source Type: journals
The Yiddish FBI
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Source: Zackary Sholem Berger - January 28, 2008 Tags: Yiddish Forward FBI Spinka Allan Nadler Forverts Source Type: journals
Administration: overdose antidote not good public health policy
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Source: Aetiology - January 28, 2008 Tags: Public health Source Type: journals
Flu season
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Source: Effect Measure - January 28, 2008 Tags: Bird flu Source Type: journals
Why not saying "Jesus" is silly
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Source: Zackary Sholem Berger - January 27, 2008 Tags: Orthodox Judaism Jesus Source Type: journals
Chinese for Doctors
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Source: Zackary Sholem Berger - January 27, 2008 Tags: NYU emergency medicine medical Chinese Source Type: journals
Encouraging critical employees to get seasonal flu vaccine
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Source: Effect Measure - January 27, 2008 Tags: Bird flu Source Type: journals
Freethinker Sunday Sermonette: Mr.Potato Head
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Source: Effect Measure - January 27, 2008 Tags: Freethinker Sermonettes Source Type: journals
More Physicians Does not Necessarily Lead To Better Health Care
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Source: Dr. Buttery's Public Health BLOG - January 26, 2008 Tags: policy Source Type: journals
I'll keep an eye out for you
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Source: Effect Measure - January 26, 2008 Tags: Varia Source Type: journals
A small air pollution risk. Nano sized.
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Source: Effect Measure - January 25, 2008 Tags: Air pollution Source Type: journals
What would it take to wipe out human rabies?
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Source: Aetiology - January 25, 2008 Tags: General Epidemiology Source Type: journals
There's more bird flu than we thought. That's good news.
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Source: Effect Measure - January 25, 2008 Tags: Bird flu Source Type: journals
The TV ad that DRIVES ME CRAZY!!!
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Source: Effect Measure - January 24, 2008 Tags: Quackery and fraud Source Type: journals
National Cost of Diabetes
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Source: Dr. Buttery's Public Health BLOG - January 24, 2008 Tags: Economics Source Type: journals
Marketing preparedness, Effect Measure style
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Source: Effect Measure - January 24, 2008 Tags: Bird flu Source Type: journals
Raw Milk: Public Health Enemy or Nature’s Gift?
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Source: Bad Bug Blog - January 23, 2008 Authors: Dr. Kramer Tags: Food Safety Outbreaks Source Type: journals
Wingspread statement on the Precautionary Priniciple: tenth anniversary
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Source: Effect Measure - January 23, 2008 Tags: Environment Source Type: journals
Coffee is dangerous, Again.
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Source: Dr. Buttery's Public Health BLOG - January 23, 2008 Tags: research Source Type: journals
Traditional medicines may be second most common source of lead poisoning in U.S.
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Source: Dr. Buttery's Public Health BLOG - January 23, 2008 Tags: Prevention Source Type: journals
Surprise! Surprise! Adjustable Gastric Banding and Conventional Therapy for Type 2 Diabetes
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Source: Dr. Buttery's Public Health BLOG - January 23, 2008 Tags: research Source Type: journals
Did Yersinia pestis really cause Black Plague? Part 4: Plague in modern times
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Source: Aetiology - January 23, 2008 Tags: General biology Source Type: journals
Was bird flu better in 2007 versus 2006?
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Source: Effect Measure - January 23, 2008 Tags: Bird flu Source Type: journals
EPA takes the Fifth
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Source: Effect Measure - January 22, 2008 Tags: Environmental health Source Type: journals
WHO releases information on viral sharing and disposition
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Source: Effect Measure - January 22, 2008 Tags: Bird flu Source Type: journals
Was Valerie Plame outed to cover up high level treason by a US official?
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Source: Effect Measure - January 21, 2008 Tags: Nuclear Source Type: journals
The literary virtues of Communism
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Source: Zackary Sholem Berger - January 21, 2008 Tags: American Judaism Yiddish literature Source Type: journals
Back (barely) from the NC Science Blogging Conference
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Source: Aetiology - January 21, 2008 Tags: Blogging news Source Type: journals
What is medical school for?
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Source: Dr. Buttery's Public Health BLOG - January 21, 2008 Tags: policy Source Type: journals
Bird flu: good news is always bad news
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Source: Effect Measure - January 21, 2008 Tags: Bird flu Source Type: journals
Not only in Brazil
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Source: Dr. Buttery's Public Health BLOG - January 20, 2008 Tags: policy Source Type: journals
Why Rabies Vaccination of Pets is Vital.
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Source: Dr. Buttery's Public Health BLOG - January 20, 2008 Tags: policy Source Type: journals
School killings
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Source: Effect Measure - January 20, 2008 Tags: Guns Source Type: journals
All the regulations: whose fault are they?
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Source: Zackary Sholem Berger - January 20, 2008 Tags: hospitals medicine JCAHO Source Type: journals
Freethinker Sunday Sermonette: feel the Love
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Source: Effect Measure - January 20, 2008 Tags: Freethinker Sermonettes Source Type: journals
Feverish preps for bird flu
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Source: Effect Measure - January 19, 2008 Tags: Bird flu Source Type: journals
New prostate test. No thanks.
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Source: Effect Measure - January 18, 2008 Tags: Cancer policy Source Type: journals
Did Yersinia pestis really cause Black Plague? Part 3: Paleomicrobiology and the detection of Y. pestis in corpses
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Source: Aetiology - January 18, 2008 Tags: General Epidemiology Source Type: journals
The clinical bird flu picture so far as reviewed in the New England Journal
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Source: Effect Measure - January 18, 2008 Tags: Bird flu Source Type: journals
American science swirling down the drain
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Source: Effect Measure - January 17, 2008 Tags: Research support Source Type: journals
U.S. ABORTION RATE CONTINUES LONG-TERM DECLINE
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Source: Dr. Buttery's Public Health BLOG - January 17, 2008 Tags: behavioral change Source Type: journals
Director of OIE tries to recover from comments about bird flu (doesn't make it)
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Source: Effect Measure - January 17, 2008 Tags: Bird flu Source Type: journals
Did Yersinia pestis really cause Black Plague? Part 2: Examination of the criticisms
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Source: Aetiology - January 17, 2008 Tags: General biology Source Type: journals
Miniature GC-MS: just one problem . . .
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Source: Effect Measure - January 16, 2008 Tags: Environment Source Type: journals
MDR CA-MRSA in MSM*
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Source: Aetiology - January 16, 2008 Tags: Antibiotic resistance Source Type: journals
Did Yersinia pestis really cause Black Plague? Part 1: Objections to Y. pestis causation
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Source: Aetiology - January 16, 2008 Tags: General biology Source Type: journals
Toxoplasma Infection Increases Risk of Schizophrenia
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Source: Dr. Buttery's Public Health BLOG - January 16, 2008 Tags: research Source Type: journals
Foes decry clone ruling
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Source: Dr. Buttery's Public Health BLOG - January 16, 2008 Tags: policy Source Type: journals
Does H5N1 spread from cats to dogs and vice versa?
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Source: Effect Measure - January 16, 2008 Tags: Bird flu Source Type: journals
Less is more when it comes to antibiotic use?
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Source: Aetiology - January 15, 2008 Tags: General biology Source Type: journals
Martin Luther King, turning the page
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Source: Effect Measure - January 15, 2008 Tags: Justice Source Type: journals
Where did syphillis come from?
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Source: Aetiology - January 15, 2008 Tags: General Epidemiology Source Type: journals
Taking Stock of the Fight Against AIDS
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Source: Dr. Buttery's Public Health BLOG - January 15, 2008 Tags: policy Source Type: journals
Now who will take action?
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Source: Dr. Buttery's Public Health BLOG - January 15, 2008 Tags: policy Source Type: journals
Will the Bush administration lock you up in a pandemic?
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Source: Effect Measure - January 15, 2008 Tags: Bird flu Source Type: journals
The Moral Imagination
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Source: Zackary Sholem Berger - January 14, 2008 Tags: kashrus The New York Times Steven Pinker morality Source Type: journals
Invention contest
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Source: Effect Measure - January 14, 2008 Tags: Contest Source Type: journals
Medblog awards open for voting
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Source: Aetiology - January 14, 2008 Tags: Blogging news Source Type: journals
The co-pay connection
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Source: Dr. Buttery's Public Health BLOG - January 14, 2008 Tags: policy Source Type: journals
More of the same old, same old.
