This is a selection of articles from the July 2008 archive. Click here for this month's Epidemiologists headlines.
Summer song
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Source: Zackary Sholem Berger - July 31, 2008 Tags: poetry Source Type: info
The Nightfloater's Prayer
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Source: Zackary Sholem Berger - July 31, 2008 Tags: davening residency night float Source Type: info
86 Percent of Americans Could be Overweight or Obese by 2030
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Source: Dr. Buttery's Public Health BLOG - July 31, 2008 Source Type: info
House Votes to Regulste Tobacco
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Source: Dr. Buttery's Public Health BLOG - July 31, 2008 Source Type: info
Bird flu virus in the environment
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Source: Effect Measure - July 31, 2008 Tags: Bird flu Source Type: info
Dinosaur soft tissue--just bacterial biofilm?
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Source: Aetiology - July 30, 2008 Tags: General biology Source Type: info
A plate of tomato and pepper stew a la FDA, hold the credibility [updated]
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Source: Effect Measure - July 30, 2008 Tags: FDA Source Type: info
Helicobacter pylori: an introduction
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Source: Aetiology - July 29, 2008 Tags: Cancer epidemiology Source Type: info
Physician-patient relationship is eroding
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Source: Dr. Buttery's Public Health BLOG - July 29, 2008 Tags: Technology Source Type: info
FDA warns about Dangers of Lobster Liver
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Source: Dr. Buttery's Public Health BLOG - July 29, 2008 Tags: Toxicology Source Type: info
Grandchildren and fake coffee
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Source: Effect Measure - July 29, 2008 Tags: Media Source Type: info
Straight shooting on evidence from the NYTimes
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Source: The Antidote: Counterspin for Health Care and Health News - July 28, 2008 Source Type: info
Sex in Iowa, 2009
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Source: Aetiology - July 28, 2008 Tags: Conferences and meetings Source Type: info
Another Legislature bans Trans-fats.
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Source: Dr. Buttery's Public Health BLOG - July 28, 2008 Tags: policy Source Type: info
Dust to dust
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Source: Effect Measure - July 28, 2008 Tags: Occupational health Source Type: info
The Fourth Amendment: gone but not forgotten
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Source: Effect Measure - July 27, 2008 Tags: Civil liberties Source Type: info
Freethinker Sunday Sermonette: good and evil meet crackergate
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Source: Effect Measure - July 27, 2008 Tags: Freethinker Sermonettes Source Type: info
Produce industry and Bush administration's short sighted and costly mistake
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Source: Effect Measure - July 26, 2008 Tags: Food safety Source Type: info
For the jump haters...
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Source: Aetiology - July 25, 2008 Tags: Housekeeping Source Type: info
Field work 101...a crash course for my summer students
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Source: Aetiology - July 25, 2008 Tags: General Epidemiology Source Type: info
Dying for a home
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Source: Effect Measure - July 25, 2008 Tags: Mental health Source Type: info
Genetic variation raises HIV risk in people of African descent
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Source: Dr. Buttery's Public Health BLOG - July 24, 2008 Source Type: info
Bush Correct to Veto Tobacco Bill.
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Source: Dr. Buttery's Public Health BLOG - July 24, 2008 Tags: policy Source Type: info
Why should the military get a scarce pandemic flu vaccine before almost everyone else?
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Source: Effect Measure - July 24, 2008 Tags: Bird flu Source Type: info
Janet blogs her mammogram
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Source: Aetiology - July 23, 2008 Tags: Public health Source Type: info
Waiting times increasing.
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Source: Dr. Buttery's Public Health BLOG - July 23, 2008 Tags: policy Source Type: info
Immigrants to U.S. should be tested, treated for TB.
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Source: Dr. Buttery's Public Health BLOG - July 23, 2008 Tags: infectious diseases Source Type: info
Peppered with Salmonella?
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Source: Aetiology - July 23, 2008 Tags: General Epidemiology Source Type: info
The Katrina aid that wasn't
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Source: Effect Measure - July 23, 2008 Tags: Disasters Source Type: info
The Iraq-Pakistan border is not a problem
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Source: Effect Measure - July 22, 2008 Tags: Politics Source Type: info
Salmonella outbreak developments
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Source: Effect Measure - July 22, 2008 Tags: Food safety Source Type: info
Genes and Autism
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Source: Dr. Buttery's Public Health BLOG - July 21, 2008 Tags: Genetics Source Type: info
HIV/AIDS grossly underestimated in US?
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Source: Effect Measure - July 21, 2008 Tags: CDC Source Type: info
A systematic review of the effectiveness of prayer for the sick
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Source: Zackary Sholem Berger - July 20, 2008 Tags: distant healing prayer for the sick evidence-based medicine Source Type: info
Spoiling the tomato barrel
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Source: Effect Measure - July 20, 2008 Tags: Food safety Source Type: info
The piano (a poem by Yonia Fain)
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Source: Zackary Sholem Berger - July 20, 2008 Tags: Yonia Fain translation poetry Source Type: info
Freethinker Sunday Sermonette: Prime Movers
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Source: Effect Measure - July 20, 2008 Tags: Freethinker Sermonettes Source Type: info
Help Adults Over 50 Stay Healthy
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Source: Dr. Buttery's Public Health BLOG - July 19, 2008 Tags: Prevention Source Type: info
"One donut, decaf, no glaze, no powdered sugar"
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Source: Effect Measure - July 19, 2008 Tags: Food Source Type: info
Kay Ryan, poet laureate
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Source: Zackary Sholem Berger - July 18, 2008 Tags: Kay Ryan poetry Source Type: info
The US is one of the better off developing nations
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Source: Effect Measure - July 18, 2008 Tags: Health care Source Type: info
Bacterial Resistance.
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Source: Dr. Buttery's Public Health BLOG - July 17, 2008 Tags: infectious diseases Source Type: info
Investments in Disease Prevention Yield Significant Savings,
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Source: Dr. Buttery's Public Health BLOG - July 17, 2008 Tags: policy Source Type: info
The revised Medicare law not all it is cracked up to be.
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Source: Dr. Buttery's Public Health BLOG - July 17, 2008 Tags: policy Source Type: info
They are at it again.
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Source: Dr. Buttery's Public Health BLOG - July 17, 2008 Tags: behavioral change Source Type: info
"Braised enterovirus" and "Fuck the spring chicken"
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Source: Effect Measure - July 17, 2008 Tags: Words Source Type: info
More health care is not better
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Source: Zackary Sholem Berger - July 16, 2008 Tags: health care reform Dartmouth Atlas of Health Care Clinical Correlations Source Type: info
Adopting healthy lifestyles may cut healthcare costs substantially
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Source: Dr. Buttery's Public Health BLOG - July 16, 2008 Tags: behavioral change Source Type: info
In the field...
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Source: Aetiology - July 16, 2008 Tags: Misc. Source Type: info
Swimming and the "one hour rule"
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Source: Effect Measure - July 16, 2008 Tags: Safety Source Type: info
Victimizing The Elderly
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Source: Dr. Buttery's Public Health BLOG - July 15, 2008 Tags: Prevention Source Type: info
New Helmet May Significantly Reduce Forces To Neck During Head-first Impact
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Source: Dr. Buttery's Public Health BLOG - July 15, 2008 Tags: Prevention Source Type: info
Nature, Nurture, and Delinquency
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Source: Dr. Buttery's Public Health BLOG - July 15, 2008 Tags: behavioral change Source Type: info
KBR and DoD expose workers and soldiers to a carcinogen but it's not a big deal
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Source: Effect Measure - July 15, 2008 Tags: Occupational health Source Type: info
"Sizzle" tries, but fizzles
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Source: Aetiology - July 15, 2008 Tags: Science education Source Type: info
Poor Women in Developing World Bear Millions of Unintended Pregnancies
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Source: Dr. Buttery's Public Health BLOG - July 14, 2008 Tags: Prevention Source Type: info
Media Hyperbole
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Source: Dr. Buttery's Public Health BLOG - July 14, 2008 Tags: Surveillance Source Type: info
How much does a flood cost a city?
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Source: Aetiology - July 14, 2008 Tags: Iowa/area news Source Type: info
Bush's CDC is a freak accident waiting to happen
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Source: Effect Measure - July 14, 2008 Tags: CDC Source Type: info
The shame of clusterbombs
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Source: Effect Measure - July 13, 2008 Tags: Anti-war Source Type: info
Freethinker Sunday Sermonette: "Petty and stupid. Hateful and stupid. Just plain stupid. And nothing makes them stupider than religion."
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Source: Effect Measure - July 13, 2008 Tags: Freethinker Sermonettes Source Type: info
Project Bioshield comes up dry again
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Source: Effect Measure - July 12, 2008 Tags: Bioterrorism Source Type: info
Marburg hits Europe once again
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Source: Aetiology - July 11, 2008 Tags: General Epidemiology Source Type: info
Melanie Mattson, friend, colleague, flu blog pioneer
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Source: Effect Measure - July 11, 2008 Tags: Blog Source Type: info
Academic science's self-inflicted wound
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Source: Effect Measure - July 11, 2008 Tags: Academia Source Type: info
Protecting Public Trust in Immunization
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Source: Dr. Buttery's Public Health BLOG - July 10, 2008 Tags: policy Source Type: info
Where’s the Salmonella? CDC and FDA Still Unable to find the Source of the Tomato Outbreak
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Source: Bad Bug Blog - July 10, 2008 Authors: Administrator Tags: Food Safety Epidemiology Outbreaks Source Type: info
A New Model for Aging Research
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Source: Dr. Buttery's Public Health BLOG - July 10, 2008 Tags: research Source Type: info
g-term care fraught with uncertainties for elderly baby boomers
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Source: Dr. Buttery's Public Health BLOG - July 10, 2008 Tags: geriatrics Source Type: info
Nature looks at the status of avian influenza three years after their Special Issue
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Source: Effect Measure - July 10, 2008 Tags: Bird flu Source Type: info
Keeping a Food Diary Doubles Diet Weight Loss
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Source: Dr. Buttery's Public Health BLOG - July 9, 2008 Tags: behavioral change Source Type: info
New tool anyone can use to track disease outbreaks
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Source: Effect Measure - July 9, 2008 Tags: Epidemiology Source Type: info
National Vaccine Advisory Committee Recommends Increased Adolescent Immunization
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Source: Dr. Buttery's Public Health BLOG - July 8, 2008 Tags: Immunizations Source Type: info
New recommendation for treating high cholesterol in children raises controversy.
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Source: Dr. Buttery's Public Health BLOG - July 8, 2008 Tags: Prevention Source Type: info
Bush administration is protecting privacy and constitutional rights -- of tomatoes
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Source: Effect Measure - July 8, 2008 Tags: Food safety Source Type: info
