Category: Science and Medicine
Vape Nation: Vaping Is Bad, Kids
The Surgeon General declared youth e-cigarette use to be an epidemic, but many vaping communities online downplay the risks. What does the evidence show?
Statistical Significance and Toxicity
Researchers propose to get rid of the use statistical significance in science reporting. The idea has merit.
Science-Based Satire: American Academy of Pediatrics Releases New Guidelines on Corporal Punishment
In December of last year, the American Academy of Pediatrics updated their policy statement on effective discipline. Did it include an algorithm to help caregivers safely dose corporal punishment? No, that's actually pretty absurd. Offensive even, if you think about it. Don't though. Look...a squirrel!
Are those “inactive” ingredients in my medicine really inactive?
Drugs and supplements contain dozens of inactive ingredients. Is this a concern to those with allergies and sensitivities?
Lessons in confounding epidemiology: Household cleaning products, the microbiome and childhood obesity
Do eco-friendly cleaning products prevent obesity? Probably not, and you shouldn't be eating them anyway.
Using Intranasal Breast Milk to Treat Premature Infants with Intraventricular Hemorrhages
A recent study investigated intranasal breast milk as a treatment for brain bleeds in premature infants. It's a neat idea, but I don't find it all that plausible and the study conclusion is overly optimistic.
Another Australian Chiropractor is in Hot Water for Manipulating a Newborn
Yet another Australian chiropractor is under fire for treating young infants. Will anything be done about it?
The Cholesterol Controversy
Why is cholesterol so much more controversial than the other cardiac risk factors? A review of cholesterol’s troubled and contentious history might help us understand where many of the cholesterol controversies originated… and why it’s time to let them pass into history.
Rotavirus Vaccine May Reduce Risk of Type 1 Diabetes in Kids
Rotavirus infections kill thousands of kids every year around the world, but far fewer than before the introduction of a safe and effective vaccine in 2006. Now it looks like the vaccine may also prevent type 1 diabetes.
Do custom-compounded pain creams actually work?
Pharmacy-prepared pain creams are widely used for different types of pain and injuries. They may be expensive, but do they work better than a placebo?