The inevitable perversion of measurement
Supposedly one of the tactics in the fight against obesity is to
Health
Popularizing tiny effects
I found my way to Mark Liberman's post at Language
Three complaints about medical journalism
It's very frustrating to read journalism about health and medicine.
The 11-11-11-11-11 baby
Yahoo! news tell us that it is "remarkable" that a
Prostate cancer screening under scrutiny
Officials now recommend healthy men against routine screening for prostrate prostate cancer.
The New York Times publishes another advertisement as news
The New York Times strikes again. Here is another article which makes