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Alternative medicine quacks show their greedy side 26 Aug 2013 | 05:00 pm
Congress is on holiday this month, but the lobbyists are baiting their hooks, planning their strategies for how to get more money for themselves. A growing lobby is Complementary and Alternative Medi...
Scientists are creating a dangerous flu strain, just to prove they can 8 Aug 2013 | 05:36 pm
In an outrageous display of chutzpah, a group of flu researchers led by Ron Fouchier of Erasmus Medical Center in the Netherlands announced today, in a letter to the journal Nature, that they were pla...
Did you scan and email a document recently? You might owe $1000 to a patent troll. 5 Aug 2013 | 05:00 pm
We've seen how badly the U.S. patent system is broken when it comes to gene patents. The recent U.S. Supreme Court case overturning Myriad Genetics' patents on the human breast cancer genes, BRCA1 an...
Those fish oil supplements might cause cancer 23 Jul 2013 | 05:00 pm
Eating fish is good for you, especially fish that contain omega-3 fatty acids. So I was surprised last week to read a new study in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute that found that omega-3...
Hopkins is #1 hospital in the U.S. 17 Jul 2013 | 10:30 pm
My institution had a bit of good news this week. The latest U.S. News rankings of the nation's top hospitals just appeared, and Hopkins has regained the number 1 spot, which it temporarily lost last ...
Another humanoid species walked the earth 8 Jul 2013 | 08:00 pm
[I'm on vacation, and this short post will appear while I'm away.] One of the coolest scientific discoveries of the past few years was a small bone found in a remote region of Siberia. The scientist...
What Works for Knee Pain? Good Medicine, Bad Medicine, and Wasted Money 24 Jun 2013 | 04:30 pm
Knee pain is a very common problem, affecting young and old alike. Among athletes, knees take a beating, particularly in sports that involve running and twisting. Among older people, the cartilage t...
Supreme Court bungles the science in DNA patent decision 15 Jun 2013 | 11:19 pm
[This is slightly modified from my post 2 days ago at Forbes.] The Supreme Court ruled this week that Myriad Genetics doesn't own your DNA after all. Myriad holds patents on the BRCA1 and BRCA2 gene...
Supreme Court bungles the science in DNA patent decision 15 Jun 2013 | 11:19 pm
[This is slightly modified from my post 2 days ago at Forbes.] The Supreme Court ruled this week that Myriad Genetics doesn't own your DNA after all. Myriad holds patents on the BRCA1 and BRCA2 gene...
PNAS and the eHarmony dating site: a perfect match 9 Jun 2013 | 02:13 am
Well, here's a shocker. eHarmony, the online dating service, commissioned a survey that found out that couples who get married after meeting online are more satisfied than other couples. I'm sure th...
