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Category Archives: Health
The Effects of Birth Interval on Infant Mortality
Some of the arguments for the benefits of family planning focus on the health of women and children in the developing world. Dr Shea O Rutstein has done several studies into the importance of extending birth intervals in developing countries. … Continue reading
Homoeopathic Vaccines Equal Diluted Protection
Physician Lloyd Oppel has an article in the British Columbia Medical Journal on the one significant failure of Heath Canada to protect the health of Canadians. Vaccines stand out as one of the most cost-effective health interventions in modern medicine. … Continue reading
It’s May, Enjoy Yourself
Back in 1995, Good Vibrations declared May to be Masturbation Month. Earlier that year, then-Surgeon General Dr. Joycelyn Elders was fired for saying that masturbation should be discussed as part of young peoples’ sex education. We were astounded. It was … Continue reading
Pharmaceutical Companies Fight Against Access to Clinical Trial Data
Most of us are aware that Pharmaceutical Companies do their best to hide negative results and promote the positive. In Ben Goldacre’s recent book, Bad Pharma: How Drug Companies Mislead Doctors and Harm Patients (that I have not yet read) … Continue reading
Study on Incarcerating Pregnant Women
Lynn M. Paltrow and Jeanne Flavin published an article in the Journal of Health Politics in which they discuss the consequences of perceived personhood status for foetuses on the rights of women. A number of US states have passed or … Continue reading
Old Men Still Sucking Dicks
In previous posts, I pointed out the viscerally disgusting, extremely unhealthy and potentially deadly practice of ritual of metzitzah b’peh, or MBP, involving direct oral suction of the penis of new born infant males. In the last of those, I … Continue reading
No No Nosodes
Unless you are deep into homoeopathic woo, you may never have heard of nosodes, or how they are designed to replace some of modern medicine’s most successful tools: vaccines. A new website, Stop Nosodes has information on these products, that … Continue reading
Deadly Naturopaths
The first thing we need to understand is that, despite what naturopaths and other alt-med practitioners will tell you, cancer is not a single disease with a single cause or treatment. In fact, there are over 100 different types of … Continue reading
Obese Lesbians part 2
My last post focused on whether or not it is worthwhile to examine how sexual orientation affects obesity. The headlines around the web demonstrate some of the attitudes people have towards women, lesbians, and obesity, but there are some comments … Continue reading
Are Lesbians Fat?
One of the headlines that is whistling around the web at light speed is: “Feds Spend $1.5 Million to Study Why Lesbians Are Fat“. But is the study really that simple? Is it really a waste of taxpayers’ money? The … Continue reading
