The (bad) luck of the draw; more evidence

A while back, Vogelstein and Tomasetti (V-T) published a paper in  Science  in which it was argued that most cancers cannot be attributed ...

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On shouting, "SEED MY BABY WITH MY VAGINAL MICROBES!"

Co-authored by Emily Pereira, Anthropology major, University of Rhode Island When I was pregnant, the human microbiome was hot. And news abo...

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Playing the Big Fiddle while Rome burns?

W e've seemed to have forgotten the trust-busting era that was necessary to control monopolistic acquisition of resources.  That was ove...

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The statistics of Promissory Science. Part II: The problem may be much deeper than acknowledged

Y esterday , I discussed current issues related to statistical studies of things like genetic or other disease risk factors.  Recent discuss...

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Murmurations and you

I  have a doctorate in Public Health which means that, unlike a 'real doctor', I was trained to think in terms of the health of popu...

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"The Blizzard of 2016" and predictability: Part III: When is a health prediction 'precise' enough?

W e've discussed the use of data and models to predict the weather in the last few days ( here and here ).  We've lauded the succes...

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