Legislating Science

It seems that in North Carolina that some legislators think that science can be made by rule of law. These members of the legislator don’t like some of the estimates of sea level rise that have been put forward for the rest of this century. So they have decided they they can dictate through the […]

Sleep Apnea and Cancer – Not so Fast

At the annual meetings of the American Thoracic Society a paper was presented that claimed a link between Sleep Apnea and the risk of getting Cancer. It gained national headlines with a claimed five fold risk dying from cancer for those suffering from the most sever forms of sleep apnea. Those with a moderate form […]

Coffee, Mortality, and Data Quality

This past week there were several news articles discussing the link between coffee drinking and mortality based on a New England Journal of Medicine paper titled: “Association of Coffee Drinking with Total and Cause-Specific Mortality.” Science Daily for example said “Coffee Drinkers Have Lower Risk of Death, Study Suggests.” I was able to obtain a […]

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