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Science and Skepticism: The Importance of Evidence-Based Health Tips

October 14, 2011Erik Kain

Amanda Marcotte is taking the GOOD Magazine health challenge and she, like yours truly, has no patience for faux-naturalistic health tips that aren’t grounded in scientific evidence. Unfortunately, on day eight of the challenge she ran into just such a tip: Cord Jefferson surprised me by writing an anti-soap screed, sincehe recently wrote an evidence-based […]

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Amanda Marcotte, byline=E.D. Kain, Dalai Lama, health, Leadership, Medicine, Michael Pollan, Salicylic acid, Soap, Tech, Tylenol

You Shouldn’t Lose Your Insurance When You Lose Your Job

September 14, 2011Erik Kain

First, look at these job loss numbers: Now look at the uninsured rates in 2009 and 2010. The Affordable Care Act’s early provisions went into effect in 2010: More people are uninsured in 2010 than in 2009, but the 18-24 group is the exception to this rule. Kevin Drum argues that this is the result […]

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Affordable Care Act, byline=E.D. Kain, Economy, health, HealthInsurance, Insurance, obamacare, Recession, Unemployment, Uninsured in the United States, United States, Universal Healthcare, Washington, Youth

Science & Skepticism Part One: Homeopathy

September 9, 2011Erik Kain

Since I spilled a bunch of ink on climate change and science denialists recently at The League of Ordinary Gentlemen, I thought I might as well take on a few of the other big science vs. anti-science issues. For the right kind of skepticism, take James Randi on homeopathy. Randi has recently offered one million […]

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Alternative, Alternative medicine, byline=E.D. Kain, health, Homeopathy, James Randi, Medicine, Opposing Views, Vaccine, Washington

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