Health and Science
Get a Kit, Make a Plan, Be Prepared for a Zombie Apocalypse
There are all kinds of emergencies out there that we can prepare for. Take a zombie apocalypse for example. That’s right, I said z-o-m-b-i-e a-p-o-c-a-l-y-p-s-e. You may laugh now, but when it happens you’ll be happy you read this, and hey, maybe you’ll even learn a thing or two about how to prepare for a real emergency. more »
Dollars for Doctors, Pro Publica's Investigation: Financial Ties Bind Medical Societies to Drug and Device Makers
Concerns about the influence of industry money have prompted Stanford and University of Colorado-Denver to ban drug sales representatives from the hospital halls and bar doctors from paid promotional speaking. One area of medicine still welcomes the largesse: societies that represent specialists more »
Opioids: Extensively Misprescribed, Misused, and Abused, Says the FDA
FDA experts say extended-release and long-acting opioids — including OxyContin, Avinza, Dolophine, Duragesic, and eight other brand names — are extensively misprescribed, misused, and abused, leading to overdoses, addiction, and even deaths across the United States. more »
Prenatal Exposure to Organophosphate Pesticides and IQ Deficits in School-Age Children
Three independent investigations published in the peer-reviewed journal Environmental Health Perspectives (EHP) have reached similar conclusions, associating prenatal exposure to organophosphate (OP) pesticides with IQ deficits in school-age children more »
