Category: Epidemiology
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Are Liberals or Conservatives More Anti-Vaccine?
The bottom line is that the CDC data makes it very difficult to argue that conservatives and liberals share equal blame in the anti-vaccine war. Anti-vaxxers are clearly more associated with the political Left.
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Getting Cancer at San Francisco Airport
The foolishness in California is the inevitable consequence of a chemophobic society that wields the evil twins of regulation and litigation as weapons in a fruitless effort to achieve the impossible: a life completely free of any risk whatsoever.
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To End Suicide Epidemic, Make Guns Harder to Get
A sensible policy to lower the suicide rate in America would be to make gun ownership more difficult.
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We Are Slowly Winning the War on Cancer
Cancer, you’re on notice.
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In U.S., Hispanics Live Longer than Others
The latest CDC data reveals that the life expectancy at birth for Hispanics in the U.S. is the highest of all ethnic groups examined.
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Narcolepsy May Be an Autoimmune Disease
Most likely, there are multiple causes for this mysterious disorder.
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Six Big Lessons from the Ebola Outbreak
Learning from a tragedy.
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Surprise! E-Cigs Do More Good than Harm
There is no reason to regulate e-cigs as strictly as the real thing.
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Teen Birth Rate at Historic Lows for All Races
The overall U.S. teen birth rate in 2013 was 26.6 per 1,000, representing a 57% decrease since 1991.
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Hookah: Like Smoking 40 Cigarettes & Kissing Everybody
You would be better off staying home and smoking pot.