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why you can’t tax your way to better health
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why you can’t tax your way to better health

Soda taxes can curb consumption of sugary drinks, but their benefits are vastly oversold and the problems we're facing need a more holistic approach.

australia’s hccc wags its finger at anti-vaxers
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australia’s hccc wags its finger at anti-vaxers

Australian health watchdogs give the country's most rabid anti-vaxers a scathing rebuke, but doesn't go beyond giving them a slap on the wrist.

jake crosby: the boy who cried pharma shill
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jake crosby: the boy who cried pharma shill

The self-proclaimed investigative journalist for the anti-vax blog Age of Autism is doing the only thing he knows how to do: play six degrees of Big Pharma.

separating health facts from health hysteria
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separating health facts from health hysteria

Despite the gloom and doom you see on the news, we're actually making huge strides in improving medicine and have a pretty good handle on what the media insists are crises.

the gmc’s pyrrhic victory over wakefield
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the gmc’s pyrrhic victory over wakefield

Wakefield may have lost his medical license and is no longer able to call himself a doctor, but his damage to public health has been done and will continue.

helping those who won’t help themselves, redux
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helping those who won’t help themselves, redux

The "health freedom" movement has nothing to do with giving you more options because the freedom is from all those pesky safety regulations and scientific studies.

the vaccine manufactroversy hits pbs
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the vaccine manufactroversy hits pbs

Anti-vaxers are on a mission to bring back diseases we eliminated or kept under control by vaccination thanks to Luddism, disinformation, and conspiracy theories.

genetic engineering, the alt med way…
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genetic engineering, the alt med way…

Consider this a PSA for aspiring biohackers: gene therapy does not work if you literally drink the genes.

a new, smarter weapon against cancer cells?
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a new, smarter weapon against cancer cells?

The first nanoweapons in the war on cancer are finally here and they're showing a lot of promise.

adding a little science to supplements
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adding a little science to supplements

Not all supplements are bad for you, but not all of them are good or effective either. But we do have an idea which ones are better than others...

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