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Kamis, 28 Juni 2012
New Study: Is a Calorie a Calorie?
A new study in JAMA led by Dr. Cara B. Ebbeling and colleagues purports to challenge the idea that all calories are equally fattening (1). Let's have a look. When thinking about the role of calorie intake in body fatness, there are basically three camps:1. Calories don’t matter at all, only diet composition matters.2. Calories are the only thing that matters, and diet composition is irrelevant.3. ...
A Modest Proposal for Peer Review Research
With the advent of, and inexpensive nature of online sharing of information, I propose that all peer-review research should include (anonymous) raw data for each subject. At the very least, there should be scatter plots presented for the individual data points for the main outcomes.I frequently teach statistics, and one of the first things we discuss in that class is sort of the "first purpose" of it all. Because before we can analyze...
Health Care (Insurance) Reform Upheld, but Concentration and Abuse of Power Remain Largely Unaddressed
This may seem like sour grapes, but... Numerous media reports say that the US Supreme Court has upheld the massive US health care "reform" law (look here for Reuters coverage today, and here, for the Los Angeles Times, for example). In my humble opinion, the law will likely increase acess to commercial health care insurance, although will likely not reduce the expense of such insurance, or address the misbehavior of many large...
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FDA Safety and Innovation Act: To contain an "Appropriate, risk-based regulatory framework pertaining to health information technology"
Congress has just released an an Act "to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic (FD&C) Act to revise and extend the user-fee programs for prescription drugs and medical devices, to establish userfee programs for generic drugs and biosimilars, and for other purposes." Health IT provisions are included.This Act, S. 3187, is entitled the ‘‘Food and Drug Administration Safety and Innovation Act.’’ PDF fulltext is located at this link: ...
Review & Critique: The Skinny on Obesity ~ Part III Hormones
Previously I've shared my thoughts on Episode I and Episode II in this series. This third installment in the series is essentially Lustig's version of Adiposity 101. The video opens with an adamant Lustig declaring that weight management can't be done by eating less and moving more. It's not doable. Sigh. I think at least the vast majority of NWCR members will disagree. But in any case ...Read more...
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