What
We’re Reading
[Ed. Note: If it interested us it will interest you! That's the
thinking of our epidemiologist mind in creating a new feature in this
issue of the newsletter entitled "What We're Reading". The concept is
to share with our readers some of the best articles we come across
each month or give readers more opportunities to learn about topics we
were not able to report on. We hope you will benefit from this new
addition and send of some of your own "best articles" to share with
readers. Send your suggestions and links to
epimon@aol.com]
How To
Debate Vaccine Skeptics - And Win
"If you
tell people that these are contagious diseases and that there are
serious benefits to getting vaccines, you can get improvements in
people with negative attitudes toward vaccines."
https://tinyurl.com/phk8eun (From Vocativ.com)
Experts See
Mass Killings as a Kind of Contagion
The
potential for cultural contagion, many experts say, demands a public
health response, one focused as much on early detection and preventive
measures as on politically charged campaigns for firearm
restrictions.
https://tinyurl.com/o763x8p (From NY Times)
A Breast
Cancer Surgeon Who Keeps Challenging the Status Quo
Dr.
Esserman, 58, is one of the most vocal proponents of the idea that
breast cancer screening brings with it overdiagnosis and overtreatment.
https://tinyurl.com/nphssyf (From NY Times)
The
Connection Between Cleaner Air and Longer Lives
Numerous studies have found that the Clean Air Act has substantially
improved air quality and averted tens of thousands of premature deaths
from heart and respiratory disease. Here I offer new estimates of the
gains in life expectancy due to the improvement in air quality since
1970.
https://tinyurl.com/q2fm7xy (From NY Times)
Vanishing
Canada: Why we're all losers in Ottawa's war on data
A
months long Maclean's investigation, which includes interviews with
dozens of academics, scientists, statisticians, economists and
librarians, has found that the federal government's "austerity"
program, which resulted in staff cuts and library closures (16
libraries since 2012) - as well as arbitrary changes to policy, when
it comes to data - has led to a systemic erosion of government records
far deeper than most realize, with the data and data gather capability
we do have severely compromised as a result.
https://tinyurl.com/q2fawd7 (From Macleans.ca)
A New,
Life-or-Death Approach to Funding Heart Research
The
result will be the financing of fewer, but deeper, studies, to focus
resources on efforts with real world impact and life or death
implications.
https://tinyurl.com/ncuekpd (From NY Times)
Study Shows
Spread of Cigarettes in China
Chinese
men now smoke one third of all the world's cigarettes, and a third of
all young men in China are doomed to eventually die from the habit,
scientists in China and Britain have concluded.
https://tinyurl.com/nsts63k (From NY Times)
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