Public School BMI Report Cards Don't Work

Public School BMI Report Cards Don't Work

A total of 25 states weigh public school students to monitor obesity rates. In 10 of these states, parents are then notified. Today’s New York Times addresses these “BMI report cards” and their…
Transparency Weaponized Against Scientists

Transparency Weaponized Against Scientists

    How could you destroy someone with their own words, if their words present no evidence of wrongdoing?  It actually is amazingly simple, and illustrates the danger of…
FDA Stiffs Go Soft On Pink Viagra

FDA Stiffs Go Soft On Pink Viagra

The FDA, following the advice of their advisory panel, voted yesterday to approve Addyi, aka "Female Viagra," or "Pink Viagra." Good move? Bad? Keep reading... I've written about this before. Without…
Sociology Seeks To Predict Gang Killings

Sociology Seeks To Predict Gang Killings

Gang slayings move in a systematic pattern over time, spreading from one vulnerable area to the next like a disease, according to a paper by Michigan State University criminologists and public health…
New Study Challenges The Carbohydrate Hypothesis

New Study Challenges The Carbohydrate Hypothesis

Insulin does not control weight loss. Kevin Hall performs both theoretical and experimental studies in human metabolism at the NIDDK of NIH. This week, he and colleagues published an article in Cell…