STATS ARTICLES 2009
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Solutions to keeping your New Year's resolution
STATS Blog, Rachel Salabes, December 30, 2009
The darker the liquor, the more painful the hangover
STATS Blog, Rachel Salabes, December 24, 2009
Happy Holidays: You're living longer (on average)
Trevor Butterworth, December 23, 2009
The Science News Cycle
STATS Blog, December 18, 2009
Nicholas Kristof: STATS winner of the worst “science” journalist of the year
Trevor Butterworth, December 14, 2009
Prevalence of nearsightedness increases in US
STATS Blog, Rachel Salabes, December 11, 2009
Vital Statistics
STATS Blog, December 11, 2009
Antidepressants may alter personality
STATS Blog, Rachel Salabes, December 9, 2009
2009 versus 1982 – which year really has the higher unemployment rate?
STATS Blog, Rachel Salabes, December 3, 2009
Should health care reform include payment for intercessory prayer?
Rebecca Goldin, Ph.D, December 2, 2009
Chinese drywall – an environmental problem ignored?
STATS Blog, Trevor Butterworth, November 30, 2009
Salty stroke risk
STATS Blog, Rachel Salabes, November 30, 2009
The truth behind Thanksgiving myths
STATS Blog, Rachel Salabes, November 25, 2009
The Street Stops Here with STATS fellow Patrick McCloskey
STATS Blog, November 20, 2009
Vital Statistics
STATS Blog, Rachel Salabes, November 20, 2009
Sleep off fat and other tall tales from TV health reporting
STATS Blog, Rachel Salabes, November 18, 2009
Why you should vaccinate your child against H1N1
Gary Kreps, Ph.D and Rebecca Goldin, Ph.D, November 17, 2009
BPA and erectile dysfunction
Rebecca Goldin Ph.D, November 17, 2009
Consumer Reports "highly biased," says top European scientist: No need to avoid canned food
Trevor Butterworth, November 12, 2009
Grumpy is good for careful but not creative thinking
STATS Blog, Rachel Salabes, November 12, 2009
Making the grade in Memphis
Patrick McCloskey, November 10, 2009
Top US EPA scientist rejects Consumer Reports’ BPA claim
Trevor Butterworth, November 10, 2009
The Internet has not discouraged people from visiting cafes, study finds
STATS Blog, Rachel Salabes, November 6, 2009
Consumer Affairs unhappy with STATS
STATS Blog, Trevor Butterworth, November 4, 2009
Consumer Reports BPA study filled with factual errors
Trevor Butterworth, November 2, 2009
McScience: Scientists say USA Today is scary
Trevor Butterworth, November 2, 2009
New independent study by EPA refutes BPA risk
Trevor Butterworth, October 30, 2009
Don’t bank on the rank
STATS Blog, Rachel Salabes, October 30, 2009
The Pricewaterhouse Coopers controversy: Fair arguments or flawed methods?
Nirit Weiss, MD, MBA, October 29, 2009
Menopause, HRT and the media
Trevor Butterworth, October 27, 2009
The CDC diagnoses swine flu by telephone
STATS Blog, Trevor Butterworth, October 22, 2009
Malcolm Gladwell’s advice to aspiring journalists
STATS Blog, October 22, 2009
Palm Beach Post accuses Erin Brockovich of fishing for law firms
STATS Blog, Trevor Butterworth, October 20, 2009
Anti-vaccination – a left wing disease?
STATS Blog, Trevor Butterworth, October 20, 2009
Men have potty hands
STATS Blog, Rachel Salabes, October 16, 2009
Exploding the exploding Pyrex rumor
Trevor Butterworth, October 14, 2009
The baby name code
STATS Blog, Rachel Salabes, October 14, 2009
Spinning Heads and Spinning News: How a Lack of Statistical Proficiency Affects Media Coverage
Rebecca Goldin, Ph.D, October 8, 2009
The toll of multiple traumatic events in childhood
STATS Blog, Rachel Salabes, October 7, 2009
Will a soda tax reduce obesity?
Trevor Butterworth, October 5, 2009
Children of the (candy) corn
STATS Blog, Rachel Salabes, October 2, 2009
The health benefits of being a cool kid
STATS Blog, Rachel Salabes, September 30, 2009
Pharma and crime (it’s not what you think)
STATS Blog, Trevor Butterworth, September 29, 2009
Pens versus keyboards: which is better for cognitive development?
STATS Blog, Trevor Butterworth, September 25, 2009
Is the CDC wrong about who should get the swine flu vaccine first?
Rebecca Goldin, Ph.D, September 22, 2009
Will “fat mass index” measure a fatter or thinner America?
STATS Blog, Trevor Butterworth, September 22, 2009
Living next to road rage
STATS Blog, Rachel Salabes, September 18, 2009
The best and worst places to do business
STATS Blog, Trevor Butterworth, September 18, 2009
Frederic S. Goldstein on Healthcare Reform
STATS Blog, Ourblook Interview, September 16, 2009
The “best buy” in public health for the West
STATS Blog, Trevor Butterworth, September 14, 2009
Snacks that go bump in the night
STATS Blog, Rachel Salabes, September 10, 2009
Young men like to wiki
STATS Blog, Rachel Salabes, September 8, 2009
Clunkers for thieves
STATS Blog, Rachel Salabes, September 3, 2009
Land of the free, home of the scared: An interview with Lenore Skenazy
Trevor Butterworth, September 2, 2009
SUV owners should spend a night in jail, say activists
STATS Blog, Trevor Butterworth, September 2, 2009
Media multitasking… LOL… will not usher in a brave new whatchamacallit… Hey!
STATS Blog, Rachel Salabes, September 1, 2009
Losing a son to reefer madness – or just puberty? New York Times review misses a scandal behind book
Maia Szalavitz, August 31, 2009
Dorothy Parker meets The Marlboro Man:
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel’s BPA conspiracy theory
Dr. S. Robert Lichter, August 27, 2009
Weight gain = brain drain?
STATS Blog, Rachel Salabes, August 26, 2009
iStereotype
STATS Blog, Rachel Salabes, August 25, 2009
There are no straight lines in nature
STATS Blog, Rachel Salabes, August 21, 2009
New caffeine study induces headache
STATS Blog, Rachel Salabes, August 19, 2009
Parenting magazines endanger babies
STATS Blog, Trevor Butterworth, August 18, 2009
Times columnist has a numbers problem.
STATS Blog, Trevor Butterworth, August 18, 2009
Imagine that? Study finds men are dogs when it comes to sex; women, picky.
STATS Blog, Rachel Salabes, August 14, 2009
Skin infections increase in U.S.
STATS Blog, Trevor Butterworth, August 13, 2009
Hey kids, watch out for raccoon poop! (No, really)
STATS Blog, Trevor Butterworth, August 13, 2009
Associated Press reduces U.S. heroin addiction?
STATS Blog, Trevor Butterworth, August 12, 2009
More pain to lose the gain
STATS Blog, Rachel Salabes, August 11, 2009
Should you delay your child’s vaccination schedule?
STATS Blog, Trevor Butterworth, August 10, 2009
Warning: Absurd warning sign ahead
Trevor Butterworth , August 7, 2009
John Wayne Gacy – the “green” serial killer
STATS Blog, Trevor Butterworth, August 7, 2009
STD testing recommended for DC teens
STATS Blog, Rachel Salabes, August 6, 2009
Antidepressant use doubles in America
STATS Blog, Rachel Salabes, August 5, 2009
Vegetables don’t want to be eaten and other lessons from Britain's organic food war
Trevor Butterworth , August 4, 2009
Snooztistics
STATS Blog, Rachel Salabes, August 3, 2009
Tanning beds as harmful as smoking
STATS Blog, Rachel Salabes, July 31, 2009
Cash gain = less pain
STATS Blog, Rachel Salabes, July 29, 2009
Celebrities on the Cerebrum
STATS Blog, Rachel Salabes, July 24, 2009
Study finds babies are the real Dr. Dolittle
STATS Blog, Rachel Salabes, July 23, 2009
Short changed
STATS Blog, Rachel Salabes, July 21, 2009
Hey, parents, leave those kids alone!
Amy Douthett , July 17, 2009
Till cohabitation do us part
STATS Blog, Rachel Salabes, July 15, 2009
Purrsuasion
STATS Blog, Rachel Salabes, July 15, 2009
Potty mouth provides pain relief
STATS Blog, Rachel Salabes, July 14, 2009
What would an ER staffed by homeopaths look like?
STATS Blog, Trevor Butterworth, July 14, 2009
Health Canada survey: BPA in bottled water, baby food jars not a risk to consumer
STATS Blog, Trevor Butterworth, July 10, 2009
Pew/AAAS Findings on Scientists’ Attitudes Toward Global Warming, Media Coverage Replicate Earlier STATS Surveys
STATS Blog, July 10, 2009
The perils of incorrect texting technique
STATS Blog, Rachel Salabes, July 9, 2009
STATS responds to queries from the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Trevor Butterworth , July 7, 2009
Ugly: Harvard study claims women really like babies- but only if they are attractive
Trevor Butterworth , July 6, 2009
BPA is not a "smoking gun" for breast cancer
STATS blog, Trevor Butterworth, July 1, 2009
Body Mortality Index
STATS blog, Rachel Salabes, June 26, 2009
People who are active healthier than those who just sit around, say two new studies
STATS blog, Trevor Butterworth, June 23, 2009
Blog your way to a longer life!
STATS blog, Rachel Salabes, June 22, 2009
Generation Y is just like every other generation, really
STATS blog, Trevor Butterworth , June 18, 2009
Britannica versus Wikipedia
STATS blog, Trevor Butterworth , June 16, 2009
Science Suppressed: How America became obsessed with BPA
Trevor Butterworth , June 15, 2009
Weapons of minor destruction
STATS blog, Rachel Salabes June 12, 2009
Do elevators cause breast cancer?
STATS blog, Trevor Butterworth, J une 8, 2009)
The Internet
- a sober corrective to unruly journalists?
Trevor Butterworth, May 22, 2009
Scientists view of new media's credibility suggests journalism needs to evolve.
Are chemicals killing us?
S. Robert Lichter Ph.D, May 21, 2009
Scare-tistics and swine-fluence
STATS blog, Trevor Butterworth, May 5, 2009
Swine hounds: Porking the panic
STATS blog, Trevor Butterworth, May 1, 2009
Let’s put the first U.S. death from swine flu into perspective
STATS blog, Trevor Butterworth, Apr 29, 2009
Should you blog or bartend?
STATS blog, Trevor Butterworth,Apr 2, 2009
Why you probably have an above-average number of feet
Rebecca Goldin Ph.D , March 10, 2008
Detoxification: free your mind of nonsense, and you'll feel better
STATS blog, Trevor Butterworth, January 22, 2009
Scientists need to speak out more quickly on bad science says Financial Times
STATS blog, Trevor Butterworth, Jan 19, 2009
A pox on pox parties
STATS blog, Trevor Butterworth, Jan12, 2009
Marijuana and Alzheimers
Jan 9, 2009
Scientists are pleading for a rational discussion on THC research says STATS Maia Szalavitz on MSN health and fitness.
Scorching attack on Wall Street Journal’s anti-FDA bias; group releases full transcript of interview
STATS blog, Trevor Butterworth, Jan 9, 2009
Why you should learn to love maths
STATS blog, Trevor Butterworth, Jan 6, 2009
Love everlasting is all about reward
STATS blog, Trevor Butterworth, Jan 5, 2009
The obesity wars: “gooditives” and poems versus dodgy statistics and animation!
STATS blog, Trevor Butterworth, Jan 5, 2009