Recent pieces address the ways climate change is already disrupting lives, the “white flight” from football, advice to legislators on science, and more.
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Pushing aside women’s health is nothing new, talcum powder and cancer the latest example
In a commentary, “Women: Exposed and Silenced by Asbestos,” Linda Reinstein shares the stories of five women. All five died from mesothelioma while some defenders of asbestos insist it doesn’t cause cancer in women.
Recent pieces address work requirements for food stamps, deportation of Haitians, evidence on prescription heroin, and more.
It’s Lung Cancer Awareness month and Texas Oncology fumbled its prevention message by failing to mention the pollutants that cause many cases of lung cancer.
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Looking at “shift work” as a challenge (or opportunity) to better manage diabetes
New research tells us that occupational medicine physicians need and want information to better care for a particular category of diabetic patients: those who work night or rotating shifts.
Last week, two opinion pieces highlighted solutions to the US’s shameful rates of maternal mortality, and the appalling racial disparities in risk of death during and after childbirth.
A new paper explores the relationship between paid leave among manual laborers and preventive care, including dental services.
Recent pieces address the implications of Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation to the Supreme Court; treating antibiotics as a kind of infrastructure; the new climate change report; responding to Hurricane Michael; and more.
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Journalist Ken Ward, Jr. awarded prestigious “genius grant,” community health and worker safety his forte
I’ve often thought of journalist Ken Ward, Jr. as a genius. Now it is official.
Recent pieces address the EPA’s sudden hostility to pesticide science, low-income parents’ struggle to get enough diapers, testing an infectious disease early-warning system at the hajj, and more.