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Archive for February, 2011

The Arc Action Alert – Do You Want “Congregate Care”?

Friday, February 25th, 2011

The Arc sends out periodic Action Alerts. I just got this one in my email inbox. Do you think the government should go back to segregated living and institutions for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities? Now is your chance to add your comments and be heard. Do You Want “Congregate Care”? Then now is [...]

Brian Deer nominated for Specialist Journalist of the Year and News Reporter of the Year

Friday, February 25th, 2011

Brian Deer, the investigative journalist who broke the story of Andrew Wakefield’s improprieties in his autism research, has been nominated for “Specialist Journalist of the Year” and “News Reporter of the Year”. The Press Gazette lists all the nominees in their piece The Press Awards: The Times leads with 18 nominations. For other non-UK residents, [...]

Another anti-vaccine rally fizzles

Thursday, February 24th, 2011

A handful of “outraged” anti-vaccine activists occupied part of the sidewalk at the corner to 6th Ave. and 52nd St. today and listened to other angry anti-vaccine activists promote an anti-vaccine book and denounce Bill Gates. Witnesses report 18 participants at an event which promoters predicted would draw “tens of thousands” of parents supposedly angry [...]

Motor vehicle accidents, suicides, and assaults in epilepsy: A population-based study

Thursday, February 24th, 2011

I seem to be in epidemiology mode today, so I decided to post this abstract that I found interesting. Are people with epilepsy more prone to car accidents or suicide? Apparently not. Are they more prone to being assaulted? Assaulted as in resulting in injury? Yes. I am unclear how many factors they were testing, [...]

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