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March 15, 2012

Nicoli Nattrass on the AIDS Conspiracy

In the opening to her book The AIDS Conspiracy: Science Fights Back, Nicoli Nattrass discusses how she became interested in AIDS conspiracy theories. The Conspiratorial Move Against HIV Science and Its Consequences Most people do not believe conspiracy theories about...

March 14, 2012

Nicoli Nattrass on The Specter of Denialism

In a recent op-ed for The Scientist, Nicoli Nattrass, author of The AIDS Conspiracy: Science Fights Back , describes the harm that has been done by AIDS denialists in South Africa and elsewhere. Nattrass argues that a small group of...

March 13, 2012

Nicoli Nattrass discusses AIDS Denialism and AIDS in South Africa

In the following interview, Nicoli Nattrass, author of The AIDS Conspiracy: Science Fights Back, discusses the issue of AIDS denialism as well as her work on AIDS in South Africa:

March 12, 2012

Book Giveaway!: The AIDS Conspiracy: Science Fights Back, by Nicoli Nattrass

This week our featured book is The AIDS Conspiracy: Science Fights Back, by Nicoli Nattrass. (To browse the book.) Throughout the week we will highlight aspects of the book and we are also offering a FREE copy of the book...

September 27, 2011

Geoffrey Kabat on Cell Phones and Climate Change

“We … need to rely on scientists and health agencies to use logic, analytic rigor, and clear language to assess what things are worth worrying about.”—Geoffrey Kabat Geoffrey Kabat, author of Hyping Health Risks: Environmental Hazards in Daily Life and...

July 27, 2011

Brent Stockwell on the Future of Medicine

“Over the last 15 years, the annual number of approved new drugs has been declining dramatically. Meanwhile, the pharmaceutical industry, as well as academic and government researchers, have dramatically increased the amount of money spent on drug discovery and development....

June 9, 2011

Geoffrey Kabat on Cancer and Cellphones

The following post by Geoffrey Kabat, author of Hyping Health Risks: Environmental Hazards in Daily Life and the Science of Epidemiology discusses the recent World Health Organization’s report on cellphone use and its possible link to cancer. Kabat questions some...

June 8, 2011

Brent Stockwell: The National Institutes of Health and the Drug Discovery Crisis

Brent R. Stockwell is the author of The Quest for the Cure: The Science and Stories Behind the Next Generation of Medicines, and Associate Professor of Chemistry and Biological Sciences at Columbia University, and an Early Career Scientist of the...

April 29, 2011

Mobilizing the Community for Better Health: Columbia University and Northern Manhattan

A recent article in The Record recounts how community groups led by Columbia University’s College of Dental Medicine, Alianza Dominicana, Inc. and Harlem Hospital Center helped 30,000 residents of Washington Heights, Inwood and Harlem get health insurance, immunized 8,000 children,...

April 18, 2011

Interview with Sera Young on "Good Food"

Recently Sera Young was on KCRW’s Good Food to discuss her new book Craving Earth: Understanding Pica—the Urge to Eat Clay, Starch, Ice, and Chalk. In the interview she discusses among other the definition of pica (eating non-food items), the...

January 21, 2011

Start Worrying – Details to Follow: A Post by Geoffrey Kabat

Geoffrey Kabat is a cancer epidemiologist at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine and the author of Hyping Health Risks: Environmental Hazards in Daily Life and the Science of Epidemiology (Columbia University Press, 2008). Over the past thirty years we...

June 21, 2010

Laura Katz Olson — Can the Expansion of Medicaid Coverage Fulfill the Promise of Health Care Reform?

One of the key components in the recent health care reform bill was the extension of medicaid to cover low-income individuals. But is this the best way to provide health care? This is the question Laura Katz Olson, author of...

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