How infectious and deadly are the infectious diseases?

20 Jun 2015 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in health economics Tags: , , , ,

There is no scientific evidence to refuse or delay vaccines

19 Jun 2015 Leave a comment

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Yield of organic crops as percentage of conventional crops

16 Jun 2015 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in environmental economics, environmentalism, health economics, politics - Australia, politics - New Zealand, politics - USA Tags: , ,

Mysteries explained

16 Jun 2015 Leave a comment

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Improvements in life expectancy since 1900

15 Jun 2015 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in economic history, environmental economics, health economics Tags: , , , , , ,

Salads poison more Americans than hamburgers

15 Jun 2015 Leave a comment

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Life expectancy and healthy life expectancy by gender, Anglo-Saxon countries

15 Jun 2015 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in health economics, labour economics, politics - Australia, politics - New Zealand, politics - USA, population economics Tags: , , ,

Figure 1: life expectancy and healthy life expectancy of women, Anglo-Saxon countries, 2010

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Source: OECD family database.

Figure 2: life expectancy and healthy life expectancy of men, Anglo-Saxon countries, 2010

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Source: OECD family database

Thousands deliberately overdose on homoeopathic medications! What happened?

14 Jun 2015 1 Comment

by Jim Rose in health economics Tags: , , , ,

Over the weekend of February 5th-6th 2011, more than 1500 homeopathy sceptics across the globe took part in a mass homeopathic ‘overdose’ to make a simple statement: Homeopathy – There’s Nothing In It.

Where was malaria once prevalent?

14 Jun 2015 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in development economics, environmental economics, global warming, growth disasters, growth miracles, health economics Tags: , , , ,

Can anti-GMOs activists be trekkers?

13 Jun 2015 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in environmental economics, health economics, TV shows Tags: ,

The Great Escape is increasing life expectancy at all ages

13 Jun 2015 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in economic history, health economics Tags: ,

Prohibition lives! Counties where alcohol cannot be sold

12 Jun 2015 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in economics of regulation, health economics Tags: ,

Irrational nonsense mapped

12 Jun 2015 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in health economics, liberalism, politics - Australia, politics - New Zealand, politics - USA Tags: , , , , , , , , , ,

Conspiracy theories versus the supply and demand for scientists who are approachable about their findings

11 Jun 2015 5 Comments

by Jim Rose in environmental economics, health economics Tags: , , , , ,

Increases in global life expectancy by region and cause

11 Jun 2015 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in development economics, growth disasters, growth miracles, health economics Tags: ,

via Global, regional, and national age–sex specific all-cause and cause-specific mortality for 240 causes of death, 1990–2013: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013 – The Lancet.

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