Trends in cancer survival for common cancers

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HT: http://www.cancerresearchuk.org/cancer-info/cancerstats/survival/common-cancers/#Trends

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The Guardian on the strength of the scientific consensus on global warming and on GMOs


Via The anti-GM lobby appears to be taking a page out of the Climategate playbook | Environment | The Guardian.

I marvel at the ability of The Guardian to launch a diatribe against science deniers on GMOs, and not mention that most of them come from the left-wing of politics and the Greens and the environmental movement.

A disturbing number of people think alternative medicines are effective

Male? Want to Live to 100? Head Down Under – Bloomberg Business

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-03-13/male-want-to-live-to-100-head-down-under

Club of Rome predictions – air pollution version

The share of income spent on food has plummeted in the US

via 26 charts and maps that show the world is getting much, much better – Vox.

Radiation in Perspective

https://twitter.com/MaxCRoser/status/578101810725928960

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The Green Left versus world hunger

Antibiotics made the Ceasarean section, one of the single most life-saving procedures on the planet, possible

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With the discovery of bacteria-fighting antibiotics, such as penicillin in 1928, the maternal mortality rate dropped as drugs made childbirth and cesarean sections much safer.

via 7 scary facts about antibiotic-resistant superbugs – Vox.

Incredible Decrease in Child Mortality Worldwide in Last 50 Years

via Thinking on the Margin: Incredible Decrease in Child Mortality Worldwide in Last 50 Years.

On marijuana, Obama is content to evolve rather than to lead the way – The Washington Post

For a lame duck president doing a lot to cultivate his legacy, Obama is really dragging his feet here if he is in any way a social liberal

via On marijuana, Obama is content to evolve rather than to lead the way – The Washington Post.

Subway has been corrupted by Big DHMO

The Rise and Fall of Smoking

https://twitter.com/MaxCRoser/status/576651733335691264

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Managerial Econ: Want a kidney? Wait six years.

via Managerial Econ: Want a kidney? Wait six years..

2013 Will See the End of NHS Homeopathy Hospitals in England. | The Quackometer Blog

BHH

On the 7th of January 2013, the Cotham Hill site of the Bristol Homeopathic Hospital will close and the staff will move to a new NHS development, the South Bristol Community Hospital.

via 2013 Will See the End of NHS Homeopathy Hospitals in England. | The Quackometer Blog.

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