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June 2009 Archives

Eerie parallel between climate change and salt reduction

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Today, the US House of Representatives will vote on a "cap-and-trade" climate change bill embodying the mindset of Al Gore's "inconvenient truth" argument. Thus, today's Wall Street Journal editorial, a last-gasp attempt to deflect the Democrat's legislative steamroller on Capitol Hill,...

Canadian cardiovascular performance improves significantly

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Canada is currently in the midst of a national initiative aimed at reducing the sodium content of the diets of Canadians. It has appointed a Multi-stakeholder Working Group on Dietary Sodium Reduction (Sodium Working Group) to oversee this process....

Prevention, yes, but one size fits all?

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Everyone knows prevention is better than remediation. That's true of removing snow and ice from roadways, preventing mineral deposits on hot water appliances or avoiding personal accident or injury. In health, that translates to preventing disease or treating the afflicted....

First global warming, now global calming?

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Being pro-environment is good politics.  And lessening man's "footprint" is a major policy objective. Some companies are playing the angles to capitalize on environment-related business opportunities, some with subsidies, some hoping for help from highly-placed friends.  Whether it's getting subsidies...

WHO Global Status Report on Road Safety ignores safe roadway operations

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Earlier this week, the World Health Organization published a Global Status Report on Road Safety financed by NYC mayor Michael Bloomberg's foundation (Bloomberg announced the findings). The report found 85% of the countries in the world need more government regulations to...

Evidence trumps opinion - again

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If you're not regularly reading the blog Junk Food Science, you're missing some good stuff.  Today's post is another gem:  "Seeing the evidence: tighter control of blood sugars in type 2 diabetics." It's an important insight into a critical flaw...