Recently by Dick Hanneman
July 2, 2008
Written by: Dick Hanneman
Using as examples the role of salt in combatting lymphatic filariasis and iodine deficiency, the cover story of the June issue of Geotimes devoted six pages to "Salt of the Earth: the pubilc health community employs a mineral to...
June 20, 2008
Written by: Dick Hanneman
Health and nutrition activists are attempting to demonize all science not funded by (friendly) government bureaucrats. This leads, inevitably and quickly, to politically-correct junk science. A related theme is voiced in an op ed piece from earlier this week in the...
June 13, 2008
Written by: Dick Hanneman
When it comes to fixing our nation's health care system, health outcomes are what matters. Except to the news media. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention just issued the latest data from the National Center for Health Statistics. Its...
May 30, 2008
Written by: Dick Hanneman
For the past two years, more than 50 economists under the aegis of the Copenhagen Consensus have been studying the 30 most promising public health interventions to help policy-makers prioritize public health investments. They filed their report today and issued...
May 28, 2008
Written by: Dick Hanneman
You've probably read press accounts of the attack on environmentalists levied by Czech president Vaclav Klaus at his National Press Club news conference yesterday. Klaus, a renowned economist who has erected a thriving market economy on the ashes of his...
May 22, 2008
Written by: Dick Hanneman
Thanks to Junkfood Science for another gem illustrating tactics of purveyors of junk science. Dietitian Sandy Szwarc describes the case of an attorney attempting to intimidate a housewife/mother-blogger who was defending against charges that vaccinations lead to autism. The attorney's...
May 21, 2008
Written by: Dick Hanneman
Medical science has made enormous strides since the release of the first national Dietary Guidelines in 1980, but many would agree that the quality of the American diet appears inversely related to these health gains. We've added years to our...
May 20, 2008
Written by: Dick Hanneman
Last year, despite some setbacks in mine safety, the salt industry recorded its best ever annual safety performance. This year's safety improvements track the industry's historic trend of improving protection for its workers. And the achievment was earned as the industry increased work-hours...
May 16, 2008
Written by: Dick Hanneman
Confirming two earlier studies of the U.S. population in the federal government's Nutrition and Health Examination Survey (NHANES) parts I and II, a study by Drs. Hillel W. Cohen, Susan N. Hailpern and Michael H. Alderman in the new issue...
April 11, 2008
Written by: Dick Hanneman
With the US presidential campaign focusing so much on character (Obama's embrace of his racist preacher, Clinton's embellished "experience," McCain's unpredictable "maverick" tendencies), one can lose track of some very real issues that divide the candidates. These aren't limited to...
