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Hello! I have a Blog at www.thereadingblog.com. I have a Ph.D. in Cell Biology and I fled the lab after 4 years as a post-doctoral researcher. I have been working as a biomedi...more...

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Health insurance policies should be legally required to cover behavioral treatments for Autism.

 Stand Taken 11/4/2008 9:53 AM

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It is not ethical for doctors to prescribe placebos to unwitting patients.

 Stand Taken 11/4/2008 9:53 AM

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A bilateral mastectomy is not the most effective long-term solution for women diagnosed with breast cancer.

The most effective long-term solution needs to be determined based on each woman's particular situation. Factors that need to be considered include diagnosis, pathology, clinical staging, family histo...

 Stand Taken 10/20/2008 6:12 PM

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Addiction is a disease.

 Stand Taken 10/20/2008 9:09 AM

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Soldiers returning from battle should be given a mandatory PTSD screening.

 Stand Taken 10/17/2008 4:25 PM

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Vitamin supplements should play a minor role in a healthy lifestyle.

 Stand Taken 10/13/2008 3:50 PM

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Tap water should be fluoridated.

 Stand Taken 9/29/2008 9:24 AM

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The use of Bisphenol A in plastic bottles does not pose a risk to human health.

There is not enough scientific evidence to support this claim. A recent study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association showed some evidence linking urinary BPA concentration with m...

 Stand Taken 9/19/2008 3:40 PM

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Organic milk is not safer than regular milk.

 Stand Taken 9/17/2008 9:32 AM

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Viagra should not be available over-the-counter.

 Stand Taken 9/10/2008 10:03 PM

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The FDA should prohibit gay and bisexual men from donating blood.

Men who have sex with other men are at a higher risk for HIV transmission than those who engage in heterosexual sex. So this prohibition is necessary to protect the blood supply until HIV screening te...

 Stand Taken 9/5/2008 5:30 PM

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Irradiated food is safe to eat.

Numerous scientific studies attest to the safety of irradiated foods (just go to National Library of Medicine's PubMed to search on the Internet the biomedical literature on the subject). Here is a qu...

 Stand Taken 8/28/2008 9:57 AM

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Black cohosh cannot effectively treat menopausal symptoms.

Currently available data from controlled clinical studies do not support the use of black cohosh in the treatment of menopausal symptoms. For example, check out this study in postmenopausal women unde...

 Stand Taken 8/26/2008 11:30 AM

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An avian flu pandemic is not imminent.

 Stand Taken 8/26/2008 11:19 AM

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Pregnant women should not avoid peanuts.

I think that unless there is a family history of food allergies, there is no reason for pregnant women to avoid eating peanuts. The are limited data from clinical research on the effects of maternal p...

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