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On AlterNet: lancet

Stories, blog posts, and videos tagged as "lancet"

Tanning Beds As Deadly As Arsenic And Mustard Gas: Study

The Huffington Post News Editors, Huffington Post July 29, 2009.
The study classifies tanning beds and other sources of ultraviolet radiation as definite causes of cancer, alongside tobacco, the hepatitis B virus and chimney sweeping, among others.

Physicians at Guantanamo Violate Medical Ethics: Study

Agence France Presse July 23, 2009.
The use of physicians at the U.S. prison camp in Guantanamo Bay has forced medical professionals to violate their ethics codes, according to findings published in a medical journal.

How Many Iraqis Have Really Died?

How Many Iraqis Have Really Died?

Diane Farsetta, PR Watch. March 1, 2008.
Revisiting that controversial Lancet study.

Holocaust Denial, American Style

Holocaust Denial, American Style

Mark Weisbrot, AlterNet. November 21, 2007.
Institutionally unwilling to consider America's responsibility for the bloodbath, the traditional media have refused to acknowledge the massive number of Iraqis killed since the invasion.

Smoking Pot Won't Make You Crazy, But Dealing with the Lies about It Will

Smoking Pot Won't Make You Crazy, But Dealing with the Lies about It Will

Paul Armentano, Mitch Earlywine, Huffington Post. August 13, 2007.
A new attempt to scare pot smokers in Britain alleges that smoking pot can increase the risk of becoming "psychotic." A quick glance at the data cited reveals no such correlation.

Iraqi deaths

Iraqi deaths "Robustly" ignored

Evan Derkacz, AlterNet: PEEK. April 3, 2007.
Documents reveal that 655,000 dead study was approved by the British Government

How to Make Hundreds of Thousands of Dead Iraqis Disappear

How to Make Hundreds of Thousands of Dead Iraqis Disappear

Eric Alterman, Huffington Post. October 20, 2006.
The Lancet study that estimated 655,000 Iraqis killed since the US invasion of 2003 was based on some of the most solid research methods possible, but that didn't stop the American press from trying to say it wasn't so.

Iraqi reflects on the study showing 655,000 Iraqis dead...

Lindsay Beyerstein, AlterNet: PEEK. October 19, 2006.
Riverbend explains the facts on the ground for the chickenhawks.