Fake acupuncture works about as well as real acupuncture.
Cheap diuretics are just as effective as more expensive blood pressure drugs.
An old test is just as effective for 1/3 to 1/4 the cost. But ObamaCare requires health insurers to cover colonoscopies anyway. (HT to Jason Shafrin.)
World’s most expensive sandwich. It costs £110.
Paper towels thwart more germs than air dryers do.
DNA evidence showed that 40 earlier criminal confessions were false.
Migration champion: the arctic tern. It flies from pole to pole.
Carter blames Kennedy for blocking health reform in ‘70s: “He did not want to see me have a major success in that realm of life.”
Humanizing medicine: “To expand clinical empathy, some medical-school instructors have students imagine the life of their cadaver and write about their feelings towards him or her.”
Study: “Large firms create as many new jobs as do small firms when age of the firm is accounted for.” This undermines the case for small business special treatment
No need to smoke medicinal pot. You can have it infused into your favorite ice cream.
New justification for laying off state and local workers: they’re underpaid. They can find better jobs in the private sector. HT to Arnold Kling at Econlog.
Have you tried fried beer? It’s offered along with fried chocolate and fried frozen margaritas at this year’s State Fair of Texas.
Nearly half of all Americans live in a household in which someone receives government benefits. At the same time, 45% of all American households are not paying federal income taxes, according to the Tax Policy Center.
NYT odd view of the world: No one wants to bar patients from getting the treatment they need. But doctors who want to provide unnecessary care are everywhere.
Should you share your medications with someone who can’t afford them and needs them more than you do? The (NYT) Ethicist: not unless the health care bureaucracy says it’s OK.
Congressman prepares to campaign for re-election. (Very funny Heritage video.)
Kmart medicine: Find out if you have an aneurysm on aisle 10.
Hotel for cats and dogs. Price: $200 a night.
Who sees the worst doctors? Minorities, non-English speaking, the uninsured and patients on Medicaid.
Should menthol cigarettes be banned? (Very good Reason video.)
30% of the “overweight” believe they are actually normal size. 70% of the obese feel they are simply overweight.
Andy Griffith’s approval rating has fallen 25 points. But he still got your tax dollars shilling for ObamaCare.
Gallup Poll: voters now trust Republicans almost as much as Democrats on health care.
Single women out-earn single men in metro areas. Making the case for a new form of affirmative action?
