political nonsense

Economists pointed out that going to college might not be worth it.
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Scientists found that HIV infection levels are rising among young people because they think HIV has a cure.
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Scientists discovered that “baby einstein” videos designed to increase the intelligence of toddlers actually made them stupider.

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A school in Australia made sunglasses mandatory.

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Current and former public health officials revealed that a surgeon general’s report in 2006 that called on Americans to help tackle global health problems were kept from the public by a Bush political appointee without any background or expertise in medicine or public health, chiefly because the report did not promote the administration’s policy accomplishments.
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One in 10 parents struggle to understand the bedtime stories they read to their children, a survey by adult learning organisation Learndirect has found. Almost a quarter (23%) skip passages they cannot read or invent words to get to the end of a sentence, the poll found.
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Fox refused to air a Trojan commercial, saying it objected to the message that condoms can prevent pregnancy.

[pretty much useless]
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More than 2 million people in the U.S. are infected with chlamydia and 250,000 have gonorrhea, according to a government prevalence estimate for the two sexually transmitted diseases.
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Scientists concluded that alcohol does not kill brain cells, and that drinking four glasses a wine a night is probably good for you.
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Former Surgeon General Richard H. Carmona told a Congressional panel Tuesday that top Bush administration officials would not allow him to speak or issue reports about stem cells, emergency contraception, sex education, or prison, mental and global health issues. He was also ordered to mention President Bush three times on every page of his speeches.
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20% of Americans think the Sun revolves around the Earth.

[whatever]
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“Studies showing the dark side of soy date back 100 years,” says clinical nutritionist Kaayla Daniel, author of The Whole Soy Story (New Trends, 2005). “The 1999 FDA-approved health claim pleased big business, despite massive evidence showing risks associated with soy, and against the protest of the FDA’s own top scientists. Soy is a $4 billion [U.S.] industry that’s taken these health claims to the bank.”
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Researchers warned that children digging holes at beaches, at construction sites, and in sandboxes often die when their holes collapse.

[don’t do it]
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New York City banned trans fat in restaurants.
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Hospital and doctor visits in the United States have surged by 20 percent in the past five years, and the most commonly prescribed medications are antidepressants, according to statistics published on Friday.
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The Supreme Court declared Thursday that public school systems cannot seek to achieve or maintain integration through measures that take explicit account of a student’s race.
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A study revealed that cars are more likely to hit you if you wear a helmet.

                                    [all wrong]
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Scientists are studying African prostitutes that don’t have AIDS.
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Psychiatrists earn more money from drug makers than doctors in any other specialty.
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The Food and Drug Administration rejected calls for a review of the sweetener aspartame despite a new study suggesting links to cancer.
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