Sports Drinks Affect on Teeth
Sports drinks, by definition, are marketed to sportsy people, and those who have aspirations to be sportsy people. Concerns are being raised, however, regarding this assumption — because of their high sugar content, and dyes that give them their multiple Day-Glo color palate. This article reports on research (from...
Careful With Correlations
Every day, Haley’s comet careens further from the earth. Every day, my cat gets more ornery. These two things are perfectly correlated, and yet have absolutely nothing to do with each other. Science 101 teaches you that two things moving together, no matter how tightly in lock step, are...
Baby Food For Parents
It is a catch-22. Damned if you do, damned if you don’t. In this article in the New York Times, we hear the concerns of parents who want to buy the best formula for their babies, but end up giving them something that may be bad for them later....