WARNING: Smoking Cigarettes May Reduce Your Chances for a Job

Might cigarettes be a "smoking gun" to reduce taxane myelotoxicity?

de Graan and colleagues report a retrospective study of the effects of cigarette smoking on taxane pharmacokinetics and myelosuppression. There was no difference in taxane pharmacokinetic clearance between smokers and nonsmokers. Further prospective studies of the effects of cigarette smoking on myelosuppression would be of interest.

WARNING: Physics Envy May Be Hazardous To Your Wealth!∗

The quantitative aspirations of economists and financial analysts have for many years been based on the belief that it should be possible to build models of economic systems—and financial markets in particular—that are as predictive as those in physics. While this perspective has led to a number of important breakthroughs in economics, “physics envy” has also created a false sense of mathematic...

Warning: Stop-and-Frisk May Be Hazardous to Your Health

The law did not protect us. And now, in your time, the law has become an excuse for stopping and frisking you, which is to say, for furthering the assault on your body. —Ta-Nehisi Coates 1 [T]his case tells everyone. .. that your body is subject to invasion while courts excuse the violation of your rights. It implies that you are not a citizen of a democracy but the subject of a carceral state,...

War Agencies Increase Job Chances for Women

Electronic Cigarettes for Smoking Cessation.

Evidence-Based Answer Nicotine-containing e-cigarettes may be more effective than placebo devices for smoking cessation. They may also aid in smoking reduction, but the quality of available evidence is low. (Strength of Recommendation [SOR]: B, based on a systematic review.) Little is known about their safety. A systematic review pooled two randomized controlled trials (RCTs) and found six-mont...