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	<itunes:summary>on Science, Policy, Health, Well-Being and Ethics</itunes:summary>
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		<title>Dying for Facts: Conclusion</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Jan 2011 19:57:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the last few posts, I&#8217;ve told the story of a couple heated debates.  One still ongoing: &#8220;Does capital punishment deter criminals?&#8221; Another ended: &#8220;Do antiarrythmia drugs save lives?&#8221;  The latter debate is over because people on both sides of the debate got together to find out the answer!
If we really want to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dying for Facts Part 4: Getting Evidence!</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Jan 2011 14:59:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>peter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When I last posted to this site, I was recounting my experience as a medical resident in the late 80s, presumably saving my patients&#8217; lives with wonder drugs.
A few weeks into my cardiology rotation, the senior cardiologist who had been mentoring me took leave of the hospital and was replaced by another experienced cardiologist. On [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dying for Facts Part 3: The heart of the matter?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Dec 2010 15:14:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>peter</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[My "Scientocracy" blog on Psychology Today: Archive]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[We live in an era of strident partisanship, with elections often decided by candidates&#8217; attitudes towards morally and emotionally charged issues like gun control or abortion. Each presidential election seems to hinge on some set of irresolvable moral and cultural divisions, leaving the winner with at best a tenuous majority, while a firmly ensconced and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dying for Facts Part 2: Same evidence, different conclusion</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Dec 2010 14:47:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>peter</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[My "Scientocracy" blog on Psychology Today: Archive]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In my last post, the fate of a cold-blooded killer depended on nine U.S. Supreme Court Justices who could not agree whether his death would deter potential criminals.
It is easy to understand why Supreme Court Justices, forced to make difficult judgments about highly subjective issues, so often disagree with each other. No one knows, for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dying For Facts Part 1: Death Penalty Debates</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Dec 2010 16:29:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>peter</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[My "Scientocracy" blog on Psychology Today: Archive]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[On November 23, 1973, Dennis Weaver read a disturbing article in his Atlanta newspaper. Two men were found dead in a ditch along the very same highway where he had been hitchhiking the day before. Even more disturbingly, Weaver recognized that these were the very same men who had picked him up. Weaver called the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>More thoughts on doctors’ offices as campaign offices</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Nov 2010 14:38:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>peter</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Ethics]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In a recent post, I asked for your thoughts on how you would feel if your doctor posted an anti-health reform letter in his waiting room. Link
The letter was a direct quote from one posted in Dr. Hal Scherz&#8217;s urology clinic in Atlanta. Scherz is president of Docs4PatientCare. For all I know, Scherz is a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Doctor’s office or campaign office? Your turn to vote!</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Oct 2010 12:19:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>peter</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Ethics]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I need to know what you think of the following situation.
You walk into your doctor&#8217;s office, turn your insurance information into the clerk, take a seat in the waiting room and discover the following letter sitting on the couch-side table, authored by your very own doctor:
&#8220;Dear Patient: Section 1311 of the new health care legislation [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Does the Obama Administration Want Your Gas-Guzzler To Give You Sticker-Shock?</title>
		<link>http://www.peterubel.com/2010/10/does-the-obama-administration-want-your-gas-guzzler-to-give-you-sticker-shock/</link>
		<comments>http://www.peterubel.com/2010/10/does-the-obama-administration-want-your-gas-guzzler-to-give-you-sticker-shock/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Oct 2010 19:26:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>peter</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Behavioral Economics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[My "Scientocracy" blog on Psychology Today: Archive]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Suppose you are at the car dealer and have narrowed your choice down to two automobiles. One is a little nicer looking, and the other has a more comfortable interior. One gets twenty miles per gallon and the other gets twenty five. You typically drive about twelve thousand miles in a year, which means (queue [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sarcopenia: Name the disease and let the pill popping begin!</title>
		<link>http://www.peterubel.com/2010/09/sarcopenia-name-the-disease-and-let-the-pill-popping-begin/</link>
		<comments>http://www.peterubel.com/2010/09/sarcopenia-name-the-disease-and-let-the-pill-popping-begin/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Sep 2010 17:50:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>peter</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[My "Scientocracy" blog on Psychology Today: Archive]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Sarcopenia: a mysterious disorder that causes people&#8217;s muscles to shrink away. 25%, 30%, even greater loss of strength&#8230; until the victim is struggling to make it up to the second floor bedroom. Would you undergo a treatment for this disorder if it was safe and effective? And do you think your insurance company should pay [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Abortion, Health Care and the Psychology of Compromise</title>
		<link>http://www.peterubel.com/2010/04/abortion-health-care-and-the-psychology-of-compromise/</link>
		<comments>http://www.peterubel.com/2010/04/abortion-health-care-and-the-psychology-of-compromise/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Apr 2010 12:25:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>peter</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Huffington Post: Archive]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[It is a dangerous time to compromise in the U. S. government. A Republican working with Obama is dead meat in the next primary. A Democrat who works with Republicans? Well, you saw what happened to Joe Lieberman the last time he ran as a Democrat.
Politicians are understandably worried that if they collaborate across the [...]]]></description>
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