tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4968787219619380438.post3894655731705284093..comments2023-09-21T04:02:29.457-04:00Comments on Skeptical Scalpel: Does Oral Contraceptive Use Increase Rates of Prostate Cancer? I Doubt It.Skeptical Scalpelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13206922456661320751noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4968787219619380438.post-88165972287219708952012-10-09T21:11:32.430-04:002012-10-09T21:11:32.430-04:00Loren, that's a very interesting question. I d...Loren, that's a very interesting question. I didn't think of that angle. Thanks.Skeptical Scalpelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13206922456661320751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4968787219619380438.post-22135938489524394842012-10-09T20:13:58.505-04:002012-10-09T20:13:58.505-04:00HPV has been implicated in multiple forms of cance...HPV has been implicated in multiple forms of cancer. Could this perhaps be another one? (Hormonal contraceptives would mean they wouldn't need condoms for contraception and thus would increase the HPV rate.)Loren Pechtelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08348494458707790769noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4968787219619380438.post-82685806840290531202011-11-17T09:26:07.402-05:002011-11-17T09:26:07.402-05:00Philip
I agree. The mantra today is "Let'...Philip<br /><br />I agree. The mantra today is "Let's mine the data." Or as someone once said, "If you torture the data enough, it will give you what you want."Skeptical Scalpelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13206922456661320751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4968787219619380438.post-80331811444662803672011-11-16T20:44:03.106-05:002011-11-16T20:44:03.106-05:00You could spend your time and research money actua...You could spend your time and research money actually looking in the water for the supposed endocrine disruptor (an unnecessary obfuscation of the word "estrogens"), or you could spend it on statistics classes and some nice software and then not have to bother with pipets and such. I think they went with the latter option.Philipnoreply@blogger.com