Friday, February 19, 2010

Statsworthy

Just a bunch of links to news about interesting research.

Check out the news about a Cambridge Peanut Allergy Study.
Giving just a few peanuts to children who were allergic--with medical interventiona available in case a problem occurs--can cause the children to tolerate peanuts.

http://www.anaphylaxis.org.uk/cms/site/docs/Peanut%20success.pdf

On public opinion surveys:
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/28/weekinreview/28sussman.html?ref=weekinreview