This week we continue our series on Simon & Garfunkel and great New York cancer scientists/researchers. The song “America” starts with the line “Let us

This week we continue our series on Simon & Garfunkel and great New York cancer scientists/researchers. The song “Mrs. Robinson” brings to mind the line

This week we continue our series on Simon & Garfunkel and great New York cancer scientists/researchers. We devote this week’s article to Jimmie Holland, whose

Last year we devoted a series of articles to the Beach Boys and cancer researchers from California. My wife Elie and I were recently at

A few weeks ago in clinic, I informed two new patients with advanced cancer that their disease was incurable. I am a strong believer in

Last week we discussed the adoption of p>.05 as the threshold at which studies and scientific experiments decide whether the observed differences between measured entities

Last week, we discussed the adoption of p>.05 as the threshold at which studies and scientific experiments decide whether the observed differences between measured entities

In last week’s article, we described how hypothesis testing is a critical part of scientific experimentation and that significance testing is a fundamental component in

I have always believed that an educated person requires a basic familiarity with probability and statistics—how else can one deal with one’s investments, deal with

Regular readers of this column will recall I am a great fan of the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) and its recommendations. I consider

I love Myron and Phyllis Studner but, in truth. I know little about them. What I do know is that Myron was a very successful

In a recent column on Epstein-Barr virus, I noted that Yvonne Barr, co-discoverer of the virus, had moved to Australia soon afterwards and there she