I'm Dr. Joshua Schwimmer, a nephrologist and internal medicine physician in New York City. • Kidney Notes was the first active nephrology blog. (Trivia: Kidney Notes is so old that the National Library of Medicine still uses it as an example of how to formally cite blogs.) • Professionally, you can find me at Kidney.nyc. • Kidney Notes is for educational purposes only, not medical advice. Consult qualified health care professionals. See disclaimer.

Friday, November 25, 2005

Thanksgiving and Second Hand Smoke

Happy Thanksgiving. At a family gathering, a distant relative argued that second hand smoke protects against cancer. "The risk ratio is 0.70. If second hand smoke were a vitamin, everyone would buy it."