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Can you Live Longer by Eating a “Healthy” Diet?

5 Mar 2026

“Eat your vegetables!” is a command that just about every child has heard. “They’ll make you stronger” is a common follow up. The “stronger” connection is often traced back to Popeye the Sailorman...

Your Poop Is Not Reliable, At Least for Now

5 Mar 2026

Let’s say you mail your poop to two different companies—not an illegal act, by the way, provided it doesn’t smell or soil anything, and that it’s 

Everyone Else Is Wrong: The Dr. Amen Story

26 Feb 2026

When a psychiatrist diagnoses you with anxiety, depression, an eating disorder or a learning disability—or even a serious pathology like schizophrenia—they don’t typically look at your brain. Dr....

Man Flu and Other Near-Death Experiences

26 Feb 2026

A few months ago, an orthopedic surgery resident told me a story I still think about. The worst patients to reset fractures on, she said, were men in their thirties. They scream, beg for anesthetic...

Paying Attention to My Own Lectures

26 Feb 2026

“It builds muscle!” That’s the usual answer I get when I ask in class about the importance of protein in the diet. Sort of correct since muscles are indeed composed mostly of protein, but the...

Rare Blood Clots After Certain COVID Vaccines, Explained

19 Feb 2026

The light at the end of the pandemic tunnel was marred by a worrying shadow. As the COVID-19 vaccines were rolled out, headlines fuelled anxiety: some people were developing life-threatening blood...

Interesting Chemistry Hides in Cookware

19 Feb 2026

Like most chemists, I like to cook. After all, what is cooking but the appropriate mixing of chemicals? In the lab we use flasks and beakers, but how do we equip our kitchen? Tiffany's in New York...

America's Healthier Past is no More Than a Myth

13 Feb 2026

This article was first published in The Montreal Gazette. ...

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