Recently a number of people have forwarded me bits of wisdom emanating from Dr. Russel Blaylock, neurosurgeon. While at one time he may have been in possession of an acceptable brain, mental fog...
While there is no scientific evidence that gin has any medicinal benefit, one piece of folklore has persisted. That鈥檚 the use of gin-soaked raisins to treat arthritis. The common recipe is to take...
鈥淎s seen on the Dr. Oz Show鈥� is a claim that is guaranteed to boost sales for any product. Like the 鈥減hytoceramides鈥� glorified by a couple of plastic surgeons on the show. Incorporated into dietary...
We鈥檝e seen it before. A medical crisis emerges and the scam artists crawl out of the woodwork. Fearful citizens pop open their wallets and fork out hard-earned money for nonsensical 鈥渃ures.鈥� When...
Malaria, AIDS, hepatitis, herpes, cancer.聽聽Terrible diseases.聽聽That鈥檚 why thousands and thousands of scientists around the world, armed with advanced degrees, are engaged in research projects aimed...
I had friends in University that wrestled. And I never really got it.聽 The jousting, the hold-鈥榚m-down-till-they鈥檙e-finished-mentality. And the outfits. I won鈥檛 even get started on that one. But...
It seems hard to believe now, but in the 1930s a 鈥渕iracle cure鈥� which actually contained radioactive radium was widely promoted in North America by William J.A. Bailey, an ex auto-swindler....
Dr. Oz is being sued. Not for dispensing silly advice about "natural" weight loss supplements. Not for shamelessly promoting "Dr.Oz's homeopathic kit." Not for having nutcase Joe Mercola on his...
A recent French study that purports to show a link between the consumption of genetically modified corn and a variety of ailments, including cancer, was just the tasty morsel that critics of...
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