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Clairvoyant鈥檚 diagnosis of me: 鈥榯reatable鈥

20 Mar 2017

It seems I am infested with little insects that are dining on my bones and muscles.

Cheerios Lets Nonsense Triumph Over Sense

20 Mar 2017

General Mills has announced that it is removing genetically modified ingredients from its iconic Cheerios. Now there's a non-newsworthy item that is guaranteed to make for flashy headlines and lead...

Valerian for Insomnia?

20 Mar 2017

O sleep! O gentle sleep!

Streptomycin and Blueberries

20 Mar 2017

A story is blazing around the blogosphere about a ten year old girl having an anaphylactic reaction to a blueberry pie. Physicians supposedly traced the reaction to streptomycin used as a pesticide...

The Death of Smallpox

20 Mar 2017

Edward Jenner, an English country doctor is usually credited with introducing the idea of vaccination because of his landmark publication in 1798 in which he described inoculating 23 people with...

Eating Less and Living More

20 Mar 2017

They feast on croissants that ooze butter. They eat creamy cheeses and fat-filled pastries. Breakfast is pain-au-chocolat washed down with espresso. There is no oatmeal in sight. I suspect most of...

Want to Lose Weight? Then Run, Don't Walk: Study

20 Mar 2017

Need to lose weight? Running will help more than walking, according to new research.And to keep off those lost pounds, continue running, suggests Paul Williams, a staff scientist at Lawrence...

Dr. Oz and the Fast Metabolism Diet

20 Mar 2017

So.. Dr. Oz is at it again. This time he was fawning over Haylie Pomroy's "Fast Metabolism Diet." Haylie's qualifications are not clear but she is described as a "lifestyle counsellor." Hmmm....

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