I just watched acommercial on TV for "Lipozene." What a miracle product this is! Magical weight loss with no side effects. Whoa...time to reign in the claims....
This craziness is recommended by a variety of "alternative" practitioners. Detox patches! What amazing devices they are. Not only can they draw poisons out of the body, they can also infuse various...
Umm....no. But this 鈥渕iracle鈥� cure is making the rounds. It is the 鈥渇oundation for a longer life,鈥� according to one ad. This time it is an extract from the seeds of the nigella sativa plant, also...
Herbal medicine is the oldest form of medicine. When our early ancestors foraged for plants to eat, they encountered some that had benefits other than curbing hunger. Maybe it was pain relief from...
One would think that producers of the Dr. Oz show would pay at least a little attention to the widely publicized study that appeared in the British Medical Journal examining the health...
A while ago I wrote a little piece on "craniosacral therapy," which I'll share with you here. I never thought I would encounter this muddled piece of woo in Montreal. But it's here. You can check...
Because I take the odd shot at Dr. Oz (he is after all such an inviting target) people send me reports of some of his antics. Apparently he, or one of his guests, muttered something about using...
I thought this was a joke, but it turns out that it is very real. Officials in Portland, Oregon drained a reservoir, at considerable expense, because a teenager urinated into the water. This is...
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