Sun Protection Products
When it comes to health matters, scientists rarely make statements that do not begin with “may.” But here is one. Excessive exposure to sunlight causes skin cancer! There’s no “may” about it. Neither...
View ArticleBlueberries and Breast Cancer
Blueberries may reduce the growth of breast cancer! So screamed newspaper headlines. A bit of an overstatement. The study referred to was carried out on female nude mice. These are mice specially bred...
View ArticleFormaldehyde in Baby Shampoo – Crunch the Numbers, Crunch the Scare
It is a very small molehill. But to the folks at the Campaign for Safe Cosmetics (CSC) it seems more like Mount Everest. This organization’s recently released report features a cute baby smothered in...
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Sherlock Holmes and Curare
In the recent film “Sherlock Holmes and the Game of Shadows,” Holmes identifies the poison on a dart that had instantly paralyzed a victim by sniffing it. “Curare!” he says. Curare is a very real...
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Bath Salts & Other Spiked Drugs
“Bath salts,” “vacuum freshners” and “plant food” seem innocuous enough. You can pick then up at some gas stations, convenience stores, some garden supply shops, or order them on the Internet. Except...
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The Power of Imagination
Apparently stores in Poland once ran out of red underwear. Female underwear. Why? Because a study that showed girls who wear red underwear did better on their high school leaving exams that those...
View ArticleHelicobacter Pylori
The 2005 Nobel Prize in Medicine and Physiology was awarded to Australian Drs. Robin Warren and Barry Marshall for demonstrating that most ulcers are caused by a bacterium and can be cured with...
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Pucker Up
And just when I was getting used to being single in the summer. July 6th rolls around; International Kissing Day. It’s like a second Valentine’s Day but less sweet. I mean really, no chocolate? Read more
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Shedding light on sun protection products
When it comes to health matters, scientists rarely make statements that do not begin with “may.” But here is one. Excessive exposure to sunlight causes skin cancer! There’s no “may” about it....
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The Skinny on the HCG Weight Loss Scheme
“Why be stout” queried a newspaper ad in 1927, “when all you have to do to bring back natural slimness is rub your body with Dr. Bouchard’s Flesh Reducing Soap?” “It will absorb all fatty tissues...
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