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Taking a Bite out of Crocodile Hype

20 Mar 2017

You鈥檝e got to give it to the quacks. They are often clever people. And very adept at making mountains out of molehills. One of the latest miracles out there is, believe it or not, crocodile blood....

Is it true that hantavirus infection can be acquired from rodent excrement?

20 Mar 2017

In 1993, a young Navajo woman arrived at an emergency room in New Mexico suffering from flu-like symptoms and shortness of breath. Despite such 鈥渕inor鈥 symptoms, she soon passed away. Ironically,...

Apples and Sex

20 Mar 2017

Did Eve eat an apple to have a better sex life with Adam? One might come to that conclusion after reading a paper published in the Archives of Gynaecology and Obstetrics with the alluring title ...

The Perils of Inflammation

20 Mar 2017

A couple of years ago the Montreal Gazette had a stunning headline: 鈥淔loss or Die!鈥 it screamed on the front page. Another sensationalized piece of journalism, I thought. Not flossing may make you...

Iron in Spinach

20 Mar 2017

Mea culpa. I plead guilty to the crime I often accuse others of committing, namely not checking facts properly! Curiously, I would not have discovered my error had I not been doing some proper fact...

Creams Deliver More Hype than Evidence

20 Mar 2017

In the 1980s, Dr. Albert Kligman, an American dermatologist聽 made an interesting observation.聽 Patients being treated for acne with retinoic acid saw an improvement in their wrinkles, an...

Are unpasteurized cheeses safe to consume?

20 Mar 2017

While selling raw milk in Canada is illegal, the sale of cheese made from unpasteurized milk is allowed as long as the cheese has been aged at 2 degrees C or above for at least 60 days. Studies...

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