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How the Yew Tree Can Deliver Life 鈥 or Death

21 Nov 2025

This article was first published in The Montreal Gazette.聽...

The Strange Story of Nicotine Patches to Treat Long COVID

20 Nov 2025

Long COVID can feel like being adrift at sea, tiringly kicking those legs to stay above water. Social media provides lifebuoys but many turn out to be tricks of the light.

Shedding Light on Light Therapies

19 Nov 2025

Without light there is no life. Literally. It was Dutch scientist Jan Ingenhousz who through a series of experiments in 1779 showed that light is required for photosynthesis, the process that makes...

Ayurveda Can Harm Your Liver

13 Nov 2025

鈥淚 know where you live. I know your address. I know who you are. Trust me, they won鈥檛 even find your dead body.鈥

Who Is the Low-Histamine Diet Really For?

6 Nov 2025

Do you have difficulty falling asleep? A bit of anxiety? Headaches? Any sort of digestive issue? A low-histamine diet may be for you!

Smells

17 Oct 2025

A lot, in fact. Whether it is cheese, wine, truffles, or durian, smells define them all. When we lose our sense of smell (olfaction), we could be in trouble. The COVID-19 pandemic brought the...

The Sour Side of Our Love of Sweets

3 Oct 2025

This article was first published in The Montreal Gazette.聽

The What, Why and What to do about Hiccups

3 Oct 2025

We鈥檙e all familiar with the sensation- an uncontrollable jerk of our diaphragm and an involuntary noise, stifled or not, that gives the condition its name. Hiccups are ubiquitous amongst mammals of...

All About the Tylenol-Autism Brouhaha

25 Sep 2025

At an unhinged press conference last Monday, Donald Trump and his medical acolytes revealed an actionable cause of autism at long last: Tylenol. In what felt like a social media post come to life,...

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