Category: Medicine & Food Science
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Unscientific Nonsense on ‘Shark Tank’
If a buck can be made, few business owners care if their products make a mockery of science.
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Genes and the Placebo Effect: Are You Easily Pleased?
The effectiveness of a placebo may depend on someone’s DNA.
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A Letter to Dr. Oz from a PhD Microbiologist
I am writing to you because I was deeply troubled by your rebuttal to the letter signed by ten medical doctors seeking your termination from Columbia University.
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Beware of Possible Cuisine-Drug Interactions
Since about 70% of Americans are taking at least one prescription drug (and 20% are taking five or more), it would be quite useful to know how various cuisines interact with them.
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What the Gases You Emit Say About You
This article was originally published on RealClearScience. You emit gas. The most obvious and offensive comes from your posterior, but that’s not the only gas you emit. Your body is constantly oozing volatile organic compounds (VOCs) — small molecules that easily enter a gaseous state due to their high vapor pressure — in breath, sweat,…
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Literature Review Links Coffee & Bladder Cancer
Each additional daily cup of coffee you drink raises your risk of bladder cancer by 3% to 5%.
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Anti-Vax Parents Face Jail in Europe, Africa
Though many Americans (myself included) understandably flinch at the idea of the government forcing people to do or not to do things, there are times when government mandates are entirely appropriate.
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Tilapia: A Fish that Will Heal Your Wounds
Tilapia is best served with a side of French fries and cabbage, but scientists from Shanghai believe they have discovered an even better use: Collagen extracted from tilapia can be applied as a wound dressing that helps accelerate healing.
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Jail ‘Anti-Vax’ Parents
Your family’s right to be sick ends where public health begins.
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Transplants: First Facial, Now Anorectal
“Defecation is a major activity of daily living.” Thus begins a new paper in the journal Scientific Reports, and truer words have rarely been written.