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The Skinny on Weight Loss Drugs

5 May 2022

This article was originally posted in the Montreal Gazette.

Let’s Squeeze the Hype Out of Juice Plus

29 Apr 2022

I first heard about Juice Plus back in 1994, from of all people, O.J. Simpson. I suppose he was a natural to promote these dehydrated juice capsules since, after all, the nickname of the former...

Unnecessary Medical Testing Wastes Resources

20 Apr 2022

This article was originally posted in the Montreal Gazette....

Do We Really Need to Stretch?

25 Mar 2022

“People do not like their stretches to be criticized,” wrote Paul Ingraham, a former massage therapist and current science journalist. I’m about to find out for myself.

What is “khat” and why are we warned about it?

18 Mar 2022

Cathinone’s molecular structure resembles amphetamine which accounts for its mild stimulant effect. Historically, cathinone has not cause much concern, at least not until clandestine chemists began...

The Allure of Allulose

11 Mar 2022

My first meeting with (3R,4R,5R)-1,3,4,5,6-pentahydroxyhexan-2-one, less formally known as “psicose” or “allulose,” was way back in my graduate school days. I was studying the molecular structure...

What are adjuvants in vaccines?

11 Mar 2022

In 1926, Alexander Thomas Glenny, a British immunologist, discovered that noted that vaccinated guinea pigs had a better response when the jab caused a local inflammation at the site of the...

How the Cell Makes a Living

11 Mar 2022

What is the smallest unit of life? If a living thing is like the rain, what are the raindrops it is made of?...

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