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We Used to Look Older

20 Oct 2023

It apparently started with a tweet.

You Won鈥檛 Die from Touching Fentanyl

13 Oct 2023

On the fictional cop show Blue Bloods, in the appropriately titled episode 鈥淧ain Killers,鈥 detective Maria Baez picks up a tray containing drug paraphernalia and a white powder and is soon seen on...

Rooting Out Curcumin Problems

11 Oct 2023

Divide some laboratory rabbits into three groups. Feed one group normal rabbit chow, the second group a high cholesterol diet, and the third group a high cholesterol diet supplemented with 0.2%...

The False Reassurance of Dietary Supplement Regulation

6 Oct 2023

If you are Canadian, you may have seen the letters 鈥淣PN鈥 followed by a series of numbers on the packaging of a health product you picked up at the pharmacy, things like vitamin supplements,...

If You鈥檙e Getting Old, You Can Blame Klotho

29 Sep 2023

There is no shortage of stories professing the existence of a Fountain of Youth somewhere in the world, always just out of reach. Bathing in its water was claimed to undo the damage of old age....

Magnesium Supplements for Sleep May Not Work Like a Dream

22 Sep 2023

Everywhere I turn these days, an influencer is trying to sell me magnesium supplements. Apparently, all of us who find it difficult to fall asleep and stay asleep all night are missing the boat....

Duck S**t tea? I want some!

21 Sep 2023

Given my interest in collecting anything that is 鈥渄ucky,鈥 you鈥檒l understand why I was drawn to ads for 鈥淵a Shi Xiang Dan Cong鈥 tea. That translates to, and I kid you not, 鈥淒uck Shit Aroma鈥 tea. Of...

What鈥檚 Trending in the World of Pseudoscience

15 Sep 2023

Our office鈥檚 mission is to separate sense from nonsense, which may well be a Sisyphean task. There is a lot of pseudoscience鈥攎eaning ideas and interventions that look scientific but that are not...

The One 鈥淐hip Challenge鈥 Deserves a Heated Discussion

13 Sep 2023

The fact that the sauce was packaged in a box shaped like a coffin should have been a clue. On a trip to New Orleans I walked into one of the many shops that sell an array of hot sauces and are set...

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