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How worried should we be about myocarditis?

1 Oct 2021

This article was originally published in the Montreal Gazette

Can the Flu Vaccine Also Help With COVID-19?

1 Oct 2021

Bonus features on a DVD or Blu-ray disc (remember those?) are nice, but we don鈥檛 expect them from vaccines. As the novel coronavirus hurtled through communities in 2020 and no specific vaccine was...

What is Guarana?

30 Sep 2021

The Amazon is a dangerous place, with jaguars, anacondas and piranhas in constant search for their next meal, but you would not have anything to fear from guarana.聽It isn鈥檛 a predator, it鈥檚 a woody...

Zeroing in on the Cause of Multiple Chemical Sensitivity

25 Sep 2021

Sometimes, science doesn鈥檛 give you the answer you wanted. You may be certain you know what is causing a mysterious phenomenon, but a well-done scientific experiment denies you that satisfaction...

Is there any validity to the claim that some people are 鈥渉uman magnets,鈥 with their bodies able to attract an assortment of objects?

24 Sep 2021

Leonid Tenkaev and his wife claim that the nuclear accident at Chernobyl in Ukraine transformed them into human magnets. Pictures of the couple show spoons, keys and even irons sticking to their...

Food for thought about healthier eating

17 Sep 2021

This article was originally published in the Montreal Gazette

Finding a Paper on PubMed Does Not Mean the Paper Is Any Good

10 Jun 2021

As more and more people 鈥渄o their own research,鈥 some end up consulting a website called PubMed. An argument I have encountered is that if a scientific paper is listed on PubMed, it must mean this...

Acai Aye Aye Aye

20 Mar 2017

The city of Belem in northern Brazil has a population of about 2,000,000.聽 It would be very interesting to find out if its inhabitants have an unusually low incidence of illnesses such as cancer,...

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