On the 鈥淭he Current,鈥� the CBC鈥檚 national morning show, Dr. Heather Boon, Dean of Pharmacy at the University of Toronto, and I had a chance to express our views on the proposed study she is...
Sometimes you can evaluate a person鈥檚 scientific acumen by a single comment they utter. This is the case with Catherine Sugrue who labels herself a 鈥渉olistic nutritionist rockstar.鈥� Of course...
I was asked by a salesman for the "Magnesphere" Company to take a look at their magnetic system that is supposed to treat various conditions. The people who hosted me made no claims other than that...
While some people are looking to stockpile Tamiflu in case the bird flu strikes, a few others are placing their bets on a foul concoction with a folkloric history of curing everything from AIDS and...
The "Food Babe," a lady who blogs about food issues, is a continuous source of comic relief for the scientifically minded but for many members of the public she is a respected "whistleblower" who...
Did Eve eat an apple to have a better sex life with Adam? One might come to that conclusion after reading a paper published in the Archives of Gynaecology and Obstetrics with the alluring title ...
If it quacks 鈥ell it can鈥檛 quack anymore because its liver was removed by a homeopathic 鈥渞emedy鈥� producer. And that duck liver is enough to provide the world with 鈥淥scillococcinum鈥� for years....
These days an array of books, magazines, websites and numerous bloggers promote a variety of flakey 鈥渄etox鈥� schemes. Our pal Vani believes in a concoction made from celery, cilantro, cucumber,...
In the view of the vast majority of scientists, and certainly mine, any claim that homeopathic preparations have an effect beyond placebo is pure bunk. Homeopathic solutions are diluted to an...
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