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What is hyperbaric oxygen therapy?

20 Mar 2017

Hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) is the process by which a patient is given 100% pure oxygen in a chamber that has been set at a very high pressure (about two or three times the pressure you find...

Lead in Our Drinking Water

20 Mar 2017

The Romans had a sweet tooth, but didn鈥檛 know about sugar. So they boiled down grape juice to make a sweet syrup called 鈥渟apa鈥 which they added to wine, as well as to various foods. The acidic...

Can Copper Bracelets Help with Arthritis?

20 Mar 2017

Diseases, such as arthritis, which have no known cure often drive sufferers to what orthodox science might call "questionable treatments." The wearing of copper bracelets to ease the symptoms of...

Can Beta Blockers Help with Stage Fright?

20 Mar 2017

Stage fright has nothing to do with talent. Barbara Streisand, for example, is loaded with talent and yet fears appearing on stage. Some people just don鈥檛 like the focus that the stage or podium...

Is it true that onions can absorb bacteria?

20 Mar 2017

The most fascinating thing about the email that circulates about the curative properties and dangers of onions is that some people give it credence. Why would anyone believe some unsubstantiated...

Can walnuts reduce the risk of heart disease?

20 Mar 2017

Want to reduce your risk of heart disease? The California Walnut Commission makes it simple. Eat Walnuts. And the U.S. Food and Drug Administration agrees. Sort of. The following claim is allowed...

What is "meat glue"?

20 Mar 2017

So what exactly is this 鈥渕eat glue?鈥 Rest assured that no horses were condemned to the glue factory to produce it. What we鈥檙e talking about is an enzyme called transglutaminase that allows a...

What is snus?

20 Mar 2017

Snus, pronounced snoos, is a smokeless form of tobacco which is produced and used essentially only in Norway and Sweden. Snus is typically placed under the upper lip, either as loose tobacco,...

What is macular degeneration?

20 Mar 2017

You probably won't like this advice. Eat more spinach! I can hear the yucks already, but listen up and maybe you'll see things my way. And seeing is what we're talking about. I bet that Popeye didn...

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