Ever step on a rusty nail? It was, in all likelihood, rapidly followed by your parents dragging you to the doctor鈥檚 office for a painful (but safe!) tetanus shot. The memory of my first tetanus...
It鈥檚 important to understand what shingles is. Shingles is essentially a reactivation of chickenpox. Chickenpox is a bit of a misnomer. The 鈥減ox鈥� ending refers to its blistering rash. For much of...
Ali Maow of Somalia has the distinction of being the world鈥檚 last recorded victim of smallpox, a disease he acquired in 1977. 聽For the first time ever, through a program of vaccination and...
I often ask myself questions. 鈥淚s that a fact?鈥� is perhaps the one that crops up most frequently. That鈥檚 because no day goes by without someone soliciting my opinion about an item they have come...
The more you get involved with science, especially when it comes to matters of health, the more you realize how hard it is to 鈥渒now鈥� anything. Basically we end up making educated guesses based on...
Academic freedom is sacrocent in institutions of higher learning. According to standards adopted by Canadian universities, academic freedom includes the right to freely communicate knowledge and...
About one thing there is no doubt. Jenny McCarthy is a very pretty lady. After all she rose to fame as a Playboy Playmate. She has also had a fling with modelling, TV and movies. And she is...
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