/oss/taxonomy/term/1175/all en /oss/article/health-pseudoscience/reflexology-research-doesnt-put-its-best-foot-forward <p>Imagine you have appendicitis. You are rushed to the hospital where a surgeon needs to operate on you to remove your appendix which is full of bacteria and ready to burst. Only, instead of a classically trained surgeon, you are operated on by a doctor who studied the Morrell method of surgery, where they were taught the appendix is in the right thigh. Meanwhile, at a hospital across town, a different surgeon uses the Vaxuflex method of surgery, which uses a map of the body where the appendix is underneath the clavicles. One thing both surgeons agree on: they can help you.</p> Fri, 07 May 2021 22:04:48 +0000 Jonathan Jarry M.Sc. 8724 at /oss /oss/article/health/hand-dryers-or-paper-towel-question <p>How many times have you washed your hands in a public bathroom and searched in vain for a paper towel dispenser? Who wants to wait around while some electronic gizmo on the wall blows lukewarm air on your clammy hands. So you grab a piece of toilet paper in an effort to mimic the paper towel that should have been there. Not a great option given that later someone might just point to a piece of white globby paper plastered to your wrist. Why should the paper towel dispenser have been there? For the simple reason that paper is a better way to dry your hands than blowing air. Surprised?</p> Thu, 15 Aug 2013 23:16:44 +0000 Joe Schwarcz PhD 1999 at /oss