fountain of youth /oss/taxonomy/term/4280/all en If You’re Getting Old, You Can Blame Klotho /oss/article/medical-critical-thinking/if-youre-getting-old-you-can-blame-klotho <p>There is no shortage of stories professing the existence of a Fountain of Youth somewhere in the world, always just out of reach. Bathing in its water was claimed to undo the damage of old age. Nowadays, if we are to listen to the hype emanating from the scientific literature, it seems the Fountain of Youth was inside of us all along.</p> Fri, 29 Sep 2023 13:58:22 +0000 Jonathan Jarry M.Sc. 9668 at /oss So You Want to Pop Into a Hyperbaric Oxygen Chamber to Rid Yourself of Wrinkles? /oss/article/health-pseudoscience/so-you-want-pop-hyperbaric-oxygen-chamber-rid-yourself-wrinkles <p>Would you step into a pressurized cylinder to get rid of your wrinkles? A writer for <i>The Daily Mail </i>did in 2018 and<a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-6300731/Would-brave-oxygen-capsule-banish-wrinkles-SARAH-BARCLAY-gives-verdict-HBOT.html"> her report</a>, which reads more like an ad for the centre offering the service, claims she felt invigorated after spending an hour lying down reading a magazine. Shocking. The following day, no sign of puffiness and her complexion glowed.</p> Wed, 15 Jan 2020 22:36:56 +0000 Jonathan Jarry M.Sc. 8079 at /oss