/oss/taxonomy/term/5843/all en /oss/article/medical-critical-thinking-health-and-nutrition/twisting-facts-about-cancer <p>Let’s start with some facts. Antiperspirants, cell phones, root canals or wired bras do not cause cancer. Sugar or dairy products do not “feed” the disease. You cannot cure cancer with an alkaline diet, crystals, juices, shark cartilage, apricot pits, magnets, mistletoe, soursop, chlorella, black walnuts, coconut oil, cesium chloride, reiki, psychic surgery, baking soda, antineoplastons, bioresonance machines, orgone accumulators, Rife frequency generators or coffee enemas.</p> Wed, 08 May 2024 19:16:23 +0000 Joe Schwarcz PhD 9940 at /oss /oss/article/medical-pseudoscience/homeopathy-scientifically-implausible <hr /> <p><em>This article was first published in the <a href="https://montrealgazette.com/opinion/columnists/the-right-chemistry-homeopathy-is-scientifically-implausible">Montreal Gazette</a>.</em></p> Fri, 12 Jan 2024 18:23:31 +0000 Joe Schwarcz PhD 9801 at /oss /oss/article/health-and-nutrition/sweating-out-hype-over-finnish-sauna <p>What are children introduced to, on average, at the age of four and a half months? Your answer will vary depending on where you are from. In Finland, <a href="https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1749-6632.1997.tb51764.x" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">the answer</a> is the sauna.</p> Sat, 04 Dec 2021 09:00:00 +0000 Jonathan Jarry M.Sc. 8942 at /oss