The approval process for pesticides allows the companies that make pesticides to keep studies secret on whether those pesticides cause cancer, or whether those studies…
Canada just released their new food guide, and it’s not just about food!
Canada’s new food guide looks good: Lots of fruits, veggies, plants, and whole grains. But what also catches my attention is that it isn’t…
Perhaps an early Alzheimers Diagnosis is just another a wake-up call for you to improve your lifestyle habits – or better yet, improve your life before the diagnosis
So a team from UCSF has created an artificial intelligence capable of predicting alzheimer development six years down the road with over 90% accuracy. But…
Want some gluten-free wheat?
An Italian company has invented a way of treating wheat so that it no longer contains the allergens that celiac (gluten-allergy) patients react to. That…
Slander and bad research: how are honeybees really treated?
I am a hobby-beekeeper. And I can tell you this much: what I know makes claims that modern beekeeping practices kill bees sound like bad…
Surgery and the placebo effect
Yes, there are definitely many cases in which surgery is a justifiable and helpful measure. But there are also many cases in which surgery is…
Lifestyle, not genetics, determines how likely you are to get sick
Manche Menschen scheinen ständig krank zu sein, andere scheinen nie krank zu werden. In bestimmten Familien geht es in endlosen Kreisen um den Haushalt, oder…