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Anesthesia a la Reine

21 Sep 2022

Queen Victoria was the first monarch to give birth to a child under anesthesia. Prince Leopold, the Queen鈥檚 eighth child, was born in 1853 after her physician Dr. John Snow had administered...

The Neuro Emotional Technique Is a Bizarre Hybrid of Chiropractic, Acupuncture, and Applied Kinesiology

16 Sep 2022

In April of 2020, at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, a documentary film premiered on YouTube and its title could not have been more relevant: Stressed.

Period Pain Go Away, Come Again Another Day

16 Sep 2022

Periods can be painful. They can be inconvenient. They can be exhausting. They can be distracting....

Odysseus鈥 Snowdrop Odyssey

14 Sep 2022

Circe was the sorceress in Greek mythology who drugged Odysseus鈥 crew to make them forget their homeland, then proceeded to turn the men into swine. When Odysseus set out to rescue his crew, he...

When To Take Your Blood Pressure Meds

12 Sep 2022

This article was originally posted in the Montreal Gazette.

Eric Feigl-Ding, the Epidemiologist Who Moves Fast and Breaks Things

9 Sep 2022

The tweet that catapulted him to stardom began with the all-caps exclamation, 鈥淗OLY MOTHER OF GOD.鈥 This is not language we expect from scientists on Twitter, and certainly not something we would...

Acupressure for the Hiccups: Cure or Placebo?

9 Sep 2022

Whether you are in a quiet library, giving an important presentation, or showing up to a first date, hiccups always seem to come up at the worst times. Folklore tells us that hiccups happen when...

The Yummy Hype of Nutrigenomics

2 Sep 2022

Should you let your genes decide what you eat? The field of nutrigenomics certainly leans in that direction. Frustratingly, there are two sides to nutrigenomics. On the one hand, it is a research...

There's More to COVID聽than the Death Rate

27 Jul 2022

This article was originally posted in the Montreal Gazette.

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