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Is there any validity to the claim that some people are 鈥渉uman magnets,鈥 with their bodies able to attract an assortment of objects?

24 Sep 2021

Leonid Tenkaev and his wife claim that the nuclear accident at Chernobyl in Ukraine transformed them into human magnets. Pictures of the couple show spoons, keys and even irons sticking to their...

Food for thought about healthier eating

17 Sep 2021

This article was originally published in the Montreal Gazette

Finding a Paper on PubMed Does Not Mean the Paper Is Any Good

10 Jun 2021

As more and more people 鈥渄o their own research,鈥 some end up consulting a website called PubMed. An argument I have encountered is that if a scientific paper is listed on PubMed, it must mean this...

4-Hydroxy-Trans-2-Nonenal and Frying

20 Mar 2017

If you feed varying amounts of trans-4-hydroxy-2-nonenal to rats, they develop kidney and liver problems and some may even die. So why should anyone care? Because this substance, which we will call...

Dr. Oz's Sweet Tooth

20 Mar 2017

Dr. Oz is talking and nutritionists are shuddering. It鈥檚 almost a daily occurrence. This time he is all excited about a sugar substitute that according to him does not have a 鈥渃hemical taste,鈥...

Want to Stop Aging? Mind your Telomeres.

20 Mar 2017

If you want to lengthen your life, you need to lengthen your telomeres. That鈥檚 the message from the marketers of a pricey dietary supplement called TA-65. How pricey? Try up to $4000 for a six...

Blueberries and Milk

20 Mar 2017

鈥淚 put blueberries and milk on my cereal in the morning. Which one should I give up?鈥

Cadmium Issues

20 Mar 2017

Shrek the friendly ogre delighted audiences in the 2010 movie hit 鈥淪hrek Forever After.鈥 But for fast food giant McDonald鈥檚, Shrek turned out to be a nightmare. As a cross promotional feature, the...

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