Cheeky Monkey UPDATE!: Reader Zach Crunches Some Research For Us On Stomach Flu
Now that cold+flu season is in full swing, I thought it would be a plus to the site for one of our commenters to have his say come up in a post.
Our pal Zach had a very detailed read of one of the full studies cited in the Cheeky Monkey Stomach Flu post awhile back.
He was nice enough to cook down some of the conclusions into his comment which
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How Science Reporting Works
Funny, but
Posted by Will on 01/13/10 | Comments (0) | Email to a friend |
And Now For Something Completely Different: Health Promotion Fail
Free Gas or Free Meth is a tough choice.
Most kids are energetic enough as it is, though.
But hey,
Posted by Will on 09/30/09 | Comments (0) | Email to a friend |
Two Inhalation-Based Nanoparticle Deaths In China
Without increased precautions, these are probably the first of many confirmed cases in the future of death due to nanoparticle exposure.
It's a terrible thing to have been right about, but here's the original article where we called exactly this type of health risk about ~2 years ago: Nanotech Ultra...
Posted by Will on 09/ 6/09 | Comments (0) | Email to a friend |
What The World Needs Now ... Is A Prion Killer
-Hopefully one that won't kill everything else.
These odd little assassins are the things that eventually kill you in all Creutzfeldt-Jakob diseases, like Mad Cow Disease, and my personal favorite: Kuru.
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Echinacea Is Cat's Butt At Restoring Prairies, Not So At Fixing Colds. -Unless ...
-Bummer.
If you believe that study.
There may be light at the end of the tunnel, though...
This post by UVA Med + Turner himself reveals
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TOUCHDOWNNNNNN!!! Cargill Gets Stevia Past Los Federales. -TRUVIA Is Here!!!
FINALLY you don't have to go out all the way to the Health Food Store to get your hands on some non-lethal, non-sugar sweetener.
Years and years after the Nutrasweet corporation helped to scuttle Stevia into the "Supplements" category, even though it's been on the GRAS list in Europe for quite awhile, it -or at least MegaCorp Cargill's version of the sweetener is now GRAS as far as El Fed is concerned.
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Can Burton Water Salts Cure Sensitive Teeth?
I soon found myself having very sensitive teeth.
I'd heard something awhile back about how even though it's sterile and clean, that actually drinking Distilled or Deionized Water is really bad for you.
And on another forum through some weird coincidence, it turns out a guy was killing his plants by watering them with distilled water.
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Review: Zevia, the Soda With Stevia
Okay, this one’s been on the shelf and now the hot weather is officially here, I thought it was time to send it out.
Awhile back, I noticed a google ad here on the site and thought, “Soda with Stevia? -NO WAY!” -I immediately shot out an email & Stacey Fujimura + the good folks at Zevia sent us out a sixpack of their soda.
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The G-Shot. Not Gardasil, But Definitely A Shpot Heard 'Round The World
In another notch down the ratchet of our increasingly Britney-fied culture, Ladies who had long-ago abandoned their prim but sassy Doris Day dresses for -well maybe not Christina Aguilera Underpants
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Stephen Colbert Makes Dean Kamen Remove Doritos From Water
Posted by Will on 05/15/08 | Comments (0) | Email to a friend |
TRIPLE FRAK!!! =>Rocket Fuel In Water. EPA Sez, "What, me worry?"
Wait, what was that about buying a really good home water filter?
I could fantasize about the Rocket Fuel functioning like
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Aw, >>FRAK<< ! -Canucks Bork Nalgene. Thanks, Bisphenol A!!!
Our neighbors to the north in their perpetual re-bid to be a haven for pot smokers, asian prostitutes, odd guys named Doug, expatriated French-holes and to remain the red-headed stepchild of socialst Sweden have struck YET AGAIN!!!!
Damn you, Canada! -Singlehandedly pounding the Nalgene Nunc company by outlawing polycarbonate drinking vessels made using Bisphenol A.
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Nero; -I Mean Teh EPA Sez No 'Known' Ill Effects from PPCPs In Water
"There are no known human health effects from such low-level exposures in drinking water"
O RLY?
Posted by Will on 04/23/08 | Comments (0) | Email to a friend |
Residual Antibiotics, Hormones found in Public Water
And though CityNews has clarified for us some of the snow types not to eat (yellow is still bad, btw), AP’s national investigation team has discovered some stuff may be making its way into the water, -particularly unmetabolized birth control hormones and other
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Ben & Jerry's Wants Hormone Labeling on Ice Cream
Now, I am never one to advocate looking into an Industrial Sausage Press, or a Hot Dog Factory. -Because sometimes, you really don't want to
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ACHTUNGUNTZEE! -Crest Pro-Health Mouthwash and Brown Spots
"Crest Pro-Health Mouthwash turned my teeth brown! And on top of that, I can't taste anything! I can't believe this stuff is even
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