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Korean Convenience Store Buffet ACHTUNG!!! -US Food-borne Illnesses Cost $152B!

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So; hrm, next time you're deciding whether or not to microwave that affordable steam-tray roadkill
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Posted by Will on 03/ 7/10 | Comments (0) | Email to a friend | AddThis Social Bookmark Button

Cheeky Monkey UPDATE!: Reader Zach Crunches Some Research For Us On Stomach Flu

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Fellow mV-ers, Check this out:

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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Posted by Will on 02/12/10 | Comments (0) | Email to a friend | AddThis Social Bookmark Button


How Science Reporting Works

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Funny, but

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Posted by Will on 01/13/10 | Comments (0) | Email to a friend | AddThis Social Bookmark Button

And Now For Something Completely Different: Health Promotion Fail

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Free Gas or Free Meth is a tough choice.
Most kids are energetic enough as it is, though.
But hey,

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Posted by Will on 09/30/09 | Comments (0) | Email to a friend | AddThis Social Bookmark Button

Two Inhalation-Based Nanoparticle Deaths In China

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Two women are dead in China as a result of nanoparticle inhalation exposure of almost a year.

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...

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Posted by Will on 09/ 6/09 | Comments (0) | Email to a friend | AddThis Social Bookmark Button

Hey Readers! Help Us Choose a New Website Name!

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UPDATE!: Thanks To Everyone Who Voted!

Hi guys! It's time for a little change, and we Need Your Help!

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Posted by Will on 05/19/09 | Comments (0) | Email to a friend | AddThis Social Bookmark Button

What The World Needs Now ... Is A Prion Killer

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Now that they've been linked to some cases of Alzheimer's, we need a prion-killer more than ever.

-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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Posted by Will on 03/ 3/09 | Comments (0) | Email to a friend | AddThis Social Bookmark Button

Echinacea Is Cat's Butt At Restoring Prairies, Not So At Fixing Colds. -Unless ...

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According to this study by Turner & Pals, Echinacea is not effective against the common cold.

-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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Posted by Will on 01/22/09 | Comments (0) | Email to a friend | AddThis Social Bookmark Button

TOUCHDOWNNNNNN!!! Cargill Gets Stevia Past Los Federales. -TRUVIA Is Here!!!

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OLÉÉÉÉÉÉÉÉÉÉÉ!!!!!

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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Posted by Will on 12/29/08 | Comments (0) | Email to a friend | AddThis Social Bookmark Button

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