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    Stress and the Confusion Over if it Causes Disease

    Stress is bad.

    But trying to figure out why it is bad is pretty difficult. Part of the problem is, some people experience stress differently than others. Some people seem to slide right through life’s issues and come out the other side as if nothing happened. Other people, it seems, can have a major crisis

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    Puscast Podcast: A Non-Expert Review

    I speak a little Spanish, but just barely. Not even well enough to know the curse words, unfortunately. Basically I’m able to order food and chat about the weather. If I don’t panic when I miss a word or two, I usually understand enough to follow the broad themes of a conversation. I just

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    The Sad Saga Of Penelope Dingle Concludes - The 'Vulnerable' Prey Of Complementary And Alternative Medicine

    Although I’ve written on my own site about the case of Penelope Dingle before – it being a case from my home town and since her husband, Peter Dingle, was a regular figure in schools due to his health lectures – I had lost track of when the eventual findings would be

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    Wakefield and the MMR for Parents

    Originally published http://science-at-home.org/wakefield-mmr/

    I’ve written a few vaccine pieces for this blog when I think I can explain some of the basic science such as herd immunity and the chemistry of elements and compounds.  What has unfolded over the past few days is not about basic science, it

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    Why You Should Hate Weight Loss Tips

    It has been suggested to me, in the past, to use my education to help people learn about general nutrition. This is a disturbing task to undertake because people don’t want to hear about realities regarding health and nutrition, especially when everything they see seems to contradict each other. While it is true that navigating

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    Cinematic Appraisals: Scam or Science?


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    I’m a writer, which means that I have to spend a lot of time looking out for scams trying to take advantage of me.  There are fake agents, fake contests, and fake publishers who are all trying to get my money by promising me riches and fortune

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    Safe and Effective Skeptical Activism - The 10:23 Campaign

    At 10:23AM on 30 January 2010, the 10:23 Campaign staged a mass overdose of homeopathic “medicine” to protest the sale of homeopathy products in Boots pharmacies, especially under the Boots brand name. The event generated a considerable amount of media attention and increased public awareness of the nature of homeopathy, although it has

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    Sacred Cow: Caffeine

    Sacred cow (Wikipedia): “The term sacred cow has passed into the English language to mean an object or practice which is considered immune from criticism, especially unreasonably so.[32][33] The term is based on the popular understanding of the place of cows in Indian religions as objects that have to be

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    A Midsummer Night's Scheme

    “Tis now near five o’ the clock.

    Yon brilliant moss o’ fire, the golden sun,

    Hath just saluted with a blushing kiss

    That partner of his bed, the vasty sea”.

    When clouds are seen, wise men put on their cloaks;

    When great leaves fall, then winter is at hand;

    When the sun sets, who doth not look for night?

    Untimely storms makes

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    Des Liked: How To Argue With an Alternative Health Proponent, in Twenty One Mind-Numbing Steps

    Many of us can identify with this situation; you’re arguing with someone online about the efficacy of some alternative health treatment. You could be debating chiropractic, vaccines, or quantum energy healing, but one tactic is often the same; the person you’re chatting politely with suddenly throws down a barrage of links to studies that they

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