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Nobel鈥檚 Sugar Twist

6 Oct 2022

The 2022 Nobel Prize in chemistry is shared by Drs. Carolyn R. Bertozzi, Morten Meldal, and Barry Sharpless. Dr. Bertozzi鈥檚 pioneering innovation was built upon a path paved by Dr. Sharpless....

Does size matter when it comes to needles?

30 Sep 2022

Shots, jabs, pricks鈥攚hatever you call it, having a needle inserted into your body is not most people鈥檚 idea of a fun afternoon activity. Even if you don鈥檛 have a specific needle phobia, injection...

Do I tilt my head forwards or backwards during a nosebleed?

30 Sep 2022

In Netflix鈥檚 Stranger Things, Eleven develops a nosebleed whenever she harnesses her telekinetic powers. From crumpling a coke can to committing murder 鈥 the more exertion her psychokinesis...

Forget the Willow Bark Extract 鈥 Go For Aspirin

28 Sep 2022

Contrary to popular belief, aspirin does not occur in nature, it is not found in the willow tree. But there is a connection. Aspirin, or acetyl salicylic acid, was first produced commercially by...

This Sticky Pain Patch鈥檚 Science Hits a Sticky Patch

23 Sep 2022

鈥淭ake a few steps just to make the Devil mad! Hallelujah! That鈥檚 it, just move around a little bit, there she goes!鈥 Those were the words used by televangelist and soon-to-be-exposed-as-a-fraud...

鈥淛ansporting鈥: When it Saves Lives and When it Doesn鈥檛

23 Sep 2022

Back to school season usually evokes the image of new supplies 鈥 coloured highlighters, clean lab coats and lined paper, all packed nicely into students鈥 backpacks. On university campuses, however,...

Vitamin D is No Cure for COVID

23 Sep 2022

This article was originally posted in the Montreal Gazette....

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.

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