January 21, 2013

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Surgery, chemotherapy and radiation lower the mortality rate from cancer, whereas reliance on homeopathic remedies is a death sentence. The University of Calgary’s Tom Flanagan, on why the scientific method matters.
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“By granting self-regulation, we’re attesting, as elected representatives, to the public that we believe the practices that will be engaged in by professionals are safe and that they’re effective and that they meet the highest possible standard.
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Among the dubious pleasures of self-isolation is listening to a seemingly endless stream of TV doctors as well as celebrities happy to share their health tips. Who should we believe? When assessing such claims, Steve Hoffman prescribes a healthy dose of skepticism mixed with some basic medical literacy.
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The 100-mile diet is folly. Only someone disconnected from reality in Kitsilano would think and pretend to eat, otherwise. Environmental scientist and Fraser Institute Senior Fellow reviews The Locavore’s Dilemma: In praise of the 100-mile diet.
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Covid-19 has stimulated medical entrepreneurship, with bogus virus remedies doing a brisk business. The U.S. FDA reports it has rejected more than 90 quack cures. Johnathan Kay warns that while we might live in an age of conspiracy theories, medical conspiracy theories seem especially tangible and can have life-and-death consequences.
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The heart and soul of the organic movement is the non-scientific belief in vitalism. Problem: Vitalism as a belief system has been effectively debunked for decades, if not since the early 19th century. Mark Hanson, from the University of Manitoba, takes on some organic myths and misconceptions.
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Imagine a picnic in the country with your family. Your children find some mushrooms while they play—and which you make sure they don’t eat. Heather Boon, Professor and the Associate Dean of the Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Toronto dissects some myths about “natural” products.
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In over 30 years, there is not one documented case of harm to humans, animals or the environment from genetically modified organisms. But you wouldn’t know that from the fear-mongering anti-GMO movement. Alan McHughen, from the department of botany and plant sciences at the University of California, Riverside fills in the missing facts on GMOs.

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