March 13, 2024 Dermatology The social media influencers peddling and promoting the ‘Sephora kids’ fad/obsession with skin care products to young children and tweens are acting like child predators.
October 10, 2023 Alternative Medicine Canadians are travelling to Mexico for Lyme disease treatments. That worries health experts. Chronic disease outcome not of bacterial origin but as a consequence of immune function gone awry.
September 21, 2023 General information Life is for living and not obsessing over striving for immortality a la The Man Who Thinks He Can Live Forever. He would be the only human in the history of our species to accomplish this if he succeeds. Good luck with that.
August 31, 2023 General information Nearly half of dog owners are hesitant to vaccinate their pets. Some believe their dogs will develop autism. I kid you not.
July 25, 2023 Junk Science No, drinking borax will not contribute to better health despite TikTok videos’ claims to the contrary. But you will have some exceptionally colourful blue-green vomit amidst the other unpleasant and potentially life threatening outcomes.
June 28, 2023 Alternative Medicine TikTokers tout berberine as ‘nature’s Ozempic.’ There is little to no evidence to support this claim.
June 12, 2023 Cancer/Oncology To sugar or to not sugar, that is the 50,000 soda-pop-can question. An excellent review from @GidMK that debunks a study’s claim using simple math that sucralose (Splenda) is genotoxic, that is, it can cause cancer.
February 28, 2023 Cardiovascular Diesase Zero-calorie sweetener, Erythritol, associated with increased cardiovascular disease and stroke risk but it is rife with methodological flaws elegantly outlined and debunked by @Dr_Guess.
January 27, 2023 Epidemiology Canadian study reports on COVID-19 misinformation and its health outcome consequences.