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The Adverse Effects of Genetically Modified Maize

March 16, 2020 Science

Prof Gilles-Eric Séralini of the University of Caen has published a peer-reviewed paper criticising the EU-funded 2-year feeding study on GM maize that claimed to show no adverse effects from the GM d…

Why Detoxification is Important

March 10, 2020 Food

Occasionally a doctor or a nutritionist will write an article and express the opinion that people do not need to use special diets or nutritional supplements to encourage the removal of toxins from th…

The Bee: “The Most Important Living Being on the Planet”

January 26, 2020 Science

Its sting hurts a lot, but if they were to disappear, it would hurt much more. The Earthwatch Institute concluded in the last debate of the Royal Geographical Society of London, that bees are the most…

Vitamin B12 Deficiency: What Is Pernicious Anaemia, and Why Can It Be So Dangerous?

November 1, 2019 Science

An estimated 6% of people in the US and UK suffer from vitamin B12 deficiency. The condition is recognised by the World Health Organisation as a global health problem that could impact millions of liv…

Plastic Apocalypse: Alarming Levels of Plastic Found in Children

September 24, 2019 Science

New studies are being published that detail high levels of dangerous microplastics had been detected in some of the most remote regions of the world. Another study warned microplastics are&n…

Cocaine and Modern Medicine: A Twist You Didn’t See Coming

September 17, 2019 Science

By now, you have probably heard many stories of how cocaine was used in the late 1800s and early 1900s. It was used in quack medicines, cocktails, stimulants, and even in soft drinks su…

‘We Don’t Know How Well Antidepressants Work’: Danish Study Blows Lid Off Flawed Medical Research

August 12, 2019 Science

Researchers from the Nordic Cochrane Centre have expressed alarm at research into the effectiveness of antidepressant medication, citing such degrees of widespread bias and systematic distortion that …

Bipolar Disorder: America Magnetized by Despair

May 24, 2019 Science

Looking at America today, you swing back and forth between two poles, both of them magnetized by despair. At one pole, you find yourself saying that things have never been as bad as this: we are in un…