Salt (No, not the Movie)
Well, great news from the Globe and Mail today, as the government is getting rid of people advocating getting salt out of our diets so they can be replaced with…
Health
Measles
I just watched CBC’s wonderful “fart in the mist”-sized Wendy Mesley do a measles-oriented video piece on Autism and the MMR Vaccine. The piece was quite good (as compared to…
Brewery Lobby in Full Force
The big brewery lobby has managed to find a friend in the National Post. Recently, regulations would require the beer industry to include allergens on their beer labels : Industry…
Portugal — Drug Experiment
Portugal must be a social conservative's worst nightmare. For one, they decriminalized possession of narcotics ten years ago, increased treatment for addiction and targeted their criminal prosecution efforts solely on…
The force (of the inquisition) is strong, ObiWan.
Women are inferior. Conservatives are criminals. Homosexuals are sinners. Catholics are doomed to hell. Homeopathy is sham. What! Hold on! Homeopathy is a sham? (Nod to Woodshed for the opening-line…
Margarine, healthy yet again.
Holly shit! Margarine (aka shortening and hydrogenated oil) is a health food again. Two little babies, lying in bedOne was sick and the other ‘most deadSent for the doctor and…
Homeopathy and CBC’s Marketplace
I watched CBC’s Marketplace show on homeopathy entitled Pro or Con. It was a hatchet job. I am no believer in homeopathy. Still, I do not show distain for those…
On Mental Health
This past week, a man by the name of Steven Michael Kokotec was taken to hospital for psychiatric reasons, and after being released, he jumped off a ten story parking…
ear pain today, brains tomorrow
Perplexity is the beginning of knowledgeKhalil GibranThere are things that seem to sneak up and make you say what the hell? How does that happen? Why? And these things are…
Dinner is Nearly on the Table
Last week I received a query from a pregnant woman who saw a documentary called ' Earthlings'. The video upset her so much that she asked how to embrace a…
Dinner is Nearly on the Table
Last week I received a query from a pregnant woman who saw a documentary called ‘ Earthlings’. The video upset her so much that she asked how to embrace a…
Dinner is Nearly on the Table
Last week I received a query from a pregnant woman who saw a documentary called ' Earthlings'. The video upset her so much that she asked how to embrace a…
Dinner is Nearly on the Table
Last week I received a query from a pregnant woman who saw a documentary called ‘ Earthlings’. The video upset her so much that she asked how to embrace a…
Fluoridation, again
Calgary may once again have a chance to get added fluoride out of our water supply. I found this to be a good site arguing against fluoridation. I don’t have…
Herbal Medicine may be risky for kids
Herbal medicine may be risky for kids, says a CBC headline. "Perhaps the most serious harm occurs when effective therapies are replaced by ineffective alternative therapies," he said. "In that…
Control Group
I want somebody to pay me a million bucks to state the obvious. I can prove that black is darker than white, for example. Or that cars can go faster…
Savage Review of Alberta Health Care
Enlightened Savage wanted some debate on these points. Not enough experienced and trained medical professionals, incl. family doctors Misuse/overuse of the system for non-essential services Lack of care for the…
75 per cent of women think their vaginas are ugly
New research in Australia has emerged that has found that the vast majority of women in Australia think of their vaginas as unattractive. And that’s putting it lightly. In a…
Bill 17: De-democratizing healthcare
My time lately has been consumed by two grad courses, an active full-time job and home and family commitments. But one emergent and urgent issue has forced me to tend…
misery loves company?
the smoke has followed us to Ft. St. James...we are running out of places to run to. “Hell is truth seen too late - duty neglected in its season” Tryon…