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The Rub on Vicks VapoRub

21 Mar 2025

I was forwarded a short video with the alluring title, “Miracles Happen When You Apply Vicks VapoRub to Your Feet.” The speaker tells us in a compelling tone that the miracle is about inducing...

Exclusive Videos Show Dr. Joe Mercola’s Dangerous Ideas Whipped up by Alleged Medium

18 Mar 2025

A full video from our Office is included at the bottom of this article, which includes clips from these exclusive video sessions.

The Medicinal Garden Kit Will Probably Not Save You

7 Feb 2025

The ad is quite confrontational. “The Plants That Will Disappear First in a Crisis.” Given the disaster that is unfolding in the United States right now, it caught my attention. In a crisis, the ad...

Magnesium is a Necessary Nutrient but It Does Not Perform Miracles

8 Jan 2025

The year was 1618, the place, Epsom, England. The farmer had just dug a well for his cows but the animals refused to drink the water. On tasting the water, he quickly discovered why. It was bitter!...

Quantum University Misuses Physics to Train Fake Doctors

3 Jan 2025

The current member of the Legislative Assembly for the British Columbia electoral district of Langley-Willowbrook is Ms. Jody Toor. I’m not veering off into political punditry; I’m writing this to...

The ShamWow Fallacy or How Placebos Were Redefined

27 Dec 2024

If I told you that an all-natural remedy performed just as well as a placebo in a clinical trial, how would you interpret that?...

The Telepathy Tapes Prove We All Want to Believe

13 Dec 2024

The Telepathy Tapes is a seven-hour podcast series that takes listeners on an incredible journey. Here is a summary of the show. A journalist taps into a community of parents of nonverbal autistic...

Bhattacharya To Decide the Fate of Medical Research

29 Nov 2024

An economist turned pandemic celebrity, who loudly and repeatedly advocated for mass infections with the coronavirus, has been nominated by Donald Trump as the new director of the National...

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