A couple of months ago, I was sitting in a room full of science writers and communicators when I heard something that made my evidence-loving ears perk up: a “science-backed” natural health product...
Imagine you are sitting in a nine-hour meeting and your vote will help decide if a new cancer screening test gets approved in your country. The test under consideration breaks the mould: from a...
Scroll through social media for five minutes and you'll be told your round face isn't a face shape, it's a hormone problem. But is “cortisol face” real, or is it just a very good sales pitch?...
Rapunzel is a fairytale that owes its origins to pregnancy cravings. Pregnant with her first child, the story begins with Rapunzel’s mother experiencing an all-consuming craving for the herb...
At the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, the name of a drug most people had never heard of before was suddenly on everyone’s lips. An off-patent antiparasitic blessed by the World Health...
I must admit that I have never seen a “Wolverine” movie even though Hugh Jackman is one of my favourite performers. He was fantastic in the Broadway revival of The Music Man, excellent in The...
You’re scrolling through your Facebook feed when you encounter a link to a video that promises to reveal the true cause of something that’s been ailing you for years. You’ve been to the doctor but...
“Barbie Peptide.” Why “Barbie” and why “peptide?” Barbie, the iconic little polyvinyl chloride (PVC) doll with the bronzed skin, svelte waistline and sexy figure first appeared in toy stores in...
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