In previous articles, I’ve discussed the central role false advertising played in the creation of the opioid crisis.1 To recap, a single paragraph in a 1980 letter to the editor2,3 (not a study) in The New England Journal of Medicine — which stated that narcotic addiction in patients with no history of addiction was very… Read More: Dr. Mercola’s Attackers Sued for Role in ‘Crime of the… »
Shocking pictures show a six-year-old boy fighting for his life in hospital with a rare disease linked to COVID-19. Three weeks after Oliver Patterson tested positive for the virus, he began to feel lethargic, had pains in his tummy and refused to eat, The Sun reports. The youngster was taken to hospital in Dartford, England… Read More: Shocking photo of boy’s rare COVID reaction »
A randomised clinical trial found that Black justice-involved women who took part in an intervention to prevent STIs and HIV were 54% less likely to be diagnosed with an STI and reported 38% fewer acts of condomless anal and vaginal sex compared to the control group over one year of follow-up. The intervention featured themes… Read More: Culturally tailored intervention results in fewer STIs and less condomless… »
WHEN it comes to cookies, Angela McArthur has one rule. The chunkier, the better. In February, McArthur decided to turn her baking hobby into a business with the launch of Chunky Boiz Cookie Co. Super chunky, with a perfect ratio of softness and crunchiness, the cookies are known as New York-style, although she has coined… Read More: Chunky Boiz get tongues wagging with New York cookies »