Food articles that feature 'medicine'

Summer and sun allergy

Last Thursday's column. Many Caucasians look forward to the summer as though it were Christmas. After cold and dreary winters, they get excited over the thought of sunny beaches … (more...)

Faces of death

After a long weekend of hearing and reading nothing but remembering the dead, I found myself musing about the concept of death itself – its significance in culture, law and religion. … (more...)

Incredible medical research

Incredible medical research

In the late 1980s, I suffered from undiagnosed bleeding that four gynecologists concluded was caused by hormonal imbalance. One of those four doctors prescribed Premarin, a Wyeth … (more...)

Cure for head lice and some interesting trivia

Doc Emer wrote about the relation of lice with the immune system and Batjay posted a rejoinder about an elevator experience in Singapore with a woman with head lice. That made … (more...)

Religion and science

Religion and science

The death of John Travolta’s teenaged son, Jett, sparked speculations that Jett was autistic and that his death could have been prevented had his parents allowed conventional … (more...)

Suffering from chemical imbalance?

A recent report from the Associated Press is scaring the bejesus out of many iPod users. It seems that digital virus is not something you can only get by downloading porn movies … (more...)