Today many different press reports say, one way or another: “A U.S. study found physicians who listen to Mozart while doing colonoscopies increase their detection rates of precancerous polyps, researchers say.” That particular quote is from UPI, whose story carries the headline “Mozart may improve doctors’ colon results“. That UPI story can, equally well, support the […]
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Medical alert: Mountain Herpes
A biomedical alert, or perhaps a breakthrough, is announced on the Seacoast Natural Health company’s web site. The initial report is light on details; presumably more information will arrive soon. This is what they say for now: Joy Of Mountain Herpes Treatments, Benefits & Side Effects Research Joy Of Mountain Herpes with our natural health encyclopedia and […]
A man who pricked his finger & smelled putrid
Four doctors in Wales [at the hospital pictured below] rose to fame because of a man who pricked his finger and smelled putrid for five years. The doctors were hit nose-on with one of the most baffling medical mysteries on record. It all started with a chicken. The case ended happily – yet mysteriously – […]
Provocative cell phone & semen study
A group of researchers at Medical University of Graz, Austria and Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada invite you to consider cell phones and semen. You may be dubious about claims that cell phones cause cancer and various other ills. In that you would be in broad company — nearly all of the scientists who carefully looked […]