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Laughter truly is 'the best medicine'. Take a happy pill, humour heals, it hurts when I laugh, a stitch in time saves nine...we have heard them all or just about - Shilo Zylbergold

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Who Reads Drug Package Inserts? It Ain't Us

Jan 7, 2023 - Do you read the medicine information leaflet before you take medication? Most of us don’t, probably because the list of side-effects of even the humble paracetamol is scary as hell and the yards of print make you lose the will to live - Ann Robinson

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It's All Right if You Can't Remember

Aug 29, 2022 - Nobody asked me, but I truly believe that forgetfulness is a useful survival tool - Shilo Zylbergold

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The Pox is On Us

Jul 7, 2022 - Monkey pox is actually a distant relative of the smallpox virus. Think of it as a long-lost, good-for-nothing nephew who has returned from nowhere, is now couch-surfing in your living room, and won’t leave - Shilo Zylbergold

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Nobody Asked Me But: Probing The Ageless Male Syndrome

May 31, 2022 - In case you haven’t figured it out yet, the phenomenon he is experiencing here comes as a result of andropause, the male equivalent of menopause. Often referred to as “middle-age crisis,” this is the male’s futile last-ditch effort to grasp onto his youthful virility before inevitably slipping away into the fraternity of geezerhood - Shilo Zylbergold

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Fish Farms: A Panacea Gone Wrong

Mar 27, 2022 - So why all the concerns and fuss about a technology that was supposed to end world hunger and food shortage? When all is said and done, it comes down to a matter of health risks and environmental damage - Shilo Zylbergold

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Immunocompromised: The Other Pandemic

Jan 9, 2022 - Let’s face it; you are the poster child for the unwitting victim of the pandemic. You might as well have a front and side view photo of yourself on a “most wanted” notice at the local Covid post office. Your suppressed immune system is like a welcome mat placed out in front of the marauding minions of non-cellular particles - Shilo Zylbergold

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AntiVaxxers: The Fight for Freedom Against Logic

Nov 24, 2021 - What I don’t understand is how the anti-vaxxers have convinced themselves that governments all over the globe are conspiring to put aside their ideological differences in order to impose the vaccine on the world’s population - Shilo Zylbergold