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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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What's Next? Great Pacific Garbage Patch Dolls

What's Next? Great Pacific Garbage Patch Dolls

As governments and NGO’s scramble to find a solution to the dumping of plastic polymers in our oceans, the Great Pacific Garbage Patch continues to grow to a size rivaling one of the earth’s continents - Shilo Zylbergold

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'Cryptonite' Invades the Pacific Northwest

'Cryptonite' Invades the Pacific Northwest

Cryptococcus gattii, a virulent fungus that has invaded the Pacific Northwest is highly adaptive and warrants global "public health vigilance - Translational Genomics Research Institute

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Canada – No More Mr. Nice Guy

Canada – No More Mr. Nice Guy

Although dragging its feet well behind the rest of the world, Canada has finally passed legislation restricting the manufacture, import, sale, and use of asbestos-containing products - Shilo Zylbergold

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I Survived the Superbug, at Least for Now

I Survived the Superbug, at Least for Now

We have met the enemy and it is MRSA - Paul E. Sax MD

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To Flu Shot or Not

To Flu Shot or Not

Influenza is not merely an annoying bug that causes sniffles, fatigue, and sore muscles. If you are very young, old, or infirm, you make up the population that is most at risk. But will the flu shot really protect you? - Shilo Zylbergold

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Fountain of Youth

Fountain of Youth

True believers and skeptics on both sides of the fence are locked in a passionate debate as to the powers of vitamin infusions - Shilo Zylbergold

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Frankenfood

Frankenfood

The future is now and what’s out there already in terms of genetic engineering is just the tip of the iceberg - Dr. Wolfgang Frankenheimer

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Virtual Chemotherapy

Virtual Chemotherapy

Ever wondered what it would be like to undergo chemotherapy? Strap yourself in and come along on a virtual chemo ride

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Kratom: Jekyll or Hyde?

Kratom: Jekyll or Hyde?

Have you heard of the latest legal drug craze to hit a gas station near you? It’s called Kratom, and unlike bath salts, Spice or any of the synthetic, formerly ”legal” drugs on the DEA hit list, this one is entirely organic - David DiSalvo

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Thank God for Medicare

Thank God for Medicare

Considering I was born in the 6th month of the 49th year of the last century, you might say I had just won the jackpot in cancer’s Blotto 649