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Paying Attention to My Own Lectures

26 Feb 2026

鈥淚t builds muscle!鈥 That鈥檚 the usual answer I get when I ask in class about the importance of protein in the diet. Sort of correct since muscles are indeed composed mostly of protein, but the...

Rare Blood Clots After Certain COVID Vaccines, Explained

19 Feb 2026

The light at the end of the pandemic tunnel was marred by a worrying shadow. As the COVID-19 vaccines were rolled out, headlines fuelled anxiety: some people were developing life-threatening blood...

The Gold Rush of Testosterone Replacement Therapy

12 Feb 2026

If you鈥檝e never injected yourself with dog semen, don鈥檛 worry: someone has done it for you.

The Placebo Myth Picked the Wrong War

5 Feb 2026

There鈥檚 a medical myth with which a friend of mine and I have become obsessed: this idea that scientific research into the 鈥減lacebo effect鈥 began in earnest during World War II. As I鈥檝e written...

Dr. Michael Greger鈥檚 Bias Is Food for Thought

29 Jan 2026

How can we distinguish between a sufficiently objective science communicator and an advocate? Communicating science to the public means choosing scientific papers, reading them, and appraising...

The Costco Hot Dog鈥.Decisions鈥.Decisions

29 Jan 2026

So, there I was at Costco looking at their special of a quarter pound hot dog and soft drink for $1.50. A good deal financially to be sure. These days I have hot dogs rarely, but I still have fond...

Bacteria are Fearsome, Especially When Weaponized

23 Jan 2026

This article was first published in The Montreal Gazette.聽...

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