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Searching for the Fountain of Youth

Lecture given by Dr. Joe Schwarcz

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...

Facial Filler, Reversibility, and the Science We Don鈥檛 See

23 Jan 2026

I talked about Botox a lot in 2025. Which, in the social circles of a 22-year-old woman, raises a fair question: why? We don鈥檛 have wrinkles yet. Our frontal lobes aren鈥檛 even finished developing....

Gua Sha Is Exotic Wellness That Leaves a Mark

8 Jan 2026

When sales go stale, embrace the romanticism of exoticism....

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