ACSH Science Dispatch
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Health scares seem to lurk around every corner these days. From "toxic" pesticides to "ultra-processed" foods and BPA, the list of things that can supposedly kill us is endless. How do you spot genuine threats amid all the clickbait? Join the American Council on Science and Health each week as we separate science fact from science fiction.
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Religion and Science—Friends, Enemies or Total Strangers?
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May 06, 2026 |
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Fighting Schizophrenia—With Bacon? How Ketosis May (Or May Not) Help Treat Psychosis
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Apr 27, 2026 |
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Can Everything Kill My Kids? Combating Viral Pseudoscience with Dr. Jess Steier
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Apr 14, 2026 |
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From Boom to Bust and Back: The Real Story of Nuclear Power’s Renaissance
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Mar 31, 2026 |
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Natural = Healthier? Busting Chemophobia Myths with Chemist Dr. Simon Maechling
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Mar 23, 2026 |
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What MAHA Gets Wrong About America's 'Healthy' Past
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Mar 16, 2026 |
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Some People Can't Enjoy Music. Science Has An Explanation
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Mar 02, 2026 |
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What's Radiation Therapy for Cancer Really Like? An Expert (And Patient) Explains
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Feb 24, 2026 |
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You May (But Probably Won't) Benefit From Fish Oil Supplements
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Feb 12, 2026 |
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Kīlauea Eruption: The Nasty Volcanic Chemical You Definitely Shouldn't Breathe
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Feb 10, 2026 |
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'No Magic Fix': Artificial Sweeteners Won't Save Your Life—But Won't Kill You Either
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Jan 27, 2026 |
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'Ultra-Processed' Food Isn't Driving A Disease Epidemic
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Jan 08, 2026 |
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Scromiting Your Way Into The ER. Another Downside of Marijuana Use
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Jan 06, 2026 |
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Gluten Sensitivity—Health Fad or Medical Condition?
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Dec 26, 2025 |
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Everything You Know About the 'Opioid Epidemic' Is Wrong
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Dec 22, 2025 |
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Dumb Luck Might Have Generated a Cancer Breakthrough
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Dec 15, 2025 |
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'Follow the Science'—a Useless Slogan?
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Dec 11, 2025 |
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10 Years Cancer-Free: Dr. Dinerstein’s Harrowing Survival Story
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Nov 28, 2025 |
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TRT—Masculine Cure-All for Aging Men, Or Another Health Fad?
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Nov 24, 2025 |
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Apple Cider Vinegar for Acid Reflux? No, It'll Just Cause A Stomach Ache
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Nov 13, 2025 |
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Future Vision—Fighting Blindness with Retinal Implants
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Nov 06, 2025 |
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Has Modern Life Wrecked Our Microbiome (And Our Health)?
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Nov 03, 2025 |
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Fiber Maxxers v Fiber Haters. Who Has Science On Their Side?
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Oct 30, 2025 |
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Public Health Lessons from Brazil's Alcohol Poisoning Outbreak
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Oct 27, 2025 |
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Food 'Addiction' Is an Unscientific Myth
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Oct 23, 2025 |
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Unleash GMO Ticks to Spread Meat Allergies? Idiocy From The Ivory Tower
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Oct 21, 2025 |
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Scrolling Our Way To Stupidity? How Technology Reshapes Our Thinking
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Oct 16, 2025 |
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Another Autism Scare? Breaking Down the Tylenol Hype
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Oct 14, 2025 |
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Is it Time to Ban Direct-to-Consumer Pharma Ads?
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Oct 02, 2025 |
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Listener Q&A—Genetics and Heart Disease. The Problem With 'Fragmented' Medicine
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Sep 30, 2025 |
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How Scientific is 'Gender-Affirming Care'?
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Sep 23, 2025 |
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Drug Legalization—The Answer to Our Overdose Epidemic? Dr. Jeffrey Singer
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Sep 09, 2025 |
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Protein Powders, Caffeine Pouches and Cold Plunges. Answering TikTok's Health Questions
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Sep 04, 2025 |
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Nitazenes—The Latest Illegal Opioids Wreaking Havoc on Public Health
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Sep 02, 2025 |
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'Breakfast Like A King'? More Calories In The Morning Might Help You Stay Slim
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Aug 28, 2025 |
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CT Scans—An Overlooked Cause of Cancer?
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Aug 26, 2025 |
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Harmful Mercury In Flu Shots? Nope. Here's The Chemistry You Should Know
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Aug 21, 2025 |
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High Fructose Corn Syrup—A Threat To Your Gut Microbiome?
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Aug 18, 2025 |
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Should We Urge Adult Smokers To Vape? Yes
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Aug 12, 2025 |
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Gun Control Debate Won't Solve Our Violent Crime Problem
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Aug 04, 2025 |
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Power vs. Medical Privacy. Should Americans Know When the President is Sick?
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Jul 29, 2025 |
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Genes or Exercise—which one determines your lifespan?
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Jul 23, 2025 |
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Has Chemistry Created the Perfect Rocket Fuel?
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Jul 16, 2025 |
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Osteoarthritis—How Evolution Betrays Us In Old Age
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Jul 14, 2025 |
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Heavy Metals In Baby Food Still Aren't Harming Children
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Jul 09, 2025 |
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The Chemistry of Kidney Stones—And How to Avoid Them
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Jun 25, 2025 |
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Science Down The Drain? Trump's 2026 Budget Spells Trouble For US Research
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Jun 19, 2025 |
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America's Pharma Blame Game? Litigation May Cripple GLP-1 Revolution
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Jun 02, 2025 |
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Scientific Consensus—A Concept Past Its Expiration Date?
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May 21, 2025 |
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Politics, Apathy Doomed Our Pandemic Response Long Before COVID
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May 13, 2025 |
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'Mustard Mathmagic'—Hot Dogs Still Don't Cause Cancer
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May 05, 2025 |
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Debate: Should We End Government Science Funding?
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Apr 28, 2025 |
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Craving a Scapegoat—Is Sugar Really 'Addictive'?
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Apr 24, 2025 |
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Healthy Eating, Healthy Aging? What Science Says About Your Diet
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Apr 21, 2025 |
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Organic Food—A Costly (and Sometimes Dangerous) Hoax
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Apr 15, 2025 |
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s A Heroin Resurgence Cutting Overdose Deaths?
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Apr 10, 2025 |
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Vitamin A for Me, Not for Thee—RFK Jr's Ironic Stance On GMO Golden Rice
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Apr 07, 2025 |
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Online Gambling Surge—An Overlooked Public health Crisis
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Mar 31, 2025 |
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Pouring Money Down the Drain—Gatorade’s Alkaline Water
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Mar 18, 2025 |
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Why Everybody Is Wrong About Food Dyes
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Mar 11, 2025 |
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Chronic Pain Patients Are Addicts? Anti-opioid Zealots Say 'Yes'
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Feb 10, 2025 |
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Is Obesity A Disease? It's complicated
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Jan 27, 2025 |
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Cookie-Cutter Nutrition—The Problem With USDA's Thrifty Food Plan
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Jan 13, 2025 |
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Mayo Clinic's Nonsense Anti-opioid Study
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Dec 05, 2024 |
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Everything You Wanted To Know About NSAIDs
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Dec 03, 2024 |
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Have We Lost The Battle Against Cardiovascular Disease?
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Nov 25, 2024 |
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Prohibition Unhinged—How Rigid Drug Laws Cost A Drug-Free Trucker His Job
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Nov 18, 2024 |
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Should Scientists Deliberately Give People COVID?
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Oct 31, 2024 |
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Artificial Sweeteners Causing Heart Attacks? Nope.
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Oct 21, 2024 |
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FDA Finally Listening To Reason On Opioids?
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Oct 15, 2024 |
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Is Science Too Political? If So, What Do We Do About It?
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Oct 08, 2024 |
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The Profit Motive Behind 'Make America Healthy Again'
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Oct 01, 2024 |
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Gender-Affirming Care For Kids: Ethical Or Unacceptable?
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Sep 26, 2024 |
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Have We Pinpointed A Cause Of Long COVID?
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Sep 23, 2024 |
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Breaking The Ozempic Plateau. Do Weight Loss Drugs Stop Working?
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Sep 09, 2024 |
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Pompous Pandemic Experts Know Less Than They Think
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Sep 05, 2024 |
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Helping Chronic Pain Patients Die — Ethical Or Insane?
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Aug 26, 2024 |
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'Bite Sized' workouts — Exercise For The Chronically Time-Crunched
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Aug 21, 2024 |
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Sitting More Deadly Than HIV And Smoking? Not Exactly
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Aug 19, 2024 |
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Drug Legalization—The Answer To Our Opioid Crisis?
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Aug 13, 2024 |
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Two Hearts Beat As One? Synchronicity Might Actually Drive Attraction
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Aug 06, 2024 |
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How Weight-Loss Drugs Work—Dr. Dinerstein's 'Ozempic Journey'
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Jul 30, 2024 |
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Red Meat Research Exposes Epidemiology's Critical Flaws
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Jul 24, 2024 |
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Xylitol Won't Ruin Your Heart Health
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Jul 22, 2024 |
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Some Drugs Cause Weight Gain. Could A Keto Diet Help?
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Jul 08, 2024 |
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Lunchables and Lead Poisoning—More Nonsense From Consumer Reports
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Jul 08, 2024 |
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The Journal 'Science' Doesn't Know What A Scientist Is
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Jun 26, 2024 |
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'Chevron' Supreme Court Decision Could Weaken Federal Agencies. Blessing Or Curse?
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Jun 25, 2024 |
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Microplastics In Your Lungs? The New Public Health Bogeyman
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Jun 13, 2024 |
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Medetomidine—The New Unwelcome Guest In Illicit Fentanyl
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Jun 13, 2024 |
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Skin Cancer, Sunburns And Sunscreen—Just The Facts
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May 13, 2024 |
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Pesticides, Parkinson's And The Messy Influence Of Genetics
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May 13, 2024 |
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Deadly Microplastics In Your Arteries? Not So Fast
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May 01, 2024 |
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Skipping Meals Restores Your Youth? The Science Behind Fasting
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May 01, 2024 |
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AI In Medicine—Who's To Blame When Things Go Wrong?
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Apr 10, 2024 |
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Could This FDA-Approved Treatment Silence Tinnitus?
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Apr 04, 2024 |
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Prohibition Absurdity—Drug Warriors Take Opioids From Terminal Cancer Patients
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Apr 01, 2024 |
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Dr. Paul Offit: Lessons Learned From COVID-19
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Mar 25, 2024 |
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Fraudulent Research Threatens Scientific Progress
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Mar 11, 2024 |
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Listen Up! The Surprising Link Between Zinc and Hearing Loss
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Mar 08, 2024 |
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Porn Is Probably Bad For You. Here's The Science
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Feb 26, 2024 |
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Risks and Benefits of Legal Marijuana
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Feb 26, 2024 |
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Corrupt Assault On Opioids Harms Cancer Patients
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Feb 06, 2024 |
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Six-Step Liver Cleanse? Debunking "Doctor" Josh Axe's Bad Nutrition Advice
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Jan 31, 2024 |
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Tylenol Plus Advil Equals Exploitation; Phony Pesticide Scares
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Jan 22, 2024 |
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Awkward Facts About Electric Cars; The Science Of Bidets
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Jan 10, 2024 |
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Wegovy, Ozempic—The Unintended Effects. Why Only Some People Wear Masks
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Dec 14, 2023 |
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Derek Chauvin's 'Excited Delirium' Defense; Will 10,000 Steps Make You Fit?
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Dec 06, 2023 |
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Senators Don't Understand Opioid Use (Or Math). Body Parts For Sale?
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Nov 22, 2023 |
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'Health Coaching' is a Scam; the Latest on COVID Boosters
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Nov 15, 2023 |
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'Non-GMO' Labels Don't Make Food Safer; Airhead Actress Peddles Useless 'Natural' Tylenol
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Nov 09, 2023 |
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Trouble With Rapid Drug Tests; Fabricating COVID-19 Health 'Disparities'
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Oct 30, 2023 |
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Good News About Flu Shots; The Sudafed PE Debacle
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Oct 12, 2023 |
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Tylenol, The Useless Analgesic? Suing Doctors For Spreading COVID 'Misinformation'
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Sep 26, 2023 |
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Charging Doctors With Manslaughter; Science Journalists As Paid Political Hacks
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Sep 19, 2023 |
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New COVID Surge Coming? Raw Oysters Are Gross—And Possibly Dangerous
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Sep 07, 2023 |
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Synthetic Embryos coming soon? 'Painkiller': Netflix's Dreadful Opioid Miniseries
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Aug 25, 2023 |
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IARC's Defective Aspartame-Cancer Study; In Defense of 'Ultra-Processed' Food
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Aug 10, 2023 |
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BMI Is Racist? No, CDC, Men Can't Breastfeed
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Aug 01, 2023 |
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AI's Growing (And Possibly) Harmful Impact On Medicine; Yes, Pop-Tarts Are Food
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Jul 24, 2023 |
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Sucralose-Cancer Hysteria, Debunked; Time For Climate Change Reparations?
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Jul 10, 2023 |
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Cannabis Causes Schizophrenia? Not So Fast; Pfizer's Weight Loss Drug v. Ozempic
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Jun 08, 2023 |
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Danger of Tylenol In Opioids; J&J Drug Could Undo Liver Damage—Caused By Its Tylenol
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May 09, 2023 |
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Can COVID Improve Vaccine Development? California's Nonsensical Chemical Bans
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Apr 26, 2023 |
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America's Troublesome Adderall Shortgage; EPA's Nonsensical PFAS Water Standards
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Apr 13, 2023 |
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Masks Prevent COVID? A Friendly Debate; Don't Fall For Misinformation About Misinformation
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Apr 05, 2023 |
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'Woke' Policies Harm Public Health? FDA's Silly 'Healthy' Food Labels
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Mar 24, 2023 |
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Erythritol Probably Doesn't Cause Heart Disease; Dietary Supplements Can Kill
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Mar 16, 2023 |
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Tylenol After Surgery Is Useless; CVS Sued For Selling Homeopathic 'Remedies'
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Mar 09, 2023 |
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Peer-Reviewed' Science Ain't So Scientific; Alcohol and Cancer Risk In Context
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Feb 27, 2023 |
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Solving America's Drug Shortage; Biden's Bioeconomy Plan—A Bureaucratic Mess
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Feb 15, 2023 |
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What Everyone Got Wrong About Gas Stoves; Smoking Pot Causes Asthma?
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Feb 01, 2023 |
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Sweden's COVID Response; Eco-Doomsday Is Cancelled
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Jan 26, 2023 |
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C. Everett Koop—A Rebel Public Health Official?
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Jan 18, 2023 |
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Baby Food Doesn't Cause Autism; Swearing Might Be Good For you
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Jan 10, 2023 |
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Marijuana—Worse Than We Thought? The Benefits (And Risks) Of Weight-Loss Drugs
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Dec 14, 2022 |
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Everyone's Wrong About COVID 'Amnesty'; Smart Water—A Beverage For Dummies
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Dec 07, 2022 |
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Remembering The Alar Scare; NYT Should Stop Targeting Scientists
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Nov 28, 2022 |
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Dr. Dinerstein's Near-Death Experience; Unregulated Medical Devices; Cleveland Clinic's Anti-Vaping Nonsense
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Nov 14, 2022 |
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Could Marijuana Send You To The ER?
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Oct 25, 2022 |
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ACSH Goes To Dr Phil; Cancers Have A 'Fungal Biome'
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Oct 18, 2022 |
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Neurontin—The Lousy Opioid Alternative; Twitter Censors ACSH
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Oct 11, 2022 |
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Fighting Dementia With—Vitamins? A Retrospective On COVID Lockdowns
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Oct 02, 2022 |
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Diagnosing Parkinson's with AI; Banning Technology Is Risky Business
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Sep 22, 2022 |
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Why Soda Taxes Fail; Seeding Clouds With Silver; Climate Change Causes Heart Attacks?
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Sep 12, 2022 |
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Why Do People Follow Crazy Diets? Lessons To Learn From The COVID Pandemic
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Sep 07, 2022 |
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Does Fentanyl Penetrate Skin? 'Fat Acceptance' Is Dangerous
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Aug 30, 2022 |
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FDA's Laughable Opioid 'Give-Back' Program; 10 Anti-Pesticide 'Facts' Debunked
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Aug 24, 2022 |
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Salt Ain't So Bad After All? Diagnosing SIDS Before It's Too Late
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Aug 16, 2022 |
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Environmentalism Gone Wild; Looking Back At The Ivermectin Debate
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Aug 09, 2022 |
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Driving While Stoned; Spoiled College Students Against Safe Pesticides
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Aug 03, 2022 |
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Artificial Sweeteners Polluting The Environment?
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Jul 25, 2022 |
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CRISPR Crops Boost Pesticide Use? No. Latest On COVID Vaccine Side Effects
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Jul 18, 2022 |
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Chemicals Don't Cause Obesity; Does An Omicron Booster Make Sense?
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Jul 11, 2022 |
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FDA Tries To Ban JUUL; Low-Nicotine Cigarettes Coming Soon?
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Jul 05, 2022 |
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Blame Your Genes For Type 2 Diabetes? Go Vegan To Lose Weight?
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Jun 27, 2022 |
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Paxlovid's Waning Efficacy? Epoch Times' Anti-Glyphosate Hysteria Debunked
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Jun 21, 2022 |
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Free Medical School Yields Better Health Care? Blueberries Don't Prevent Dementia
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Jun 13, 2022 |
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Alopecia Areata At The Oscars; Fiber's Fading Benefits; GMO Debate Over?
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Jun 09, 2022 |
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'Radium Girls'—The Troubling History Of Courtroom Science Denial
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Jun 07, 2022 |
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COVID Boosters And Herd Immunity; Obesity Denial And 'Cancel Culture' In Science
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Jun 01, 2022 |
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Ukraine War Exposes Anti-GMO Folly; Giant Spiders And The Value of Pesticides
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May 23, 2022 |
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Nonsensical Vaccine Mandates; Diet Soda Promotes Weight Loss
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May 16, 2022 |
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'MathMagic': Lead exposure destroys 825 million IQ points, alcohol shrinks your brain?
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Apr 19, 2022 |