Mithridates VI ruled the ancient Asian kingdom of Pontus in the first century. The king was terrified of being poisoned鈥攏ot an unreasonable worry, given that assassins at the time were adept at...
You can find it in grocery stores, you can buy it online, and you may already be consuming it in 鈥渒eto friendly鈥� ice cream, or in some non-caloric stevia and monk fruit sweeteners where it is used...
I鈥檝e never been one for cork sniffing. I always thought it was kind of a snobby thing to do, but I never really investigated the practice since I鈥檝e never really cared much for wine. Then one day,...
鈥淣ot everything that can be counted, counts, and not everything that counts can be counted.鈥� That quote is commonly attributed to Einstein although there is no evidence he ever said it. Even if he...
Physicians today are unlikely to encounter 鈥淕ilder鈥檚 palsy.鈥� But prior to the 19th century this ailment had to be considered when a patient presented with tremors, irritability, increased...
鈥淎 spoonful of sucrose helps the medicine go down,鈥� as Mary Poppins told us. But she neglected to say that it also increases our risk of cardiovascular disease. Actually, Mary didn鈥檛 say sucrose,...
