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An excerpt from Medical Myths: A Sceptic's Journey. It may be a long while since you’ve heard of a very small infant being found dead in the crib. As a young doctor, I recall the encounters on cold February nights…
An excerpt from Medical Myths: A Sceptic’s Journey.
It may be a long while since you’ve heard of a very small infant being found dead in the crib.
As a young doctor, I recall the encounters on cold February nights with devastated young parents. Pale ice-cold infants in the emergency department, who were beyond resuscitation.
Police officers asking horrible questions, and no answer …
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Have crib deaths vanished?
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An excerpt from Medical Myths: A Sceptic's Journey. Most people have heard the joke about rabbits and vitamin A: "Are carrots good for your eyesight?" Well, I never saw a rabbit wearing glasses! Vitamin A, one of the essential groups…
An excerpt from Medical Myths: A Sceptic’s Journey.
Most people have heard the joke about rabbits and vitamin A: “Are carrots good for your eyesight?”
Well, I never saw a rabbit wearing glasses!
Vitamin A, one of the essential groups of vitamins, is necessary to develop the retina in the eye. This area at the back of our eyes is involved in achieving …
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The historical medical significance of carrots
Conditions and diseases
An excerpt from Medical Myths: A Sceptic's Journey. "Don’t go out tonight, ‘Cos it’s bound to change your life, There’s a Bad Moon on the Rise." - Creedence Clearwater Revival, August 1969 On a summer’s night on the St. Lawrence…
An excerpt from Medical Myths: A Sceptic’s Journey.
“Don’t go out tonight,
‘Cos it’s bound to change your life,
There’s a Bad Moon on the Rise.”
– Creedence Clearwater Revival, August 1969
On a summer’s night on the St. Lawrence River, I have sometimes extended my boat journey and navigated home by moonlight. It’s remarkable how much can be seen after sunset if there is …
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Are there more psychiatric visits during a full moon?
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An excerpt from Of Plagues and Vampires: Believable Myths and Unbelievable Facts from Medical Practice. The concept of a vampire predates Bram Stoker's tales of Count Dracula – probably by several centuries. But did vampires ever really exist? In 1819,…
An excerpt from Of Plagues and Vampires: Believable Myths and Unbelievable Facts from Medical Practice.
The concept of a vampire predates Bram Stoker’s tales of Count Dracula – probably by several centuries. But did vampires ever really exist?
In 1819, 80 years before the publication of Dracula, John Polidori, an Anglo-Italian physician, published a novel called The Vampire. However, Stoker’s novel has been the benchmark for our descriptions …
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The medical basis of vampires
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