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Does peeing after sex prevent UTIs?

11 Aug 2023

This article was first published in The Skeptical Inquirer.

Does COVID-19 Mess with the Immune System?

10 Feb 2023

Have you heard that, apparently, COVID-19 is “airborne AIDS?”...

In Defence of the Maligned Root Canal

4 Feb 2022

Over the course of my thirty-five-plus years of practicing dentistry, I have been asked many questions concerning the safety of various dental agents and materials, most notably silver fillings and...

The Great COVID-19 Immunity Test Kit

23 Oct 2021

The kit arrives in the mail. You swab the inside of your cheek and mail it back. Two weeks later, the company emails you a report. You are told you have a 2% risk of getting COVID-19 and a 5%...

The COVID-19 PCR Test Is Reliable Despite the Commotion About Ct Values

15 Jan 2021

True crime series like Serial and Making a Murderer invite us to sharpen our abilities and to outperform the detectives assigned to the case in figuring out what really happened. We hear the...

What Is the Optimal Length for a Quarantine?

24 Dec 2020

This article was first published in The Montreal Gazette.

The Right Chemistry: COVID-19 Mutations

23 Dec 2020

Video of Dr. Joe Schwarcz discusses the new COVID-19 mutation

The Vaccine is Here But So Is The Fear

15 Dec 2020

No, we will not become genetic mutants when we finally get to roll up our sleeves and agree to be jabbed with a vaccine containing modified messenger RNA (mod-mRNA). That scare is making the rounds...

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