Stem cells, they tell us, will cure incurable diseases, such as Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s. It’s both a promising and dangerous field, one that may revolutionize medicine or deliver false hope. What is it that makes stem cells such an attractive avenue of medical research? Most cells in our body have very unique functions, they do…
Martin Schmidt, the manager of German soccer team Wolfsburg, recently admitted that he forces all his players to brush their teeth after practice. Why? These are grown men who make a lot of money, why must they brush their teeth? According to Schmidt, exercise causes acidity and this acidity goes into the bloodstream, and it…
“Sugar kills,” reads the headline, as the article then proceeds to lecture us on the harm of sugar and soda, using “Mountain Dew mouth” as the emphasis of the argument. The term has come to define a region. It has also come to define debates around decisions with far-reaching consequences for the Appalachian region —…
Almost a third of Americans have smoked or otherwise consumed marijuana five times or more. In 2000, almost a fifth of Americans were found to be marijuana users. It’s equally as consumed around the world, with almost a fifth of Australians having been found to use it within the past 12 months. Suffice to say,…
