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The Public Health Concerns of Weed Legalization
There are some serious public health concerns about the legalization of marijuana, but they’re probably not what you might expect. Regarding marijuana legalization, “opinions range from regarding this as a landmark human rights advance granting access to a miracle medication,...
Topical Aloe Vera Gel for Lichen Planus
We shouldn’t ever swallow aloe vera, but how does using it topically for a chronic inflammatory autoimmune disease compare to steroids? Lichen planus is a chronic autoimmune disease, typically of our moist membranes, such as the inside of our mouth,...
Viagra-Type Drugs and Melanoma Skin Cancer
What is the role of erectile dysfunction drugs like Cialis and Levitra in the promotion and progression of prostate cancer and melanoma? Of the half-dozen Viagra-type drugs on the market now, Viagra itself may have “the greatest efficacy but also...
Turmeric with Black Pepper: What It’s Good for and How to Take It
Historians have gathered evidence showing that people—from long ago and from around the world—have used herbs, often in a sophisticated way. Quinine from Cinchona bark, for instance, was used to treat the symptoms of malaria long before the disease had...
Sunflower Seeds May Aggravate Acne
Should we be concerned about the pimples, cadmium, and “colonic crunch” associated with the consumption of sunflower seeds? A recent observational study on acne reported a “statistically significant relationship” between “acne severity and dietary factors such as chocolate, dairy products...
Blueberries Can Improve Artery Function
What is the optimum dose of wild blueberries to eat at a meal? A single serving of blueberries can help mediate the arterial dysfunction induced by smoking a cigarette. Researchers investigated the effect of a single serving of frozen blueberries...
Sci-Hub Offers the Quickest, Easiest, and Greatest Access to Science
Sci-Hub is the portal with the quickest, easiest, and greatest access to science, but there’s a catch. In 2016, The Washington Post wrote about Alexandra Elbakyan, “The 27-year-old graduate student from Kazakhstan is operating a searchable online database of nearly...
The Trick to Access Research Articles for Free
The “Robin Hood of Science” continues to provide more than 60 million scientific papers to anyone in the world for free at https://sci-hub.st The first issues of the first scientific journals were published in 1665, including an “observation made in...
