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Laughter truly is 'the best medicine'. Take a happy pill, humour heals, it hurts when I laugh, a stitch in time saves nine...we have heard them all or just about - Shilo Zylbergold

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Is It True What They Say About CBD Oil?

Feb 18, 2023 - You don't have to wander too far afoot to find someone who will swear that CBD oil has improved the quality of life and lessened the pain. How reliable, however, are these claims? - Shilo Zylbergold

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Who Reads Drug Package Inserts? It Ain't Us

Jan 7, 2023 - Do you read the medicine information leaflet before you take medication? Most of us don’t, probably because the list of side-effects of even the humble paracetamol is scary as hell and the yards of print make you lose the will to live - Ann Robinson

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It's All Right if You Can't Remember

Aug 29, 2022 - Nobody asked me, but I truly believe that forgetfulness is a useful survival tool - Shilo Zylbergold

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The Pox is On Us

Jul 7, 2022 - Monkey pox is actually a distant relative of the smallpox virus. Think of it as a long-lost, good-for-nothing nephew who has returned from nowhere, is now couch-surfing in your living room, and won’t leave - Shilo Zylbergold

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Nobody Asked Me But: Probing The Ageless Male Syndrome

May 31, 2022 - In case you haven’t figured it out yet, the phenomenon he is experiencing here comes as a result of andropause, the male equivalent of menopause. Often referred to as “middle-age crisis,” this is the male’s futile last-ditch effort to grasp onto his youthful virility before inevitably slipping away into the fraternity of geezerhood - Shilo Zylbergold

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Fish Farms: A Panacea Gone Wrong

Mar 27, 2022 - So why all the concerns and fuss about a technology that was supposed to end world hunger and food shortage? When all is said and done, it comes down to a matter of health risks and environmental damage - Shilo Zylbergold

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Immunocompromised: The Other Pandemic

Jan 9, 2022 - Let’s face it; you are the poster child for the unwitting victim of the pandemic. You might as well have a front and side view photo of yourself on a “most wanted” notice at the local Covid post office. Your suppressed immune system is like a welcome mat placed out in front of the marauding minions of non-cellular particles - Shilo Zylbergold

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AntiVaxxers: The Fight for Freedom Against Logic

Nov 24, 2021 - What I don’t understand is how the anti-vaxxers have convinced themselves that governments all over the globe are conspiring to put aside their ideological differences in order to impose the vaccine on the world’s population - Shilo Zylbergold