The Ever-Expanding Market for Rapid Weight Loss Is a Disaster in the Making

It's bad enough that drug companies are allowed to market prescription drugs directly to consumers via all sorts of media, but now Eli Lilly is taking it a step further still.

DISCUSS: Davos 2024 Gets Underway

This year’s World Economic Forum annual meeting kicked off in Davos, Switzerland yesterday and will be running until the 19th. The guest list is as star-powered as ever, including the Chinese Premier, the President of the European Commission, a dozen or more heads of state, the UN Secretary-General, the

Are Baby Carrots as Good for You as Full Size?

Editor's Note: This article is a reprint.

This Week in the New Normal #80

Our successor to This Week in the Guardian, This Week in the New Normal is our weekly chart of the progress of autocracy, authoritarianism and economic restructuring around the world. Also, we have a new banner. “The New Normal” meant vaccines and lockdowns when we designed the old one in

Can Taking CoQ10 Prevent Heart Disease?

Coenzyme Q10 (CoQ10) is a fat-soluble antioxidant your body uses for energy production.

The Strange Connection Between Vision Loss and Alzheimer's

Editor's Note: This article is a reprint.

Jordan B Peterson: The Reflection I Never Wished to See

In the dusty corridors of intellectual exploration, I, an avid follower of Jordan B Peterson’s insights into Jungian psychology and Nietzschean philosophy, find myself confronting a recent heartbreak. At first, I chose to ignore it, not ready for what it actually meant. But I’ve mulled over it for

What is Polio and was it Really Eradicated?

The symptoms of what was labelled “Polio” exist today under various other names, the only difference is the assumed cause.

Was 2023 REALLY the second hottest year since 1884?

According to the UK Met Office, 2023 was the second hottest year in the UK since 1884. Quite obviously, this is complete nonsense. Unless they are troglodytes that never venture out in daylight, why would anyone in the UK believe such absurd drivel? The Met Office states: 2023 is provisionally

Ultrasound Shown To Exert Remote Control Of Brain Circuits

In a twist on nontraditional uses of ultrasound, neuroscientists have developed pulsed ultrasound techniques that can remotely stimulate brain circuit activity.

Not all “fossil fuels” are from fossils, so where do they come from?

Nearly everyone thinks that “fossil fuels” come from fossils or ancient organic material forests, jungles, plankton or dinosaurs held under the ground for millennia that transform into oil, gas and coal. But, if hydrocarbons, or “fossil fuels,” are made from fossils, why are they found deep under the oceans and

The Deception of Today’s Push for Diversity

We must all be alike.

Just How Far Will the FDA Go to Protect a Bad Drug?

In yesterday's article, I reviewed the immensely concerning data that emerged throughout the SSRI antidepressant trials.

How Stress Influences Your Heart Attack and Stroke Risk

Editor's Note: This article is a reprint.

Report from Taiwan

On January 13, this Saturday, Taiwan’s presidential and parliamentary elections are simultaneously held.