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Public service announcement: No, drinking your own urine will not cure breast cancer

No, drinking your own urine does not cure breast cancer—or any other cancer. (Also, I that looks more like green tea than urine to me.)

I consider posts like the one I’m writing now to be public service, an obligation. There are times when I don’t want to do them, when they become so sadly, depressingly repetitive in overall outline (and, unfortunately, likely outcome) that it takes an effort to begin. However, given that October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month […]

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An old "friend" thinks Ayurvedic "auto-urine therapy" can cure Ebola

I’m beginning to feel that I’m flogging a topic a bit too hard again. Usually, this happens primarily when I’m on a roll over some particularly tasty ridiculous tidbit of antivaccine nonsense. This time around, it’s not so much antivaccine nonsense (although some did manage to slip its way into the discussion) but rather Ebola […]