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Tag Archives: medicine
4.27.2013
Natural Dog Supplements – Aloe Vera Juice
This week I take a look at another supplement promoted by some websites as a way to make your dog “healthier.” Much like other supplements, it seems the advice on Aloe Vera has carried over right from the same woo peddled / read more…
Posted in Alternative Medicine / Health / Nature
Tagged in aloe / aloe juice / aloe vera / dogs / herbs / homeopathic / medicine / natural / pets
4.13.2013
Homeopathic and Natural Dog Supplements – Garlic
When I started back writing for Skeptoid on a regular basis, I asked on my social media accounts what people would like to see me cover. One that had a few votes was Homeopathic treatments for dogs. As I have / read more…
Posted in Alternative Medicine / Health / Nature / Pseudoscience
Tagged in dogs / garlic / herbs / homeopathic / medicine / natural / pets
3.31.2013
The Spawn of Satan: A Brief History of Monstrous Birth in Literature and Film
Let’s face facts. Children, especially the evil ones, are scary. With their violent crayon drawings and sinister grins, evil children are the darlings of the horror genre. Evil babies and fetuses have inspired far fewer nightmarish vignettes. A child is / read more…
Posted in Cool Stuff / Paranormal / TV & Media
Tagged in aliens / Anne Hutchinson / disability / history / medicine / monsters / monstrous birth
1.13.2013
Get The Lead Out
I will start out right off the bat by stating a personal bias: Anything I read in Mother Jones gets extra scrutiny. But what is said ultimately matters more than who is saying it, or where. I wanted to get / read more…
1.12.2013
Please Pray For This Post
I don’t describe myself as an atheist. I subscribe to Neil deGrasse Tyson’s declaration that I don’t really want to be associated with the stigma of activism that is carried with the term atheist. The term does describe my belief / read more…
Posted in Alternative Medicine / Health / New Age / Pseudoscience
Tagged in atheist / health / medicine / power of prayer / prayer / religion
9.19.2011
Doing Good
I am humbled by most of my friends in one way or another, but few more so than Malia Cong. As a photographer, she has, for a long time, been donating photography and media services to one of her favorite / read more…
Posted in Health
Tagged in charitable / charity / healthcare / medicine / vietnam
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