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Colon Cancer on the Rise: The Hidden Crisis in Young Adults

There are milestones to ageing. One of those, for me, was after turning 50, when my first colorectal cancer kit arrived at my house. At the time fifty seemed like an arbitrary age, and I was correct, but for all the wrong reasons.

David Richards

Plant Wisdom for Women: Why Herbalism Feels Built for Our Bodies

Jan 21, 2026

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28 min read

Plant Wisdom for Women: Why Herbalism Feels Built for Our Bodies

For decades, most drug research studies were conducted almost entirely on men. Women were thought to be “too complicated” because of hormonal cycles. Researchers worried these cycles would make it harder to interpret results. To avoid this potential muddying of results, the solution was to exclude women from clinical trials.

Annette Trépanier

When a Parasite Makes You Pretty: The Strange Story of Toxoplasma gondii Part 2

Jan 14, 2026

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28 min read

When a Parasite Makes You Pretty: The Strange Story of Toxoplasma gondii Part 2

What if I told you a parasite might make you more attractive? Something that quietly takes up residence inside your body and makes people find you better looking. It sounds like the setup to a science-fiction movie. Yet, it is not. While speculative, the claim is not baseless.

Jacob Rivera

The parasite that might be living quietly in your brain: The Strange Story of Toxoplasma gondii Part 1

Jan 7, 2026

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22 min read

The parasite that might be living quietly in your brain: The Strange Story of Toxoplasma gondii Part 1

The parasite does not need to kill the mouse. It needs the mouse to be eaten. Scientists think the organism alters brain chemistry to create that nudge—and as unsettling as it sounds, humans may not be entirely exempt from its influence.

Jacob Rivera

Digital Detox: Restoring Your Brain in the Age of Screens

Dec 31, 2025

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29 min read

Digital Detox: Restoring Your Brain in the Age of Screens

Is that what productivity looks like in the digital age? When we’re attending five meetings at once but can’t give any of them our full attention? When rest is optional, but Slack is 24/7?

David Richards

Dec 24, 2025

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17 min read

The Secret Glow of Your Brain

Did you know your brain glows? Not like a lamp, not something you’d ever notice in the mirror. It’s faint, almost ghostly. Scientists call it ultra weak photon emissions. Researchers at Wilfrid Laurier University in Waterloo, Ontario, have been studying this hidden light. They think it might help diagnose brain tumours someday.

Jacob Rivera

The Body’s Hidden Calm Switch: Why Resetting Your Vagus Nerve Might Be the Key to Better Sleep

Dec 17, 2025

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25 min read

The Body’s Hidden Calm Switch: Why Resetting Your Vagus Nerve Might Be the Key to Better Sleep

Fortunately for us, the body has a built-in reboot switch hidden in a nerve most of us know little to nothing about, the vagus nerve.

Annette Trépanier

Dec 10, 2025

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26 min read

Blue Zones: Longevity Secrets or Lucrative Lifestyle Brand?

As soon as I learned about Blue Zones, I recalled Élie Metchnikoff's wishful thinking that yogurt was a key to longevity, based on the observation that Bulgarian peasants who consumed large amounts of fermented milk (yogurt) appeared to live unusually long lives. This turned out to be more likely a case of poor record keeping and exaggeration, unintentional and otherwise.

David Richards

Red Light Therapy: Health Miracle or Photonic Fraud?

Dec 3, 2025

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23 min read

Red Light Therapy: Health Miracle or Photonic Fraud?

I concede that I came at this article with a great deal of skepticism born from the number and boldness of claims and by the fact that it only seems to have fringe support. Although this can all be attributed to the relative newness in the mainstream, I feel it is worth asking a simple question: is red light therapy a scam, or is it backed by science?

David Richards

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Archive

Colon Cancer on the Rise: The Hidden Crisis in Young Adults

Plant Wisdom for Women: Why Herbalism Feels Built for Our Bodies

When a Parasite Makes You Pretty: The Strange Story of Toxoplasma gondii Part 2

The parasite that might be living quietly in your brain: The Strange Story of Toxoplasma gondii Part 1

Digital Detox: Restoring Your Brain in the Age of Screens

The Secret Glow of Your Brain

The Body’s Hidden Calm Switch: Why Resetting Your Vagus Nerve Might Be the Key to Better Sleep

Blue Zones: Longevity Secrets or Lucrative Lifestyle Brand?

Red Light Therapy: Health Miracle or Photonic Fraud?

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