Training dogs to detect cancer
A dog’s sensitivity to smell may be a thousand times greater than ours and with that barrage of information, it’s logical that a dog’s perception of the world around it, is …

Ear wax, known as cerumen,  consists of dead cells mixed with glandular secretions containing lipids, peptides, fatty acids and alcohol.  The composition of the wax varies with ethnicity although the significance of this is largely …

Patients sometimes forget if they have removed one of their contact lenses and worry if the lens has become lost somewhere in the eye. The eye is anchored in place and does not move around …

When patients tell me they drink up to 6 cups of coffee a day, my response has been to advise them to cut back on it especially if they have any palpatations. So I was …

Do not suck the venom from a snake bite
I was reading through a great, little book called, “Why Do Men Have Nipples? Hundreds of Questions You’d Only Ask a Doctor After Your Third Martini”, when …

Have you ever wondered what happens to internal organs during a high speed crash? Different organs and bones have different densities so the heart, breast tissue, bones, liver and kidneys for example, will respond differently …

Just how true is the 5 second rule that we all love to quote when we pick up a morsal of food off the floor?
It depends on who you ask. For a humorous response, refer …

When a red blood cell dies  after approximately 120 days, the iron in the cell is so efficiently recycled that very little iron needs to get absorbed from our diet – in fact, only 1 to …

This interesting question was taken up in the New York Times Health section where claims are investigated for their validity or lack thereof. Given  the time of year and the increase in upper respiratory infections …

Every Tuesday, the New York Times publishes a weekly myth vs fact question/answer and this week’s question is timely given that we are approaching the holiday season. Yes we do lose weight by drinking water, …