AltWeeklies Wire
Popeye’s New Can Isn’t Spinach: Energy Drinks
The only drawback this caffeine-addicted health advice columnist sees to his daily pot of espresso is having to erase all the exclamation points after every first draft.
Boise Weekly |
Dr. Ed Rabin |
10-20-2005 |
Science
Play Hide the Vitamin: Sublingual B12
Contrary to the anti-psychiatric screed on daytime television by a hyperactive movie star and his couch-jumping passion shtick, all mental illness is not caused by vitamin deficiency (Exhibit A: Tom Cruise himself).
Boise Weekly |
Dr. Ed Rabin |
10-20-2005 |
Science
Everlasting Tarnish: Colloidal Silver
A lifetime of blending into the asphalt is a high price to pay for the Best Costume Award.
Boise Weekly |
Dr. Ed Rabin |
10-20-2005 |
Science
Well-Protected Cat Naps: Valerian Rootnew
Valerian has many medical uses, but the Wiccan application is a favorite: protection against lightning.
Boise Weekly |
Dr. Ed Rabin |
10-20-2005 |
Science
Bubbeleh, Have a Little Nosh: Starve a Cold?new
Starve a cold, feed a fever (or the reverse) is a crusty old gem handed down from old wife to old wife, then finally to the Farmer's Almanac.
Boise Weekly |
Dr. Ed Rabin |
10-20-2005 |
Science
A Pate Worse than Death: Baldness Remediesnew
The baldness cure crowd has piled onto the alternative medicine bandwagon with products containing extracts, botanicals, vitamins and minerals. The paradox is that trying to hide hair loss always draws attention to it.
Boise Weekly |
Dr. Ed Rabin |
10-20-2005 |
Science
The Eat Like a Bushman Diet: Hoodia Gordoniinew
As a spokesperson for a major brand of Hoodia-containing diet pills, ersatz socialite and reality show deep thinker Anna Nicole Smith is a natural; she never met a drug she didn't like.
Boise Weekly |
Dr. Ed Rabin |
10-20-2005 |
Science
A New Way to Wash Your Face: Neti Potsnew
Shaped like the love child of an English teapot and Aladdin's lamp, neti pots are as common as toothbrushes in some parts of the world.
Boise Weekly |
Dr. Ed Rabin |
10-19-2005 |
Science
Googlebombingnew
The search engine Google has made it more difficult for Googlebombers to influence how highly a site ranks in search returns.
Boise Weekly |
Bingo Barnes |
08-09-2005 |
Science
Editor Slims Down on Atkins Dietnew
Editor Bingo Barnes joined the eating revolution that has overtaken America and lost 31 pounds on the low-carb Atkins diet in nearly three months.
Boise Weekly |
Bingo Barnes |
08-07-2004 |
Science
