AltWeeklies Wire
The Night Before Pill: Hangover Pillsnew
Hangovers, it seems, are nature's way to find an audience for The Price is Right.
Boise Weekly |
Dr. Ed Rabin |
10-20-2005 |
Science
Tags: alcohol, alternative medicine, Supplements, drinking, Herbal, Chaser, hangovers, Morning After
Get out the Bloat Campaign: Eight Glasses of Water?new
When figuring the total water you have in a day, don't forget to include the amount you chew. For example, a medium apple is about 86 percent water.
Boise Weekly |
Dr. Ed Rabin |
10-20-2005 |
Science
Just Nuke It: Microwave Ovensnew
The first microwave the columnist can remember his family having was among the first ever made. It was probably a walk-in model, and weighed slightly more than both his parents put together.
Boise Weekly |
Dr. Ed Rabin |
10-20-2005 |
Science
Fire One Up: Ear Candles
From its mysterious, ancient roots, ear candling (or coning) probably inspired the very first people on earth to remark: “Your village called; they’re missing their idiot.”
Boise Weekly |
Dr. Ed Rabin |
10-20-2005 |
Science
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
The Case Against the Plutonium Space Race
Even though the use of plutonium-238 in space could endanger the lives of people on earth, the United States has greatly expanded its nuclear space program.
Boise Weekly |
Karl Grossman |
06-26-2005 |
Environment
From Potatoes to Plutonium
The document manager for a project to bring all of the country's plutonium-238 production to Idaho says the project will actually make the process safer. But residents near the facility have their doubts.
Boise Weekly |
Leslie Fuger |
06-26-2005 |
Policy Issues
Tags: plutonium
