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Category: health
When You Should Use It: An Open Letter to the Homeopathy Community
A suggestion about when it is appropriate to use homeopathy
How Smart are Smart Watches?
Smart watches are becoming increasingly popular and are providing more and more health information. But is it good information? Smart watches have sensors that measure heart rate, temperature, and blood oxygen. Samsung has received FDA approval for a sleep-apnea detection tool and promised that there would be more updates available this year. Watches claim to…
The Land of Nod
Edan Tasca “Your eyes water when you yawn because you miss your bed and it makes you sad.” —Anonymous The average human spends approximately one-third of his or her life sleeping or trying to sleep. Reviewing our typical day, this might not be surprising to most, given that most of us are hoping for something…
Secularism Works
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