Well, Well, Well

Mar. 24, 2010 / 753: Zion I

Farewell, well, well

Final column from Vue's Connie Howard

Having had the privilege of representing the underrepresented while challenging the messages of the powerful in nearly 200 columns since my first in June of 2006, I've decided… Read more »

Mar. 10, 2010 / 751: Folie a deux

Wakefield questions

It turns out I didn't get an inch past the shoreline when I dipped my toes into the Andrew Wakefield Lancet paper retraction story a few weeks ago,… Read more »

Feb. 24, 2010 / 749: Basia Bulat

Mercury confusion

What's being done about mercury in our food?

In my January 14 column on Alzheimer's disease, I made a passing comment that high-fructose corn syrup is often contaminated with mercury as a result of mercury-grade caustic… Read more »

Feb. 17, 2010 / 748: Corb Lund

A climate of deficiency

But sunlight and a healthy diet can work wonders

In yet another attempt to bring us closer to understanding obesity and developing good solutions to the epidemic, Edmonton's Mazankowski Heart Institute recently announced $250 000 for new obesity… Read more »

Feb. 10, 2010 / 747: Abnormal Growth

Wakefield a witch-hunt?

The Lancet retracts study connecting vaccines to autism

It has been cause for celebration among vaccine proponents: The Lancet has retracted Dr. Andrew Wakefield's 1998 Lancet paper suggesting a connection between the MMR vaccine, bowel disease… Read more »

Feb. 03, 2010 / 746: Spine

Worth another look

One factor rarely causes a disease, and writing off co-factors is potentially dangerous

What I've said about vaccines and autism, contrary to what some have understood, isn't that vaccines cause autism, but that many scientists and researchers believe mercury to be… Read more »

Jan. 27, 2010 / 745: AGA

Fats not so bad

Saturated fats may be a necessity

The deeply-ingrained idea that saturated fat equals heart disease and cancer is an idea that took root quite independently of the science, says Gary Taubes in Good Calories,… Read more »

Jan. 20, 2010 / 744: The Great Indoors

Hold the carbs

Complex problems sometimes call for simple solutions

The battle of the bulge and clogging arteries are staples in many of our lives; nothing new about that. The orthodox approach: saturated fat restriction, lots of veggies… Read more »

Jan. 13, 2010 / 743: Broken Embraces

Five feet high and rising

Our brains need care to stem the tide of dementia

Some, in the wake of other false health alarms, are dismissing the projections of a recently-published Alzheimer's study as an unjustified ploy to generate research funding. The study,… Read more »

Jan. 06, 2010 / 742: Daybreakers

Vaccination

Two sides to every story: Risk may be low, but Gardasil shots not 100 percent safe

It's an honour to have had Dr. James Mansi respond to my comments on vaccination in a letter I sent to the Edmonton Journal on December 7. And… Read more »