Recently I had the pleasure of sitting down with one of Montreal鈥檚 finest plastic surgeons, Dr. Arie Benchetrit. In our conversation it became evident why Dr. Benchetrit is truly one of the best in...
In the film 鈥淪herlock Holmes and the Game of Shadows,鈥� Holmes identifies the poison on a dart that had instantly paralyzed a victim by sniffing it. 鈥淐urare!鈥� he says. Curare is a very real poison...
A time-honoured medical maxim states, 鈥減rimum non nocere.鈥� That鈥檚 the way, 鈥渇irst do no harm鈥� used to be taught in medical school when Latin was still part of the curriculum. Basically it means...
You鈥檝e heard of a tempest in a teapot. This is a hurricane in a thimble. I鈥檓 talking about a study carried out by Canada鈥檚 Food Inspection Agency that found pesticide residues in organic produce....
I get all sorts of interesting questions. "How do you wash microwaves out of socks?" I didn't quite know what to make of this. Quickly, though, we established that the gentleman who posed the...
Perhaps it comes as no surprise that this term was coined by the US Department of Defense and refers to the possibility of supplementing or fortifying soldiers鈥� rations with omega-3 fats. The hope...
