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Monthly Archives: September 2001
Did Nostradamus Predict the World Trade Center Attack?
After the extremely close election in the United States last year, a fake quotation from Nostradamus floated around the Internet. Now, a similar quote is making the rounds that supposedly has Nostradamus predicting the terrorist attack on the World Trade … Continue reading
WorldNetDaily, Anti-Abortion Groups Wants Redbook to Spread Junk Science
Some anti-abortion groups are not happy with the September 2001 issue of Redbook. In an article, “Seven cancer facts you need to know,” Redbook raises the issue of whether a woman’s risk of cancer is affected by having an abortion. … Continue reading
Shark Attack Hysteria Is Business as Usual for Media
The other day I was watching NBC News which lead off its program with a segment on the latest victims of shark attacks off the coast of the United States. What was odd about this particular news program was that … Continue reading
Do Cell Phones Increase the Risk of Brain Tumors?
Does using cellular telephones increase the risk of brain tumors? The short answers it that based on the evidence so far, any increased risk seems so small that it can’t be accurately measured. Swedish researcher Lennart Hardell made news recently, … Continue reading
Do Bicycle Seats Cause Impotence?
The Washington Post’s Roy Furchgott recently wrote an excellent article looking back at claims a few years ago that bicycle seats impeded the flow of blood to the penis causing impotence in male riders. Although bicycle seats designed to prevent … Continue reading
New Study Confirms Safety of MMR Vaccine, While Mumps Cases Explode in Great Britain
The New England Journal of Medicine recently published yet another study confirming that the measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine is almost certainly not a cause of autism and neurological problems in vaccinated children. One theory of how the disease … Continue reading