Tag Archives: W Gifford-Jones MD

Sudan the white rhino: will humans ever learn?

What a sad, thought-provoking photo, published in the Globe and Mail newspaper. It shows Sudan, the last male northern white rhino, unable to stand. You can see the terrible frustration and pain on his face. Veterinarians, at the Pejeta Kenyan ...

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Women aren’t just men with boobs and tubes

George Carlin, the American comedian, once remarked when referring to God, “He, and if there is a God, I am convinced He is a He because no woman could or would screw things up this badly.” Karen Jensen, one of ...

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How safe are cell phones?

Are some cell phone users destined to develop cancer after years of use? Or, is this fear being over played? For years I’ve tried to find an unbiased informative source. Now, a report from the University of California attempts to ...

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The fart pill: Can it win a Nobel Prize?   

Could hydrogen sulfide (H2S), the gas that causes the odour of farts, ever receive the Nobel Prize in Medicine? Dr. Rui Wang, an internationally known Canadian researcher, reports that one day we may have a “fart pill” that fights one ...

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Puritanical lies about alcohol

Are you becoming as skeptical as I am about public information? Fake political news? Alternative facts about the state of the world’s economy? So, now I ask how honest is medical news? Of course everyone knows that consuming stupid amounts ...

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What did you learn in 2016?

Mahatma Gandhi counselled, “Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.” One never stops learning. So let’s see from this quiz how much you learned this past year. The Doctor Game # ...

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Take no liberties with the gods, nor weary them

Do you share my rage and depression this Christmas when you witness children being pulled out of the ruins of Aleppo, Syria? Surely, there must be a special hell for political leaders who let this happen. If it were their ...

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