http://mainprize.ca/writ "Sonny, true love is the greatest thing in the world — except for a nice MLT — mutton, lettuce and tomato sandwich, where the mutton is lean and the tomato is ripe" — Miracle Max, The Princess Bride Sun, 25 Sep 2011 01:40:34 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://mainprize.ca/writ/2010/11/radiology-paper http://mainprize.ca/writ/2010/11/radiology-paper#comments Wed, 17 Nov 2010 18:02:28 +0000 james http://mainprize.ca/writ/?p=668 http://mainprize.ca/writ/2010/11/radiology-paper/feed 0 http://mainprize.ca/writ/2010/05/panacea-or-snake-oil http://mainprize.ca/writ/2010/05/panacea-or-snake-oil#comments Fri, 14 May 2010 16:47:04 +0000 james http://mainprize.ca/writ/?p=389 With the multitude of health supplements out there, it’s difficult to figure out which ones work and which ones do not. Ideally, we’d follow the results of good scientific studies that have been corroborated by other studies. Unfortunately, wading through the results is extremely difficult. There is a good attempt and collating some of the results and categorizing the benefits by the reliability of the evidence. The people at Information is Beautiful have made a very nice bubble visualization of a whole host of supplements ...]]> http://mainprize.ca/writ/2010/05/panacea-or-snake-oil/feed 0 http://mainprize.ca/writ/2009/10/flu-shot-faq http://mainprize.ca/writ/2009/10/flu-shot-faq#comments Sun, 11 Oct 2009 06:54:39 +0000 james http://mainprize.ca/writ/?p=350 Well, flu season is upon us and this year all the worry is on the H1N1 virus that is poised to become a pandemic. There’s lots of information and disinformation out there that makes it quite confusing. If you have questions, read on. Hopefully I can help point you in the right direction. There is an excellent Flu Shot FAQ on the background for the flu and flu vaccines at Mental Floss, that seems quite sensible and informative. Another excellent but extremely long article helps dispel some of ...]]> http://mainprize.ca/writ/2009/10/flu-shot-faq/feed 0 http://mainprize.ca/writ/2009/10/zombie-fungi http://mainprize.ca/writ/2009/10/zombie-fungi#comments Sun, 04 Oct 2009 09:25:56 +0000 james http://mainprize.ca/writ/?p=107 http://mainprize.ca/writ/2009/10/zombie-fungi/feed 0 http://mainprize.ca/writ/2009/09/i-just-learned-something-about-shampoo http://mainprize.ca/writ/2009/09/i-just-learned-something-about-shampoo#comments Wed, 30 Sep 2009 17:08:26 +0000 james http://mainprize.ca/writ/?p=213 http://mainprize.ca/writ/2009/09/i-just-learned-something-about-shampoo/feed 0 http://mainprize.ca/writ/2009/08/more-homeopathy-debunking http://mainprize.ca/writ/2009/08/more-homeopathy-debunking#comments Tue, 01 Sep 2009 01:28:18 +0000 james http://mainprize.ca/writ/?p=164 http://mainprize.ca/writ/2009/08/more-homeopathy-debunking/feed 0 http://mainprize.ca/writ/2006/03/solar-power http://mainprize.ca/writ/2006/03/solar-power#comments Sat, 01 Apr 2006 01:32:56 +0000 james http://mainprize.ca/writ/?p=266 http://mainprize.ca/writ/2006/03/solar-power/feed 0 http://mainprize.ca/writ/2005/04/peanut-peanut-butter-what-the-helly http://mainprize.ca/writ/2005/04/peanut-peanut-butter-what-the-helly#comments Tue, 12 Apr 2005 01:13:12 +0000 iain http://mainprize.ca/writ/?p=329 http://mainprize.ca/writ/2005/04/peanut-peanut-butter-what-the-helly/feed 0