Most of us use bleach quite often to either clean and sanitize our homes or to whiten our whites. Household bleach is actually sodium hypochlorite but the basis is chlorine. Chlorine is a bactericidal AND a virucide. In other words, it will effectively kill many bacteria and viruses. So, can you blame the patent medicine […]
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Do Cats Need Vitamin C?
With all the nutritional products marketed to cats and dogs, including vitamins, you must wonder if a cat really needs any of this. Lots of people wonder if cats need vitamin C, for instance, since it is so important for humans. Even a basic knowledge of nutrition will tell you that there is no vitamin […]
NO, You Can’t Feed Your Cat a Vegan Diet
In June of 2014, the image of an article started circulating on Facebook. The headline read “Vegan” Kitten Nearly Dies.” Is it true? Did a kitten nearly die from being fed a vegan diet? Yes, this report was a real one. It was an article that had been published in Australia’s Herald Sun on July […]
We May Soon Have A Cancer Vaccine!
In the video below, Hank Green of the SciShow talks about an exciting new development in cancer treatment: A potential cancer vaccine. Researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine have been working on two novel immune-stimulating agents. They have injected these agents into the solid tumors of mice and found that the agents eliminated all traces of cancer […]
Sleeping Two Or More Times Instead Of Once a Day?
Have you ever heard of polyphasic sleep? Or biphasic sleep? Poly, as a prefix, means many. And bi-, as you know, means two. Phasic simply refers to phases. So, polyphasic sleep means sleeping in several phases, while biphasic sleep means sleeping in two phases. Either is just a fancy way of saying sleeping more than […]
Karswood Creosote – Inhaling Wood-Tar Creosote will Cure Colds, Flu, and Tuberculosis!
If you have a fireplace and have ever had to clean it out, you are familiar with creosote. As well, if you’ve ever taken a walk on the tracks, and noted the sticky black coating on the railroad ties, you’ve discovered creosote. It is a by-product of the burning of wood or coal, which leaves […]