One “Last Glass” Before Going Under the Knife?

How many times have we heard someone punctiliously declare: “No coffee tonight; it’ll keep me awake”? Well, it’s a serious error (of taste): coffee or tea drunk just before going to bed, according to a new scientific study, has...

Human prohibition having produced nothing good, unless you count seeing small-time contraband crooks turning into big-time organized crime bosses, what about the divine prohibition invoked by religions? Hinduism and Buddhism: The First Steps Towards Widespread Prohibition. The eating of animal flesh...

Are “detox” diets good for your health? Probably not! NBC news, armed with “nutritional” and scientific facts, says the benefits of such diets, so popular with purists, are nothing but a myth. https://www.nbcnews.com/know-your-value/feature/health-matters-detox-diet-good-or-bad-your-health-ncna891166

Rooibos, reddish “miracle” tea, with its “slight taste of strawberries”, is gradually moving away from its ancestral origins. The thousand virtues of this tea and the industrialization it has undergone have brought it to the attention of the masses...

The prefect of Aisne has backtracked after having taken advice from several addiction experts: no, banning alcohol during lockdown will not stop domestic violence. Faced with the fear of seeing acts of family violence, or even femicide, multiply, a...