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So I came over this article, at BoingBoing titled "I haven't used soap or shampoo in a year, and it's awesome". This person has tried the good old myth that you don't really need soap to stay clean, that body odor is not a problem and you can stay clean by using water. I've heard of this one...

So, I have mentioned before that there is a radio program with a morning show here in Tucson that doesn't even ever think twice about putting woo on the show. Alison DuBois (the psychic medium or whatever she is) is a regular guest, as well as other people with dubious claims at the very...

I heard an interview on Berkley Groks podcast recently with the woman who co-authored this book: The Body Has a Mind of its Own http://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9781400064694 Very tantalizing stuff about how the brain maps the real world. Anyone out there with expertise...

Here's a video that Stefen from the TANK Podcast and I did a few years ago. I was camera and edit, Stefan was presenter. http://www.metacafe.com/watch/499919/mind_body_spirit_festival_sydney/

Hello everybody, Here's something I've been wondering for a while. I understand the human is a great but imperfect machine. Although it is good at extracting energy from food, it isn't perfectly efficient. (disclaimer: what follows is what I've heard, I can't vouch for the veracity of...

Here's an interesting Salon article (must subscribe or watch ad) about how John Mark Karr's confession to killing JonBenet Ramsey might be false. I enjoyed Richard Ofshe's (false confession expert) response to a question about body language giving someone away:

Every couple of weeks you hear or read a news article about how too much caffeine is bad for you. But then you read another article explaining that caffeine has never been linked to any cancers. "Studies on caffeine discount any risk of cancer. A major report from the American Institute for...

I'd heard of women with a very high incidence of breast cancer in the family, and a clear family genetic marker, opting to have their breasts removed to prevent breast cancer. I certainly didn't think it would go farther than that.... Cousins Give Up Stomachs after Genetic Testing...

http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/05/17/hoffa.search/index.html You heard it here first. Why it is so important, I fail to understand.

So for those of us to don't give a damn what happens to our bodies after we're dead -- what are you planning to do? For me, dead is dead and what happens to my body doesn't have any greater meaning. I'm an atheist. Organ donation if anything's still useful is a must for me. I think of donating...

The body of this girl is divisible into two parts. The above part is of human head and lower part is look like snake body. Is this paranormal?

Hello my friends.. it's been a long time since I posted here, but today I heard some story, (even better a university homework) which sound like bogus to me... the task is to give a scientific explanation of this supposedly real phenomena: If a body dies under water, and get's trapped there...

http://health.msn.com/menshealth/articlepage.aspx?cp-documentid=100119940&GT1=7538#1 Some of these sound dubious at best. Like #5 - wiggle a bone in your nasal cavity to clear your sinuses. And #7 - relieve a toothache by rubbing ice on your hand. And #12 - slow your heart by blowing on your...

A woman interviewed on CNN news today revealed that her neighbors were found dead in their home in New Orleans and rescuers had apparently marked the building as having been searched, with no bodies found. She entered the home after having "suspicions" that something (likely foul smells) was...

I got a recommendation on this forum from someone who used Poser and said that there was a freeware package that did most of the things. Unfortunately, that was before the Great Forum Upgrade, and I can't access my old PMs, and a casual google only shows the full package, which is expensive. I...

I was reading through a yoga discussion board and saw this comment: "I am pretty short but have lost torso length as I've gotten older. In the past my torso was longer than my legs, now it's the other way around." Is this possible? It strikes me as very odd. Of course yoga people make a lot...

Alright, I have another question for you guys. Is there any truth whatsoever to the idea that toxins and metals build up in the body and need to be cleaned out through 'detoxification remedies'? My first insinct was to call ******** because it sounds so much like a salespitch for some herbal...

From a contribution from reader and professor of physics at Lakehead University, Canada, William Sears in this week's commentary I have always taken normal body temperature in Celcius to be 36.8. Perhaps this has been a forwards conversion from 37 Celsius to 98.6 Fahrenheit and then backwards...

Has anyone ever heard of this? Christian Body Migraine Defense My normally very intelligent wife suffers occasionally from migraines and became interested in holistic ways to treat it. She says that some of the people that she talked with about migraines said that after years of taking...

Hello all, In physiology, Contractions & Relaxations are defined as; Contraction; The shortening and thickening of functioning muscle or muscle fiber. Relaxation; The lengthening of inactive muscle or muscle fibers. Some sites tells something about these...

I came across this at another forum. Although I have no real interest in body building or power lifting it caught my interest. It's essentially about the use of dietary supplements to increase NO production during and after exercise. The idea is that the increased vasodilation improves muscle...

Lt.Gen.C.V. Christianson, Deputy Chief of Staff for Logistics. This is what a Lt General said yesterday in an interview quoted at http://www.nytimes.com/2004/10/30/international/middleeast/30equip.htm/?th There are press stories circulating that parents, spouses, sibs and friends of soldiers...

Commentary October 29, 2004: Are we missing something here? Hello James? Hello the other James? Hello anyone?

When I was an adolescent my parents told me that a lot of strenous physical exercise increases testosterone, thereby diminishing the hairiness on the chest and legs, because this will stimulate the testosterone and have it used for muscles rather than hairiness on the chest and legs; so they...

Astrology - impact of disappearing body As I understand most astrologers has abandon the idea that the influence of the planets and starts on humans are caused by the gravitational force of the body in question. Is the current view that there are some other mystical force are in place or that...

Having a chat with Trouble last night and she said that the bible says- in the new testament- that you can do pretty much as you please provided you accept Jesus as your personal saviour. Furthermore, accepting Jesus trumps all old testament rules and regulations including the ten commandments...

Body By God : The Owner’s Manual for Maximized Living Biblically based instructions for fitness? From one of the reviews: Another book to add to this long list of biblically-based health books.

I just saw an ad for a movie on TV. The movie is named "21 Grams." The first line in the ad said, roughly, "They say you lose 21 grams when you die." I'm not sure but I think their idea is then when you die, you suddenly weight 21 gram less, which means that 21 grams is your soul (or whatever...

I was up real late last night watching informationals. One was that power steamer. Another one was about what I am going to write about. There is this Dr. Alex Guerrero on this quasi talk program, hosted by some guy. You know...how those informationals you see where Kevin Trudeau is the host...

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