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The Dorito Effect — A Surprising Truth about Food and Flavor

Editor’s Note: This article is a reprint. It was originally published June 3, 2018. In his book “The Dorito Effect: The Surprising New Truth About Food and Flavor,” award-winning journalist and author, Mark Schatzker, investigates the introduction of flavor into the industrialized food supply. An investigative journalist by profession, Schatzker’s curiosity about flavor led him… Read More »

The Surprising Benefits of Inclined Bed Therapy

This article was previously published February 15, 2018, and has been updated with new information. Oftentimes the simplest strategies pay great dividends. Getting sensible sun exposure and grounding — walking barefoot on the ground, whether it’s sand, grass or rock — are two examples. Sleeping on an incline is another. While sleeping on a horizontal… Read More »

Canada’s surprising history and questionable partnership with a Chinese company and its military-backed COVID-19 vaccine

Article content continued CanSino’s Canadian connections, meanwhile, did not end with the federal vaccine collaboration inked in May. A week later, it announced a deal to help develop a COVID-19 vaccine created by Vancouver’s Precision Nanosystems. Based on totally different cutting-edge technology, it uses “messenger RNA” to trick the body into making coronavirus proteins, which… Read More »

KHN’s ‘What The Health?’: High Court’s Surprising Abortion Decision

Can’t see the audio player? Click here to listen on SoundCloud. The Supreme Court surprised both sides in the polarized abortion battle Monday by ruling, 5-4, that a Louisiana law requiring doctors who perform the procedure to have admitting privileges at a nearby hospital is an unconstitutional infringement of a woman’s right to an abortion. As… Read More »