The Skeptical Hypochondriac

Another study has confirmed that several cups of coffee a day can significantly curb the risk of diabetes. Interestingly, the same trend holds for people who drink tea or even decaf. Here’s a study I’d like to see done. What happens when someone just drinks a few cups of really hot water a day? Any chance that’s [...]

According to a recent report, there has been a dramatic increase in the number of people who are considered nearsighted. Researchers tapped into a wide-ranging health survey to rate vision in the population in the early 1970s and roughly 30 years later. They compared eyesight information for more than 4,400 people tested in 1971 and 1972 with [...]

Buying green and local products is one of those things that makes you a better person, right? Right? Um, maybe not. There’s also the risk that these lifestyle choices will make us complacent, sapping the drive to call senators and chain ourselves to coal plants. Tweaking your shopping list, the argument goes, is at best woefully insufficient and maybe [...]