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Bad Medicine

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Christopher Wanjek is the author of the health books "Bad Medicine" and "Food At Work" and the novel "Hey, Einstein!" (www.amazon.com/Hey-Einstein-novel-nature-nurture/dp/0615650503) a comical nature-versus-nurture tale about raising clones of Albert Einstein in less-than-ideal settings. His column, Bad Medicine, appears regularly on LiveScience.

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Some have serious implications of fraud, while others are just plain humorous.
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And you may want to ditch the iced tea in favor of water.
The first look at human exposure to Fukushima's radiation reveals residents of one city are OK.
The citrus drink makes one cancer drug more effective at lower doses.
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