Imagine looking at the position of Venus and using that to predict how much snow you'll get for the next decade.
It sounds ludicrous, but that's exactly what the Farmer's Almanac does. In 1792, the publication first used the mathematical formula for weather predictions created by Robert B. Thomas. Thomas looked at variables like sun spots, tidal patterns, and yes, the position of the planets. He even gave tips on counting things like persimmon seeds and colors on a wooly caterpillar.
It's hard to tell which medical studies to follow... especially when they contradict each other.
One day coffee is good for you... the next, someone claims it gives you cancer. The same with eggs, milk, and a number of other things. (For the record, coffee is good for you and protects against liver cancer.)
A 60-year-old man in Massachusetts made headlines last week... for all the worst reasons.
That's because he became the first recorded case of a certain mosquito-borne virus infecting a human in Massachusetts since 2003.
Doc's note: August is National Make a Will Month. So this month, I'm covering a question I often hear...
"Should I pay for someone to write my will or can I do it myself?"
I'm going to lose my voice from shouting this yet again: Big Government doesn't care about you.
No one – not Big Government, not Big Pharma, not Big Banks – will take care of you. You can only take care of yourself. You are the only one with your own best interests at heart.
It felt like just a moment ago you were enjoying dinner with your wife, and now you're flat on your back rolling into emergency surgery.
You've had a massive heart attack... and you're completely blindsided.
It was one of the biggest data breaches in U.S. history.
In 2017, millions of folks had their most valuable information – the keys to their private identities – exposed and possibly stolen. The company at fault – credit bureau giant Equifax.
Sometimes, doctors can be killers.
I'm not talking about homicide. I mean that the folks we trust with our lives make lethal mistakes... And it happens more often than you might expect.
One of the deadliest cancers is about to claim more lives than ever.
Doctors expect liver cancer to claim 31,780 lives in the U.S. this year. It's one of the deadliest cancers you can get. That's because it's often undiagnosed until it's already advanced.
