A dermatologist's personal blog and newsletter that tests hair loss products on himself and reviews them, including the NovaMane microneedling system and its knockoffs. Readers get candid first-person accounts of treatments, the science behind ingredients, and warnings about counterfeit products.
Website: https://drcolinhayes.com/
A blog by an emergency physician that examines medical research, health misinformation and science communication. Readers get personal clinical stories alongside critical, method-focused reviews of studies and claims.
A personal essay newsletter by Kawa Zolfagary about taking up judo in his forties, with self-deprecating humor about training, injuries and sparring. Issues also cover midlife health scares and lifestyle changes, told in a literary, reflective voice.
Personal essays from a Toronto-based writer and former academic on books, illness, grief, housing and disability. Issues blend memoir with cultural criticism, covering a book on a Toronto homeless encampment, a tribute to a mentor, and the experience of chronic illness diagnosis.
Each issue takes a popular food or wellness claim, traces its history, and checks it against the actual studies, noting where the evidence stops. Issues also include practical elements such as a congee recipe and kitchen advice.
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