CNN reports: “Last summer, Dr. Ronald Herberman, then director of the University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute, issued a warning to about 3,000 faculty and staff, listing steps to avoid harmful electromagnetic radiation from cell phones.”

“Electromagnetic radiation” is a fancy way of saying light waves.

Herberman has been on his cell phone crusade for a while now; I diagnosed him with a severe case of The Certainty last year.

Still, let’s assume he’s right that cell phones cause tumors. What actions should be taken?…

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A food and health tip for these trying times: we all know that chicken soup is good for the soul . . . and for colds, but now new research shows that chicken soup may lower high blood pressure.

Seems that collagen proteins found in chicken can have this medicinal effect. In a recent study Japanese researchers fed collagen proteins to rats, which lowered their blood pressure and acted similarly to ACE inhibitor blood pressure medications.

Here’s a bonus — a chicken soup joke:

At…

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