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Dr. Rabin's 100 newspaper columns: *denotes reader favorite * Released on your own Recognizance - The 100th and Final Column Sticking Your Neck Out - Chiropractic and Neck Pain B.S., I Love You - The Many Myths of Goji Berries No, We Can't Be Friends - Physical Effects of Heartbreak The 60-Watt Sugar Cone - Compact Fluorescent Lightbulbs Attractive Nuisance - Magnetic Supports Mind over Platter - Hypnosis and Weight Loss Rhythm and Blues - Biorhythms Field of Dreams - Electric Blankets and Health The Porcelain Cup Workout - Green Tea Bless You for Tweezing - Sneezing and Tweezing * Type O, Please..Hold the Garlic - Drinking Blood A Little Slippery with the Facts - Moisturizers * Kefir Madness - Kefir Beverage One-A-Day, Plus Irony - Multivitamins and Antioxidants All Manner of Deflation - Goatheads Weed Control - Niacin and Drug Tests Wink Wink, Nudge Nudge - Eye Twitching Transcendental Publication - The StressEraser Putting the Moo in Smoothie - Live Cell Therapy * In Rust We Trust - AquaDetox: Detoxifying Foot Baths Seasonings for Seasonals - Oregano Oil, Peppermint Oil and Allergies State of the Urine Address - Saw Palmetto I Spy with my Little Eye - Iridology Golden Arches - Orthotics Sound Judgment - Infrasound Refractive Error Messages - Bates Method * Public Displays of Infection - Bathroom Handwashing The Pucker-Up Prophylactic - Cranberry Juice Skittles, Extra Strength - Vitamin C Powder and Canker Sores * Every Party Needs a Pooper - Colon Hydrotherapy Flash Point - Black Cohosh Gross Anatomy - Tears, Snot and a Good Blow The Womb Room - Isolation Tanks The Morning-after Bouquet - Bad Breath Getting an Earful - Tinnitus and Hearing Loss The Return Trip from Bountiful - Ibogaine for Addiction When Goobers Attack - Peanut Allergy Elevation Rejuvenation - Altitude and Aging * Serenade for Two Organs - Why does your stomach growl? Future Hype Guaranteed - Astragalus Supplements * Nature's Diet Coach - Tapeworms 700% More Hot Air - Oxygenated Water Pond Scum - Blue-Green Algae Ligament-Leaching Lattes - Manganese Supplements Steeped in Secrecy - Essiac Cancer Tea Calf Wrestling - Nighttime Leg Cramps Baby Food - Colostrum Supplements * Indian-style Hot Pretzels - Bikram Yoga Reef Belief - Coral Calcium Stiletto Heals? - Reflexology Science-y Fiction - LifeWave Energy Patches ThroatSwab SquarePants - Nasty Sponges Blister Blocker - Sunscreens Lunacycles - Jet Lag and Melatonin Burps per Minute - The Hiccups * Numbing Nibbles - Chewing Ice Not for Use on Toads - Warts and Duct Tape Charmless Bracelet - The Q-Ray Bracelet Polly wants a Gas Mask - The Dangers of Teflon The Lost Gospels of Julia Child - Ezekiel Bread This Cure Really Bites - Shark Cartilage High Anxiety - Kava Kava Immaculate Complexion - Tea Tree Oil Oscar Meyer Vindaloo - Curry and Turmeric Shrink Wrap - The Body Wrap Girls Gone Wireless - Magneurol, The Psychic Pill ** Piddles, not Pills - Drinking Your Own Urine (Award Winner - See Below) Chi Toes - The Chi Machine Flu Fighter a la Fear Factor - Kimchi & Bird Flu Your Preference Under the Sheets - Mattresses * French (Poodle) Kisses - How Clean is Dog's Mouth? Robosugar - Splenda Sweetener The Royal Flush - Royal Jelly A Lube Job in Emerald City - Glucosamine & Chondroitin Cool It, Boys - Heat vs. Ice How Elephants Fit in a Two-Piece - The Peanut Diet The Midnight Show - Sleep Twitches/Myoclonic Jerks Anti-Gravity Boots - Inversion Tables Spot Remover - Arnica Gel In-Flight Beverage Service - Airborne Cold Remedy Mr. Bubble, meet The Sandman - Epsom Salts * Let's Get Crackin' - Cracking Knuckles and Arthritis Clearing the Air - Ionizers and Ozone Precious Purple Potions - Mangosteen Juice Hop on Pop - Carbonation and Bone Health Consider it Liquid Sushi - Cod Liver & Fish Oil The Eat Like a Bushman Diet - Hoodia gordonii A New Way to Wash Your Face - Neti Pots A Pate Worse than Death - Baldness Remedies Bubbeleh, Have a Little Nosh - Starve a Cold? Well Protected Cat Naps - Valerian Root Everlasting Tarnish - Colloidal Silver Play Hide the Vitamin - Sublingual B12 Fitness in Ten Thousand Easy Steps - Pedometers The Night Before Pill - Hangover Prevention Pills The Get Out the Bloat Campaign - 8 Glasses of Water a Day? Popeye’s New Can Isn’t Spinach - Energy Drinks Just Nuke 'Em - Microwave Ovens Fire in the Hold - Ear Candles ** 2nd Place: Best Specialty Column, Idaho Press Club Awards |
 "The Antidote" was a weekly column published from July 2005 to March 2008. Dr. Rabin tackled the hype surrounding alternative medicine, folk treatments, miracle supplements and cures-for-all-ills. His skeptical, evidence-based approach did not earn him many friends among local practitioners and multi-level marketers, but his monthly salary of two movie tickets made it all worth it.
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