Jeannie Collins Beaudin

A placebo is a medication that looks real but doesn’t contain any active ingredients—sometimes referred to as a “sugar pill”. It's hard...

Did you know your nose has a “cycle” in which your breathing alternates between nostrils? Your brain signals one side of the nose to...

One of the first pharmacists I trained with often used to quietly mutter things I couldn’t understand. I would ask “Excuse me… what did...

Have you made New Year’s resolutions in past years that you've never achieved? Most of us have. The beginning of a new calendar year is a...

As we head into a Christmas that is quite a change from usual, my thoughts turn to how different this entire year has been. I know I’m...

I’ve mostly been fine with pandemic restrictions so far. I know that restrictions are for our safety and to protect those who are...

We know now that viruses like SARS CoV-1 and SARS CoV-2 can survive in the air as an aerosol for several hours and can travel longer...

I'm curious about how many of you enjoy audiobooks. Or whether you've even listened to one yet... Many (like me!) love words on a...

Another week just slipped by… didn’t even think about my blog until Thursday. But I did read an interesting “productivity” blog at the...

This is my 200th blog – a milestone I wanted to celebrate! I’ve been writing my weekly Health Blog for the past 4 ½ years, with the...

Rather than waiting for the next pandemic to arrive... then struggle to limit its spread, search for treatments, and race to develop a...

It’s been a hectic week… so not a typical blog this week. But I thought I’d tell you what I’m up to. Not only have I been preparing for...

We like to believe we always think logically, but sometimes we fool ourselves or others trap us with faulty logic. This is so common,...

I received a question from a reader about generic drugs… Our generic/brand naming system for medications can be confusing, so I thought...

Researchers are working hard to find good treatments for COVID-19 and strategies to prevent it from being as severe. A new study suggests...

Researchers have been trying to figure out why large numbers of COVID-19 cases occur in some areas but only a few cases in others. Here...

I’ve suffered from motion sickness ever since I was a kid… I still remember trips to the cottage (over rough dirt roads!) that left me...

What a week I’m having! Seems there’s no room on my schedule (or in my head!) for thinking about a blog. But rather than ignore all of...

Many experiments have been done to demonstrate that we tend to look for and believe information that supports what we already believe to...

and live a happier, more productive life! Wulastukw/Saint John River by Victoria Moon Joyce (Fredericton, NB) What is Flow? Flow is “a...