His first big clue came when people started hemorrhaging after chewing gum. Lawrence Craven did tonsil and adenoid surgery in his…

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When I was a kid from the wrong side of the tracks, wiping your nose on your clothes was a…

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There are just so many young people here. I’m at the 21st birthday meeting of an organization I got to help build…

Some old wives’ and doctors’ tales are pretty harmless. Behind the myths about blackheads and acne, though, it gets very ugly. And…