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Tavel</p> <p class="title unavailable">Diet-Heart: A Hypothesis in Crisis? Part 2: The Modern Macronutrient Wars Begin</p> <p class="author unavailable"><a href="/web/20150907004914/http://www.csicop.org/author/kennethwkrause">Kenneth W. Krause</a></p> <p class="title unavailable">Enter the Boy Wonder, Part 2 – Randi vs. Geller: How the Giant Battle Began</p> <p class="author unavailable"><a href="/web/20150907004914/http://www.csicop.org/author/massimopolidoro">Massimo Polidoro</a></p> <p class="title"><a href="/web/20150907004914/http://www.csicop.org/si/show/its_time_for_science-based_medicine">It’s Time for Science-Based Medicine</a></p> <p class="author"><a href="/web/20150907004914/http://www.csicop.org/author/stevennovella">Steven Novella</a></p> <p class="title unavailable">Monster Lookalikes: Reflections of a Paranatural Naturalist</p> <p class="author unavailable"><a href="/web/20150907004914/http://www.csicop.org/author/joenickell">Joe Nickell</a></p> <p class="title"><a href="/web/20150907004914/http://www.csicop.org/si/show/pesticides_just_how_bad_are_they">Pesticides: Just How Bad Are They?</a></p> <p class="author"><a href="/web/20150907004914/http://www.csicop.org/author/harriethall">Harriet Hall</a></p> <p class="title unavailable">Reams Urine & Saliva Testing: Don’t Waste Your Money</p> <p class="author unavailable"><a href="/web/20150907004914/http://www.csicop.org/author/thomas_patterson">Thomas Patterson</a></p> <p class="title unavailable">Science Sells Out: Advertising Traditional Chinese Medicine in Three Supplements</p> <p class="author unavailable"><a href="/web/20150907004914/http://www.csicop.org/author/david_gorski">David H. 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