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Medical crowdfunding steers millions in donations to dangerous snake oil

October 24, 2018 Posted By Categories Kevin Lomangino is the managing editor of HealthNewsReview.org. He tweets as @KLomangino. We’ve written extensively about the dark side of medical crowdfunding — how donations meant to help desperate patients may perversely promote useless and dangerous interventions. We’ve also looked at the news industry’s complicity with these misguided campaigns… Read More »

Warming Spice Smoothie

It’s one thing to eat foods that can warm you up, like soups and stews, but what about consuming warming spices? One of our community favorites is the Zinger Tea where this recipe sole purpose is to warm you up when you’re feeling under the weather with spices like cayenne, lemon, and ginger. It’s great… Read More »