How safe is plasma donation? Should it have hurt like it did? [more inside]
posted by sian on Jun 4, 2007 - 19 answers

Should my kids be taking fluoride supplements? [more inside]
posted by bh on Apr 1, 2007 - 47 answers

My Mom's chiropractor is using a device, the Toftness Radiation Detector (more here), that was outlawed by the FDA in 1984 as totally useless. If I decide to report him to the state, what agency would be appropriate? Or should I go straight to the FDA? Moreover, if my Mom swears he's helping her despite his quackery, should I even bother reporting him at all? [more inside]
posted by schoolgirl report on Sep 7, 2005 - 32 answers

International animal sounds : In English, dogs go 'woof', cats go 'meow' and ducks go 'quack'. Does anyone know what noises they make in other languages (or maybe other countries)? [I don't mean to limit this to those three, it just seemed like a good selection to show what I meant...]
posted by twine42 on Nov 1, 2004 - 22 answers