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Use this tag for questions about the science of medicine and its practices. Use [medications] for questions about the actual cures that people take, and use [alternative-medicine] for claims about cures and practices which are claimed to be alternative to official medical science
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Do overweight people live longer?
What makes people think skinny or weight loss is healthy? Weight loss is a common sign of advancing disease. A Harvard review was horrified by this and similar studies suggesting obesity increases lif …
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Is medical error the third leading cause of death in the US?
As an medical insider from the ICU nursing perspective. I will agree that doctors do their best to prevent medical errors. The point of "To Err is Human" is that our best isn't good enough. Humans at …
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Does an aspirin a day have health benefits?
Depends on what you consider to be health benefits. I will address the question about heart attacks. Lots of medical sites and media outlets report the wonders of daily aspirin. But, in medicine, you …
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Is the placebo effect a purely psychological effect?
I am not sure why most think placebo effect is only psychological. It is easily reversible by opioid antagonists like naloxone:
the placebo response could be blocked by naloxone if it was induced by s …
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Did Dr Jacques Grancher accidentally infect himself with rabies during Pasteur's rabies vacc...
I recall from my history of science that one of Louis Pasteur's assistants accidentally injected rabies virus into his own thigh. I was able to find only two links about this event:
A book called Wh …
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Did Dr Jacques Grancher accidentally infect himself with rabies during Pasteur's rabies vacc...
After exhaustive searching and the help of others here I now admit my instructor was correct.
I found a detailed account of the events and the accident with Grancher. His accidental self-injection of …
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Do those receiving blood transfusions have worse outcomes than those with bloodless correcte...
The American Red Cross proudly proclaims “Give blood, save lives” Honorable, but is it true? Multiple studies on all-cause or total mortality have shown in fact the traditional practices of transfusi …
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Does ultrasound reduce joint inflammation?
A 2010 meta-analysis suggests
US could be efficacious for decreasing pain and may improve physical function in patients with knee OA. The findings of this review should be confirmed using methodol …
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Can popping a pimple in the facial 'danger area' cause brain infection or death?
Not sure about brain infection, but, popping pimples can result in death. S. aureus is a common skin bacteria that produces a variety of ailments from rashes, pimples, and boils to more serious bouts …
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Is cholesterol a significant factor in Heart Attacks?
It is not clear whether statin treatment is beneficial in a primary prevention setting, that is in people without prevalent CVD who are at relatively lower risk. The recent results of the JUPITER tria …
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