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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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Does mifepristone (RU-486 / Korlym®) help cure depression?

It's important to realize, here, that the study you linked does not claim mifepristone is effective for the treatment of depression. It provides some evidence for the treatment of psychosis in psychot …
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Do vaccines against childhood diseases leave the immune system less capable of fighting cancer?

Claim There are many debunked claims about possible dangers of vaccines in this 4chan thread, including the old standby that vaccines cause autism, which is dealt with in this Skeptics Q&A. I will ad …
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Drinking 3 glasses of milk per day doubles a woman's chances of death?

Does drinking more than 3 glasses of milk a day double your risk of death? The study was not designed to answer this question The claim in your question title and in the headline of the Cleveland Cl …
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