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Post by bazfaz on Dec 8, 2009 9:04:54 GMT
Claims and counter claims pour out from research labs desperate to keep their funding going. I don't know how to keep up with them. Maybe we could make this a sticky and post each new claim here.
Today I read that "research" has shown that drinking coffee can cut men's risk of getting prostate cancer. Or maybe not, according to other research findings.
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Post by bazfaz on Dec 9, 2009 15:29:20 GMT
Today it was announced that drinking coffee will not sober you up after you have had too much alcohol. That is bad news for mice on which the tests were carried out.
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Post by lagatta on Dec 9, 2009 15:49:03 GMT
Do the horrible "secret cure for belly fat" banner ads go under this heading? You may not have those. I tend to get a combination of mostly North American and French (from Europe) ads.
I know we need ads because the alternative of getting people to contribute small sums would be unworkable in practical terms. But these are truly gross.
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Post by lola on Dec 9, 2009 16:45:08 GMT
My pharmacology prof always had a giant mug of tea or coffee at hand. She spent hours on the adverse effects for other drugs, but had only praise for caffeine. Miracle drug vs her own bias? Most commonly abused drug, or the only thing that keeps us vigilant?
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Post by traveler63 on Dec 9, 2009 21:00:25 GMT
Remember it is the "practice" of medicine. There is a TV program here in the U. S. called House, starring Hugh Laurie as a medical doctor who practically kills his patients before he finds out what is really wrong with them. ;D
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Post by existentialcrisis on Dec 10, 2009 10:08:24 GMT
I found my world shattered one day when someone told me that soy products are actually bad for you. I had always been told that soy was a wonder-food! A co-worker and I did some research and found an equal amount of support for both sides. On further inspection, the anti-soy information seemed to be put out there by meat and dairy farmers and farm supporters, while the pro-soy information seemed to be backed by the multi-billion dollar soy industry. It's hard to know what to eat.
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Post by lagatta on Dec 10, 2009 13:53:21 GMT
Yeah, I don't know about the soya stuff either. I'd tend to shy away from the over-processed stuff, but I do make an exception for Belsoy (Provamel) soya cream, a godsend for the lactose-intolerant. Of course real cream cultured with friendly bacteria that transform the lactose into whatever they transform it into would be much tastier and far more natural. But hard to find.
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Post by bazfaz on Dec 14, 2009 8:04:24 GMT
A team from Reading university (the one in the UK) has found that drinking champagne lowers the risk of heart attacks and strokes. They found a similar effect came from drinking cocao but said that drinking champagne was more fun.
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Post by hwinpp on Dec 15, 2009 2:32:18 GMT
Heard that on BBC this morning.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 15, 2009 6:28:55 GMT
I think I will continue to self-medicate with whatever I feel like eating or drinking.
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Post by lagatta on Dec 15, 2009 13:08:02 GMT
I also heard the BBC report. Though it says any (naturally-made) sparkling wine does the same, not just true champagne. (think I'll start a sparkly thread).
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Post by bazfaz on Dec 15, 2009 13:36:31 GMT
Today I read that medical students in the UK are to be tested on their knowledge of medicines before they graduate.
Now why had nobody thought to do that before?
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Post by traveler63 on Dec 15, 2009 14:04:11 GMT
Well, went to the cardiologist last week, and after being on zetia for, well I don't know how long(years), now off it and on naispan. Zetia supposedly doesn't do anything and naispan is supposed to do all things. So........ we will see. Isn't it funny that what was the "medical miracle drug" and is the penthouse one day, goes directly to the s--- house the next. Boy am I confused.
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Post by fumobici on Dec 15, 2009 20:00:57 GMT
Don't be. In ten years or whenever the patent expires Naispan will be dangerous and ineffective too.
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Post by bazfaz on Dec 16, 2009 8:53:16 GMT
Today I read that research shows that doses of the hormone leptin not only help control obesity (maybe) but also help against developing alzheimer's - at least in rats.
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Post by bazfaz on Dec 28, 2009 8:12:35 GMT
A woman in Scotland has had a cancerous tumour on her leg cured by an injection of mistletoe.
There is more to kissing under the mistletoe than I thought.
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Post by lagatta on Dec 28, 2009 12:33:26 GMT
It seems the swine flu has not spread as much as predicted due to the resurgence of ... hand washing.
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Post by bazfaz on Dec 28, 2009 15:09:25 GMT
Be careful about all that hygiene. I also read today that the use of disinfectant in hospital is keading to the development of anti-biotic resistant bugs.
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Post by lagatta on Dec 28, 2009 15:18:29 GMT
Good old-fashioned handwashing is fine. Those alcohol-based disenfectants in vogue now could well cause the problems you mention.
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Post by rikita on Dec 30, 2009 22:41:08 GMT
i like the smell though. when i worked at the daycare, after changing some diapers, i'd disinfect my hands, and then smell them, because for some strange reason i liked the smell of the disinfectant.
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Post by bazfaz on Jan 5, 2010 21:43:01 GMT
Oh-oh, "research"has shown that people who quit smoking have a 70% greater chance of getting diabetes than people who carry on puffing. So, you'll die from diabetes or die from lung cancer.
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Post by hwinpp on Jan 6, 2010 3:03:07 GMT
Smokers are supposed to put on weight if they stop smoking, so, to stay svelte, I've never attempted it
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Post by bazfaz on Jan 7, 2010 10:57:51 GMT
"Research" has shown that prolonged use of mobile phones may protect us from Alzheimers. So I read this morning. Admiitedly the research was done on 96 mice (I didn't know they made mobile phones for mice). And the research was done in Florida. Did Mickey volunteer?
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Post by bazfaz on Jan 11, 2010 15:13:48 GMT
I read that scientists have developed a new test for detecting peanut allergy. 8 out of 10 children who were previously told they had an allergy to peanuts have now been foound not to have an allergy.
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Post by hwinpp on Jan 12, 2010 3:57:14 GMT
LOL! That doesn't surprise me at all.
My nephew supposedly has an allergy to apples...
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Post by bazfaz on Jan 12, 2010 7:28:16 GMT
My SiL has an allergy to fish (except smoked salmon).
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Post by bazfaz on Jan 12, 2010 15:27:26 GMT
This piece of research has been released for people groaning after Christmas excess. A professor at Oxford claims that a fat bum helps protect against cardiac arrest and diabetes.
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Post by lagatta on Jan 12, 2010 19:32:48 GMT
Yes, but it only holds for people (usually women) with a slender waist and no excessive tummy. It is a body type - one thinks of Afro-Brazilian women having that build, for example.
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Post by rikita on Jan 12, 2010 20:11:20 GMT
as for the allergies - can't it be that the kids used to be allergic and it went away? in the daycare where i used to work, there was a boy for example that couldn't eat almost anything due to allergies (and he actually once had to go to the hospital because he ate something wrong at daycare) but later on, when he was about four or five, he could eat most things except fish, i think...
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Post by lagatta on Jan 12, 2010 22:09:18 GMT
Yes, many people outgrow childhood allergies. I had a very severe allergy to cow's milk (of the hospital visit kind) as a child. I can now eat some cow's milk cheese with not much trouble (wouldn't dare drink milk though) - this is probably residual lactose intolerance as my body couldn't learn lactose tolerance in youth.
But allergy to apples is not necessarily just a dislike - I had a very severe reaction to them at the allergists'. It is true that I tend to avoid raw apples now and have no concrete proof that I'm still allergic to them.
I never had the more common allergy to strawberries.
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