Tag: Truth

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How can I get sick when I am so clean?

Recently, there was a very popular game called Plague Inc., Players can create an infectious disease to destroy all human beings and experience the pleasure of being a god of death. However, the game also contains some interesting biomedical phenomena. For example, to let your germs invade western countries rich in medical resources, the evolution of [allergy] ability is almost one of the necessary killers. This setting of the game is not completely groundless, In fact, allergic diseases such as allergic rhinitis and asthma do prefer developed countries and regions. Particularly children in those areas, The prevalence rate is significantly higher than that of developing countries and regions. According to the survey results of the International Child Asthma and Allergic Read More …

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Don’t ignore snoring when sleeping! May be suffering from this disease

People usually think that people who snore when they fall asleep must sleep well, snore loudly and sleep soundly. In fact, snoring is not a good sign. Severe snoring may indicate obstructive sleep disordered breathing syndrome (hereinafter collectively referred to as sleep disordered breathing) and will seriously threaten health. Moreover, there are many people suffering from sleep breathing disorders, accounting for about one fifth of adults. Therefore, people who always snore loudly must be paid attention to. Snoring indicates poor breathing. At least half of the people will snore in their sleep, with loud and low voices. For a long time, snoring has only been considered as a condition that will cause harassment to others. Until the 1970s, Sleep breathing Read More …

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Is Aspirin Reliable to Prevent Cancer?

Last year, I wrote an article on cancer prevention, which received great response. There are also many criticisms, Especially on aspirin, Because some negative research results have been published in the past year, Some people who are shooting behind the scenes are not very idle. To be on the safe side, I took this in the manuscript, Some people request reprinting is also so ordered. In private, people often ask, Whether there has been a change of opinion about aspirin, I have not given a public reply. Because I know there will definitely be positive research results. Indeed, it did. But this time I am not proud. I am Zhuge Liang again. Instead, I discussed it privately with some professionals. Read More …

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Truth, Is Life in Movement or Static?

Wooden elephant, heart rate 40 times per minute, life span 80 years; The cheetah, which has the fastest speed on land, has a life span of only 20 years. The tortoise has a heart rate of 10 times and a life span of more than 100 years. However, fast mice have a heart rate of 450 times per minute, but their life span is only 2 years. Many sports fanatics are upset and say that athletes’ heart rate is slower than that of ordinary people. This is a misreading. No matter how fast they run, how high they run, how big their muscles are and how hard their fists are, how many of them live long? Life has been overdrawn Read More …

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Truth, does garlic really have magical effects?

When ordinary people pay attention to health, they always hope to find a way to promote health and prolong life without effort or even much adjustment to their lifestyle. Recently, articles on garlic health preservation in WeChat Circle of Friends have started to catch fire again, including garlic’s ability to prevent cancer, bacteria, blood lipid, blood pressure and cardiovascular diseases. A thoughtful friend asked me: Garlic is already one of the most important spices and ingredients in our diet. If it is so multifunctional, why are there so many cancers, infections and cardiovascular diseases? Is it the wrong way to eat, or is garlic not that magical? Just a while ago, my colleague published an influential research paper on the Read More …

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What is the carcinogenic risk of CT examination?

Among the essential medical inventions listed by the world’s top general practitioners, the most important inventions are MRI and CT scans. However, compared with MRI, which takes 20 to 30 minutes to complete, CT scans, which take only 10 seconds to complete, are obviously more advantageous and more widely used. CT scans are the first choice for acute head or abdominal injuries and lung examinations. However, the ionizing radiation caused by X-rays also makes people turn pale. Acute exposure to X-rays cannot be sensed, but high enough doses can kill people within days or weeks. Therefore, people have reason to worry about unnecessary X-ray exposure. The risks reported in different literatures vary greatly. The American Journal of Respiratory and Intensive Read More …

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Truth, Earth Warming or Radiation Bluffing?

There is an article on WeChat called “floor heating, bringing warmth to you while slowly killing your children”. The general content of this article is that floor heating, a heating method, may cause increased incidence of leukemia, breast cancer and other cancers, decreased reproductive ability and visual system damage. Perhaps many people saw this article, and their first reaction was to be dizzy by the repeated references to [floor heating] and [radiation] in the article. How can floor heating be linked to radiation? Is the floor warm what? In fact, most of the current use of [floor heating], the full name is [low temperature hot water floor radiant heating]. This kind of temperature regulation means, the whole building interior floor Read More …

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Truth, can autumn pants weaken leg cold resistance genes?

Every winter, [autumn pants conspiracy theory] begins to spread wildly among friends, microblogs and major social media. The article [quotes] Soviet geneticist Lysenko’s words: [If a country wears autumn pants for 60 years, it is never possible to take them off again.] One of the important arguments is that autumn pants can weaken the cold resistance genes of legs. Do autumn pants really have such magical functions? First, let’s talk about [cold resistance gene] The so-called [cold resistance gene], It is a group of genes discovered by geneticists from the University of Chicago and Cambridge respectively in Siberian aborigines. These genes do not require muscle movement or brain regulation to help the body directly convert stored fat into calories. In Read More …

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Probiotics Prevent Antibiotic-Related Diarrhea or Backfire

Antibiotic-related diarrhea is not uncommon. Among patients treated with antibacterial drugs, The incidence rate ranges from 25% to 30%, and is more common when amoxicillin/clavulanic acid antibiotics (amoxicillin) are used. Antibiotic-related Clostridium difficile infection is also not uncommon, accounting for about 1/3 of antibiotic-related diarrhea patients. Clostridium difficile has now become a part of nosocomial infection. As over-the-counter drugs become more and more readily available, the use of probiotics has greatly increased. When patients are using antibacterial drugs, doctors even routinely recommend the use of probiotics to prevent antibiotic-related diarrhea. However, a large-scale study (PLACIDE study) found that there was no significant difference in the incidence of Clostridium difficile infection or antibiotic-related diarrhea between probiotic group and placebo group. Interestingly, Read More …

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Those things about pregnancy and childbirth: lateral episiotomy is not recommended regularly during natural childbirth.

For many expectant mothers who plan to have their own children, Episiotomy is not only a pain in the skin, but may also be a pain in the chest. Some expectant mothers originally planned to give birth by themselves, but they began to back down at the thought of cutting a knife [below]. According to their statement, I would rather cut a knife [above] (cesarean section) than a knife [below] (episiotomy). In fact, there is already a lot of evidence-based medical evidence to prove that conventional episiotomy has not brought the benefits we hope to see. On the contrary, it will increase some complications, For example, 3-degree and 4-degree perineal laceration, sexual intercourse pain, etc. Neither WHO (World Health Organization) Read More …