#health bureaucracy killing people. #politics #toread
on 02026-03-15Vishal Prasad thinks everyone should eat 5 grams of creatine per day, dry. I don’t even know what to tag this. #medicine? #health? #supplements?
on 02025-12-12#Alzheimer’s #health backgrounder explaining why the #amyloid hypothesis is still the mainstream hypothesis
on 02025-08-14#health #paper says exercise produces 1.5 to 3.5 kg of weight loss in controlled trials. #obesity
on 02024-12-13Ketone bodies apparently remove #Alzheimer’s “misfolded proteins” (β-amyloid plaques?) #health #nutrition #toread #ketosis
on 02024-12-12Tho-Radia lipstick was not measurably radioactive. #history #health
on 02024-05-23#paper on #diarrhea finds that regular #poop is 72–76% water, while “runny” diarrhea is 91.2% water. “Semiliquid” diarrhea is 88.5% water without #steatorrhea or 81.5% with. Steatorrhea solids were typically ⅓ to ½ fat. “Semi-formed stools from patients with steatorrhea had a lower water content than did formed stools from normal people.” “Bacterial mass represents 30%–75% of total stool weight in normal people.” #health #medicine
on 02023-09-04discussion of new #WHO guideline against #sweeteners includes discussion of #nicotine, vaping, etc. Apparently Ribena, etc., also include artificial sweeteners now! #food-additives #health
on 02023-06-12actual #WHO guideline against #sweeteners. #CC BY-NC-SA #food-additives #health
on 02023-06-12The #WHO recommends against #sweeteners because they “cause premature death among adults” and “do not help control body mass or reduce the risk of weight-related illnesses” #health #food-additives
on 02023-06-12something about #health and #myopia and red light? JAMA blocks TeleCentro's IP so I can't tell easily
on 02023-06-02Electrostimulation of a superficial skin wound with molybdenum foil makes it heal 30% faster, maybe useful for #diabetes sores. #health
on 02023-03-09#Gerson's ineffective cancer treatment is still killing people, if the Reddit story is correct #health
on 02023-02-08heartbreaking Reddit breast #cancer story about #Gerson therapy #health
on 02023-02-08a guy is allergic to his own orgasms, with flu-like symptoms: coughing, sneezing, runny nose, for 2–7 days. "Post-orgasmic illness syndrome" ("POIS"). #health #medicine
on 02022-12-302% #carboxymethylcellulose ingestion induces Crohn’s-disease-like symptoms in genetically susceptible mice, including bacterial overgrowth and inflammation. “CMC is an ideal suspect to account for the rise of #IBD in the 20th century.” #food-additives #health #medicine
on 02022-09-29discussion of a #vitamin-D overdose article. Physician Deva Boone who wrote it: “Vitamin D supplements can be very helpful for those with a deficiency. The point that I am trying to make is that Vitamin D should not be thought of as a dietary supplement. I am seeing more and more people with high calcium levels from being on high-dose Vitamin D. If you treat Vitamin D like the steroid hormone that it is, you will treat it like a medicine, and not take outrageous doses because someone online suggested it.” #medicine #health
on 02020-11-18“#Modafinil protects hippocampal neurons by suppressing excessive autophagy and apoptosis in mice with sleep deprivation” #medicine #paper #health
on 02020-11-18#WHO Global #Health Observatory with life expectancy by country up to 2015.
on 02016-10-14Bariatric surgery reduced death rate in 49000 patients who went to the hospital for #obesity by two thirds. #health
on 02016-06-26overview #paper, “meal frequency and timing in #health and disease”, related to humans and circadian rhythms, including things like intermittent #fasting and #ketogenic diets. #medicine
on 02015-12-04