QUESTIONS ASKING FOR PERSONALIZED MEDICAL ADVICE ARE OFF-TOPIC. CONSULT YOUR PHYSICIAN. Healthcare refers to the system or systems used to deliver medical care to patients. It may be a monolithic, government controlled system (like the NHS in some parts of the UK) or a mixed system of providers and insurers (as in the US). Healthcare is the way the delivery of medical science is organised (at least for the purposes of tagging on this site).
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Do obese adults use 42% more health care than healthy-weight adults?
In a New York Post Opinion piece the following claim was made:
An obese adult uses 42 percent more health care than a healthy-weight adult, and a morbidly obese adult uses a staggering 81 percent more, according to the Robert Wood Johnson…
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Are the diagnostic criteria of brain death reliable?
There is a large number of sites - particularly fundamentalist Christian sites - claiming that the people who meet the diagnostic criteria for brain death are, nonetheless, capable of recovering.
For example:
The Truth about Organ Donation: No such…
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Is bare-knuckle boxing a safer combat sport than regular boxing in terms of brain trauma?
I read on The awkward conversation that followed Chris Lytle's un-retirement for bare-knuckle (mirror):
Lytle believes bare-knuckle is a safer combat sport than boxing, where he said the repeated blows to the head that accompany training sessions…
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Do obese people have lower lifetime healthcare costs?
I've always been told that obesity is a drain a country's healthcare system...and it's generally accepted as fact. In online debates I frequently see reference to this. I remember seeing news reports on 'The Cost Of Obesity' that say obese people…
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Is eating watermelon after milk bad?
It’s a local “myth” here in Iran that eating watermelon and milk (or any fatty food in general) is bad (as in it can cause stomachache or a bloated stomach etc). How true is this?
My web searches around suggest this myth also exists in India, and…
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Are mandatory influenza vaccinations to healthcare employees effective?
There is a new law about come into effect in Finland that would, amongst other things, mandate all healthcare employees have yearly vaccinations. Here is a link to the webpage of the new law (in Finnish).
There is also a citizens' initiative…
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What is the economic burden of having transgender people in the US military?
Donald Trump recently said on Twitter that the US
... cannot be burdened with the tremendous medical costs and disruption that transgender in the military would entail.
What are the medical and disruption costs of having transgender people in the…
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Is possible for male human to breast feed?
There are some stories circling around about man breast feeding.
Humboldt wrote about it.
What is know about this? Is this really lactation?
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Would the US deficit disappear if the costs of medical activity were more like the rest of the world?
It is well known that the USA spends more of its national wealth on healthcare than other countries (see, for example, some of the analysis in this question: Is more than 30% of US healthcare spending waste?).
But this extraordinary claim appeared…
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Is sitting on the floor for eating more beneficial for your health than sitting in a chair?
In India, where I am from, most of the people sit on the floor to eat their food. It is widely believed that sitting on the floor and eating is more beneficial than sitting in a chair or on a sofa. However there is an exception for light meals and…
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Did 79% of Greeks not have health insurance in 2013?
The following claim on recession in Greece is pretty shocking on its face, but also a little muddy:
Citing OECD data of 2013, the BoG [Bank of Greece] underlines that 79% of the population in Greece was not covered with insurance and therefore…
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Does half of Tennessee lack health care coverage?
During the joint press conference of 3/17/17 held by President Trump and Chancellor Merkel the President said, in response to a (largely-inaudible) question from Mark Halperin, that
I was in Tennessee--we had a tremendous crowd--the other night.…
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Does placing an ice cube on your neck provide health benefits?
It has been suggested that placing an ice cube on your neck where your head and neck are connected (the Feng Fu point) once a day has several health benefits123.
Supposedly the reason for this is that placing an ice cube in this location causes…
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Does boiling milk reduce the Vitamin B12 content?
Milk contains vitamin B12.
There appears to be conflicting advice over whether heating milk will reduce its B12 content.
For example, this healthcare site says:
Vitamin B12 is stable at room temperature and therefore does not need to be…
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Have statins been responsible for a major reduction in cardiovascular disease?
Statins are a range of pharmaceuticals that inhibit the body's ability to produce "bad" cholesterol thereby reducing the amount in the blood. Lower LDL levels in the blood are known to be associated with lower levels of cardiovascular events such as…
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