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Questions tagged [medical-science]

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

Medical science is the science and art of healing. It encompasses a variety of health care practices evolved to maintain and restore health by the prevention and treatment of illness.

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Can an experiment done on casual cannabis users provide evidence for the risk of psychosis in long term users?

There is an episode of BBC Horizon with the title Cannabis: Miracle Medicine or Dangerous Drug?, presented by Dr Javid Abdelmoneim. During the documentary Abdelmoneim meets Dr Amir Englund, a scientist who is conducting a research to developer safer…
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Do doctors recommend that ears should be checked annually?

In a Business Insider video about a procedure for removing excess earwax, the subtitles claim: Doctors recommend getting your ears checked annually. I've never heard of this before.
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Is this cow urine study published in NCBI valid?

The cow is regarded as a sacred animal in Hinduism, and as expected, there are a lot of people in India (including very prominent religious leaders and politicians) who want to show that even its urine (and dung) has the potential for treating all…
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Are Carpal Tunnel Syndrome exercises effective?

There are numerous articles/videos on the internet talking about exercises that supposedly help with/prevent carpal tunnel syndrome.…
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Are there 130 Research papers supporting Vaccine/Autism Causation?

According to this compilation by Ginger Taylor, MS, there are 130 research papers supporting vaccine/autism causation. Do all (or at least most) of these papers support the conclusion that one or more vaccines are causal in autism?
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Does Melatonin help support sleep?

This question brought to you courtesy of a trip to a local supermarket. Browsing vitamins/supplements shelf, saw a bottle of Melatonin, on the bottle it said "Helps support sleep" Is this something proven by studies?
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Does the Assisi loop heal injuries?

The Assisi loop uses "Pulsed Electromagnetic Field Therapy" to treat inflammation in animals. This seems like a bunch of woo. Does this work?
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Is there evidence from controlled trials that automatic external defibrillation can start a stopped heart?

Jeremy H. Howick writes in the book "The Philosophy of Evidence-based Medicine": Perhaps the most striking [paradox of EBM] is that many of the treatments in whose effectiveness we have the most confidence – that we consider to be most strongly…
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Does intermittent opioid abuse have a long-term negative effect on health?

If somebody were to take 20mg of an opioid (for example, hydrocodone) twice a week every week, would there be any negative long-term effects?
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Do sugary drinks make you fat?

The question of whether sugary drinks contribute to obesity is controversial, not least because the large manufacturers of the drinks would most likely suffer if the contribution to obesity were proved. Michael Bloomberg, the recent Mayor of New…
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Can Broccoli stop or slow Osteoarthritis?

BBC News has been running a story on how Broccoli can slow or stop osteoarthritis: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-23847632 Eating lots of broccoli may slow down and even prevent osteoarthritis, UK researchers believe. The University of East…
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Is "Limitless" pill is for real?

Does any one know "Limitless" pill is real? or anyone is conducting research in inventing one? My Question is based on a the movie "Limitless" Where the hero will get extream power mentally after having a magic pill. Basically, normal humans will…
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Do NIAID employees get a share of royalities from drugs that are based on scientific work within NIAID that provides the basis for them?

Robert F. Kennedy Jr claims in his book The Real Anthony Fauci on pages 245-246: Dr. Fauci’s management style thrives on creating many such opportunities for his agency and its employees to participate in profitable ventures with pharmaceutical…
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Did Nancy Pelosi call herd immunity "quackery"?

There are a number of news sources quoting Nancy Pelosi referring to herd immunity as "quackery": “It becomes clear to us now that they believed in herd immunity, quackery, springing right from the Oval Office. And not denied sufficiently by some…
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Which data are correct for the number of SARS-CoV2 positive tests in France on April 4?

The data published by the John Hopkins University report a sharp spike in new detected cases of SARS-CoV2 infections in France for two days ago (April 4), with 25000 new people tested positive in one day, a number that is an order of magnitude…
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