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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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Does elective single embryo transfer (eSET) reduce pro-life hangups against IVF?

On the Centers for Disease Control website about Elective Single Embryo Transfer or eSET, health experts count the risks of multiple births as including: Some who become pregnant with multiples may find one or more cannot survive to term or even a…
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Could a man survive in the belly of a fish for 3 days?

Jonah 1:17, 2:10 ESV - And the Lord appointed a great fish to swallow up Jonah. And Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights. ... And the Lord spoke to the fish, and it vomited Jonah out upon the dry land. Could a man survive…
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When will humans become immune to antibiotics?

I heard that antibiotics will become useless in the future because the diseases are gaining resistance to them. When will this happen and how this works exactly? What if someone never used antibiotics or used them rarely, will he/she be still…
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Is 7:30-8:15am the best time to have sex?

Russian language media (as usual, citing usual unnamed "british researchers"), reported that 7:30-8:15am is the best time to have sex. Британские исследователи назвали лучшее время для занятия сексом. По мнению специалистов, любовными утехами лучше…
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How effective are face masks?

Actually, all the countries worldwide are discussing policies about face masks. Masks were, up to now, mainly used by surgeons, and now, all medical workers are working with masks. In Switzerland, my country, face masks are now mandatory in public…
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Is there a scientific explanation for these two cases of healing after intercessory prayer?

I recently found two remarkable case reports of healings after intercessory prayer: Case report of instantaneous resolution of juvenile macular degeneration blindness after proximal intercessory prayer A young woman with a case of juvenile macular…
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Does mifepristone (RU-486 / Korlym®) help cure depression?

Several studies in major medical journals have been undertaken to determine how practical it would be, and how effective, to use mifepristone (an "antiglucocorticoid") as a treatment for psychotic major depression. For instance, according to the…
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Has any Peer-Reviewed Double Blind Study been made on any vaccine regarding efficacy?

I can not even find one Peer-Reviewed Double Blind Study of any vaccine. Can you point out some studies for me, if they are available?
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Does this article make a valid claim that SARS-CoV-2 isolation hasn't been demonstrated yet?

This is the article: Lordchewy: "Exposing the Core Tenets of the Covid 1984 Regime, Part 2: Koch’s Postulates, Lack of Sars Cov 2 Isolation and of its Presence in Autopsy Reports", Medium, Jan 1, 2021 It claims that there is no evidence (i.e. a…
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What evidence is there to say a SARS-COV2 virus exists?

https://www.drrobertyoung.com/post/university-of-western-australia-no-record-of-isolation-or-purification-of-cov-by-anyone-ever A court order was indeed delivered to the university of WA and the response from the university was accurate. This is…
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Are people receiving spontaneous gold dental prostheses without dentist intervention?

Claims of unexpected and spontaneous fillings or full restorations of teeth with gold are not unheard of in many faith healing services and other religious gatherings. For example, in a video recorded at the Demonstrate Conference (an event hosted…
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Does SARS-CoV-2 infect via asymptomatic transmission?

In this video, Dr Sam Bailey, along with Dr Robin Wakeling, state that there is no evidence for asymptomatic or pre-symptomatic transmission of SARS-CoV-2. (She also claims there is no evidence for any kind of SARS-Cov-2 transmission, but that's not…
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