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Is the placebo effect in medicine a fiction?
A "Golem" is a human puppet in Jewish mythology made of clay, water, and charms, unaware of either its own power or its own clumsiness and ignorance. Medicine is also a "Golem," a complex creation with uncertainty. In "Dr. Gollum: How to Understand Medicine," the author takes eight topics from the socialization of modern medicine to analyze them in depth, trying to loosen the cognitive "sand" and "knot" of modern medicine, clear up its modernity myths, and understand how medical knowledge is constructed and understood through The book also attempts to clarify the myths of modernity, and to carefully sort out the key conflicts in how medical knowledge is constructed and used. This article is an excerpt from the first chapter of the book, "A Major Conundrum in Medicine - The Placebo Effect.
By was3 years ago in Longevity
Humans may be thirty years younger with instantaneous cell reprogramming that stimulates cells to revert to infancy
Do people believe that we humans can live forever? In the previous topic, we mentioned about the concept of immortality, mentioning immortality, the first thing we will think of is the number of divisions of human cells and the phenomenon of strange shortening of chromosome telomeres.
By Cecilia P Ashford3 years ago in Longevity
Why do people of the same age age age differently?
Why do some people of the same age aging fast, while some people age slowly? From the appearance, some people look younger, while some people show older, what is the truth behind this?
By Ashley R Williams3 years ago in Longevity
Seed Oils 101
If there is one piece of nutrition misinformation I would love to never hear again, it would be about seed oils. Seed oils (especially canola oil) are given an awful reputation, often touted as “toxic”, “inflammatory” and “hormone imbalancing” by those in the holistic and naturopathic fields. And nine times out of ten, there isn’t any sort of reference given to back it up – just a simple, “Google it, you’ll see!”.
By Emily the Period RD3 years ago in Longevity
Life expectancy is related to weight?
The development of medicine has expanded the width of life so that people are no longer subject to disease, yet many people still care about the length of life and cling to the proposition of longevity.
By Melanie M Hooper3 years ago in Longevity
Women Beware - Do Not Have a Hysteroscopy Without an Anesthetic
Please all women beware This is not an easy procedure you take in an outpatient hospital in the UK. I am not a doctor or a nurse. I talk about this as a patient.
By Denise Larkin4 years ago in Longevity
The Link Between HPV And Oral Cancer
Human papillomavirus (HPV) is a small-sized DNA virus that enters the body through a cut or small tear in the skin and commonly causes warts or skin growths.
By Aaron Smith4 years ago in Longevity
Sweet and tasty milk is a poison for former adults?
Milk, not just drink on During the recent ice age, milk was poison for adults. Unlike children, adults were unable to produce lactase to break down lactose, the main sugar in milk. But in the Middle East about 11,000 years ago, as farming gradually replaced hunting and gathering, cattle farmers learned to ferment milk to make cheese or yogurt, which reduced the lactose in dairy products to levels that humans could tolerate. After a few thousand more years, a genetic mutation spread throughout Europe that enabled humans to produce lactase and thus drink milk for a lifetime. This developed a whole new source of rich nutrition for humans, allowing them to survive the lean years.
By Vernon K Wolfe4 years ago in Longevity
13 Feel-Good Ways to Release Dopamine Naturally (and Freely)
Dopamine is a neurotransmitter that plays many important roles in the brain and body. It is an organic chemical that lays the foundations for what we think, do, say, and feel.
By Andy Murphy 4 years ago in Longevity
The Fat Cell 1: What is a Fat Cell?
The fat cell, which is also known by the more respectable alias, ‘adipocyte’, looks like a water balloon almost completely filled with fat in the form of a lipid droplet. Embedded on top of the droplet is the nucleus, nestled as a mob boss amongst his ill-gotten gains. Tiny flecks, organelles of the cell, mill around the nucleus, as lackeys tend to do around the boss.
By D. Thea Baldrick4 years ago in Longevity
PCOS & Supplements Commonly Recommended
Like many chronic conditions, PCOS is not immune to the promotion of supplements – especially by non-regulated providers and influencers.
By Emily the Period RD4 years ago in Longevity
Can a Tooth Infection Be Fatal?
On the surface, toothaches might not seem all that dangerous. You might even convince yourself that you can live with the pain. But if your toothache is caused by an infection, then leaving it alone could lead to all kinds of health complications – and in the worst-case scenario, it could even have fatal consequences.
By Steve Koo4 years ago in Longevity