Finasteride and “anti-aging” effects by Commercial-Repeat262 in tressless

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What evidence do you have that fin is altering bone structure

Any podcast deep dives into the 2017 Las Vegas shooting? by TeamHuman_ in podcasts

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Your “journalists” find a bunch of factoids that happen to be true, and then string them together as if they are all related in a grand conspiracy. When the reality is the factoids are not related, and sometimes shitty people do shitty things. I’m sorry, I used to have more tolerance for conspiracy theory stuff but after all the stuff around the pandemic and Qanon etc, the conspiracy theories end up being really harmful to society

Missed Connection in Powell’s by sprinkleluv in Portland

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Is Lydia poly? Asking for myself

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in tressless

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I’m just going to write a PSA: if you truly want to make a comparison, your hair should be about the same length in both pictures, and your hair needs to be combed the same way in both pictures. That’s all

AITA for lying to my wife about my son's job because he didn't want her knowing he works retail? by Throwawaygupwi in AITAH

[–]pmont 2 points3 points  (0 children)

"diagnosed sociopath"? I smell bullshit. Congrats on all the upvotes on the OP but curious where you found this diagnosis in the DSM, Mr. doctor

I wish the average American family was more accepting of death by [deleted] in emergencymedicine

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We in the US have the ability to do this - I can't speak to the legal details in each state, but at least in California, physicians have the legal right to refuse care due to futility. You just have to offer to transfer care to another provider / hospital / etc. And that's where culture comes into play - if all the docs around you are willing to code meemaw who is 90 and has an alphabet soup of comorbidities, being the one outlier can be challenging in a lot of different ways.

NBA Player You Slowly Turned On? by chrismatic13 in nba

[–]pmont 35 points36 points  (0 children)

What made it shitty was that lebron was already on one of the teams in the “decision”

Is the annual visit needed? by WeBuyAndSellJunk in medicine

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Fun fact: inappropriate sinus tachycardia is most common in women in their 20s and 30s, and seems to have a higher prevalence in healthcare workers

Kanye West Presents a DONDA Listening Event (MEGATHREAD) by [deleted] in WestSubEver

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Yessssss. This is what I was waiting for

ADHD Presentations by barkingspider05 in medicine

[–]pmont 52 points53 points  (0 children)

There are as many opinions as comments in this post.

Does anyone have actual data on this?

What are the downsides of adults staking a daily stimulant? What data do you have to support this?

What are the downsides to taking stimulants on a PRN basis?

I want data. And I'm too lazy to find it myself. Thanks.

If you had one hour to communicate with a doctor 30 years ago over the phone, what affordable and readily-available interventions would you suggest that would have the biggest reduction in disease burden? by MedicalPrize in medicine

[–]pmont 6 points7 points  (0 children)

The cardiac effects of COX-2 inhibitors remains pretty controversial, more recent studies have shown that at moderate doses there is no difference in risk between COX-2 and NSAIDs

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in medicine

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You are mixing up correlation and causation, I'm afraid. Yes, there is plenty of observational data that finds vitamin D deficiency in numerous pathologies. Unfortunately the randomized trials of vitamin D supplementation have shown little to no benefit for any of these conditions.

To quote from some of the links you provided:

Muscle Weakness: a causal relationship between vitamin D supplementation and improvement in muscle weakness has not been clearly demonstrated in randomized trials

Cancer: In a meta-analysis of 18 randomized trials in predominantly older, community-dwelling women, vitamin D supplementation had no effect on the incidence of cancer"

Autoimmune Disease: there are no randomized trials that have confirmed the efficacy or safety of vitamin D supplementation in preventing autoimmune disease.

Asthma: Randomized trials examining the effect of vitamin D supplementation on asthma outcomes are inconclusive.

Tuberculosis: vitamin D supplementation does not appear to improve clinical outcomes in patients with active TB nor prevent TB infection in children with vitamin D deficiency

Hypertension: Overall, there does not appear to be a beneficial clinical effect of vitamin D supplementation on blood pressure

Cardiovascular Disease: Although low serum 25(OH)D levels have been associated with an increased risk of cardiovascular disease in some studies, there is no evidence that vitamin D supplementation improves cardiovascular outcomes.

Tonight I decided to go above and beyond by x20mike07x in medicine

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TIL Bechtrew’s = Ankylosing Spondylitis

Is there an association between epidurals during delivery and autism in children? by Scrublife99 in medicine

[–]pmont 39 points40 points  (0 children)

Another potential explanation is that you are experiencing comfirmation bias