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Whenever you are reading "facts" online, keep in mind that not everything you come across is accurate, reliable, or presented in its full context. Especially on social media—where content is largely unregulated. It is often up to the community itself to check the validity of claims. (Together with our readers, we found inaccuracies in this thread, too.) This is exactly why there's so much misinformation!
According to one of the most quoted studies on the subject, half of Americans subscribe to medical conspiracy theories, with more than one-third of people thinking that the Food and Drug Administration is deliberately keeping natural cures for cancer off the market due to the pressure of drug companies.
Iris Gorfinkel, M.D. is a general practitioner, medical researcher, and the founder of PrimeHealth Family Practice and Clinical Research. She told Bored Panda, "A juicy conspiracy leads to more clicks, shares, and engagement, especially when it's bad news. So the content keeps showing up because of its popularity (and that's across all platforms, including X, YouTube, Instagram, TikTok, etc.)—we're more prone to keeping our eyes glued to the screen."
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Something like 1 in 10 women have it. And apparently it's still not worth doing research into.
i_am_voldemort:
My spouse is a gynecologist surgeon. She had a patient with endometriosis in her lungs that caused life-threatening pulmonary issues.
CannibalAnn:
I do medical deep dives regularly as a morbidly curious freak and endometriosis is one of the scariest things I have ever seen. It can grow anywhere. People have had it in their brain and on their skin. And it can go through menses. Awful, scary, terrifying stuff.
"Of course, seeing more of what we like and what we believe in makes us dig in our heels all the more, rather than exposes us to new perspectives that could actually expand our minds," Gorfinkel said.
"This can eventually become a really dangerous echo chamber where the things that show up not just reinforce what we believe in, but tell us that we are correct to believe in them, whether or not they're true. That is probably my biggest fear around the internet," the doctor added.
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I developed a thyroid disease and an autoimmune disease during my first pregnancy.... it's been great...
Inwint:
It can also make your eyesight worse, cause cavities and loose teeth, cause or exacerbate bone loss/osteoporosis, make moles or angiomas grow or appear, make subsequent periods heavier, temporarily reduce grey matter in the brain, cause pelvic organ prolapse, cause skeletal structure changes, cause abdominal muscle separation, new-onset diabetes (usually from gestational diabetes), and increase the risk of Alzheimer’s.
The number of side effects, complications, and possible permanent effects of pregnancy would fill a book, yet people still try to pretend it’s a perfectly normal and harmless process and women are just complaining.
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Hot-Data686:
They're not dead until they're warm and dead.
OMG_A_CUPCAKE:
Anna Bågenholm comes to mind. She survived a body temperature of 13.7°C (56.7°F) and made an almost full recovery.
So what do we do with these algorithms that were built to exploit us? According to Gorfinkel, arguably the best thing to do is kind of listen to our gut and then... consider the opposite!
"I like to consider how the content makes me feel. If I see something that really triggers a strong feeling — anger, anxiety, fear, even glee or self-righteousness — there is a chance it's simply not true. It's a bit of a warning sign. The biggest predictor of believing in something is actually wanting it to be true."
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Not like on TV.
You press them down, and then they open back up a little. Then you have to press them closed again and press a little harder.
I know. I was bedside when my Dad passed away. If he was still in the room, I bet he had a good chuckle.
Miss him.
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I’m talking about type 2, **diabeetus** diabetes. And not from the weight loss, it happens almost immediately. Somehow it perturbs the gut flora and that’s what causes diabetes, maybe?
The Nobel prize in 2006 was given to a research doctor theorized it was bacteria, not stomach acid & stress that caused ulcers. Unable to get funding for research, he drank an *H. Pilori* milk shake and gave himself ulcers. (He was Australian because of course he was.)
Fecal transplants have been known to cure Crohn’s disease, but have also been found to transmit clinical depression from donor to recipient.
All this is to say, we don’t know **f**k-all** about the gut.
Another good tip is to be aware of who’s posting the information. Ask yourself: Does this person or company have something to gain from the publication, whether financially, socially, or politically?
"I guess what makes me optimistic are classes that teach emotional regulation because it's really important to recognize and label emotions and be able to articulate how something makes me feel so that I can then recognize potential myths or disinformation."
We need all the tools we can get to protect ourselves from being manipulated, "whether it's an individual, a company, or an AI-driven bot," the doctor said.
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There were as many people in government pushing for masks and vaccines (a Proto version of what we have) as many were against it — it didn’t help that both sides of WWI lied/modified their numbers so that their opponents wouldn’t see as weakness/exploit it; the only country that was open of its numbers was Spain…
Due to Spain accurately reporting its numbers, both sides
Most don’t know it originated from the United States.
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coors1977:
I had a cyst removed that had been growing on my ovary: I was told it had hair, teeth, and brain matter. I called it my cyst-er.
RoutineOther7887:
It's called a teratoma.
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It can decide that your hair follicles are a deadly threat and make you bald. It can go after your spinal cord and make it so your legs feel like they're on fire 24/7. It can attack your organs and cause damage severe enough to necessitate a transplant. It can eat holes in your brain. It can tear up your joints. You can even wake up blind because your eyes were on your immune system's hitlist for today.
I think people are aware of autoimmune conditions, but I think most people don't think about how much can go wrong.
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95% of URIs that kids get are viruses (no antibiotics needed)
You CANNOT get the flu from the flu shot. You can feel a little s****y, but if you have URI symptoms after the flu shot.. you just have a cold.
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shaarlock:
My grandfather had this! Made his doctors very confused when he had appendicitis, and the pain was on the wrong side.
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TamLux
Ma! They're posting weird s**t on the internet again!
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