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Ol_stinkler t1_jc81uc9 wrote

Reply to Statins May Decrease Heart Disease in People With Sleep Apnea, according to new study by chrisdh79

This seems incredibly suspect, I'd be very curious to see what the apnea hypopnoea index (how we measure how many times on average people stop breathing in an hour) of these patients is.

I work at a DME that specializes in PAP. I spoke to a patient a few weeks ago who came to us after a recent diagnosis of arterial fibrillation. He'd been in a state of AFIB for 38 days. The night he set up his pap machine, he was able to fall/stay asleep. He woke up for the first time in 38 days without arterial fibrillation.

One of my favorite patients came to us with skyrocketing blood pressure, months into pap, he is off of his blood pressure medication for the first time in years.

PAP works, I've literally seen it happen before my eyes. No it's not fun, no it's not sexy, and there is no way you'll ever see a Hemsworth wearing one in a movie. But wear your PAP machine, it might just save your life.

Edit: This is from a study in 2014 that directly contradicts this article. "In OSA patients, 3 months of atorvastatin neither improved endothelial function nor reduced early signs of atherosclerosis although it lowered blood pressure and improved lipid profile. This trial is registered with NCT00669695." https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25221387/

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Firegoalie20 t1_jc80e6g wrote

Reply to Cancer researchers show introducing bacteria to a tumour’s microenvironment creates a state of acute inflammation that triggers the immune system’s primary responder cells to attack rather than protect a tumour. by unswsydney

I see tons of articles posted to this subreddit about new breakthroughs in cancer treatment but I never see any of it actually used to fight cancer. I just would like to know when these treatments make it to bedsides as a norm.

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wielkiepolskiejaja t1_jc7wp5a wrote

Reply to comment by suikoarke in New information about the role of a molecule found in chillis in reducing foot pain by healing damaged nerves. After three months, the team found that those who’d been treated with the capsaicin patch reported that their pain had reduced significantly, compared to those treated with standard care by Wagamaga

Tell me about it, forgot to wash my hands one time after using it and I went to the bathroom.

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EntropyMilk t1_jc7wbgp wrote

Reply to comment by synackSA in Cancer researchers show introducing bacteria to a tumour’s microenvironment creates a state of acute inflammation that triggers the immune system’s primary responder cells to attack rather than protect a tumour. by unswsydney

Not really, cancer in its simplest terms is a cell that is infinitely growing (through mitosis) because of a breakdown of the cell’s “checkpoints” that inhibit uncontrolled growth.

Now I’m not a microbiologist, but Bacteria are likely too simple to ever “get cancer” or be meaningfully changed by it outside of the path they take through the body, or the immediate immune response around the tumor.

Bacteria is much more likely to opportunistically infect sites of cell damage around cancer as it’s being treated.

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who519 t1_jc7soms wrote

Reply to comment by nik-nak333 in Cancer researchers show introducing bacteria to a tumour’s microenvironment creates a state of acute inflammation that triggers the immune system’s primary responder cells to attack rather than protect a tumour. by unswsydney

This isn't really true, if a pharma company created a cure for cancer it would make them an insane amount of money because it would be universally used with no competition. As it is now, cancer treatment is full of competition. This conspiracy theory doesn't really play out. A more likely conspiracy theory, if a pharma company created a cure would be that company investing in marketing sectors that cause cancer, tobacco, alcohol etc...because then they be creating their own customers.

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