Recent comments in /f/science

RedRocksHigh t1_jeetfna wrote

Sorta. They would be scientific results derived from experimental design, rather than anecdotal evidence from personal experience.

It’s not to say their personal experience is wrong, but what happened in their experience may be different than someone else’s, or everyone else’s for that matter.

I personally think both roads will lead to the same destination, but that can’t be technically “proven” without experimental design being implemented to weed out bias/secondary factors.

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jonathanrdt t1_jeesquh wrote

The treatments are generally cash-only and cost $400-600 per treatment. It's frustrating that you must pay so much for a $10 street drug.

Edit: Apparently $20-25 is a more realistic price. Point stands: street drug is cheap; treatment is expensive.

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popejubal t1_jeesq87 wrote

In related news, when there's a study done on injuries in hospitals, it's a controlled study with trained medical professionals.

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...but I'm still going to perform first aid on myself or others when there's an immediate injury and professional medical help isn't available.

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Warrlock608 t1_jeesdrn wrote

Like I said none of this was intentional, my weed guy just offered to sell mushrooms to me. I've been to my share of music festivals and am no rookie so I said sure. Threw them in a coffee grinder and sprinkled the dust over peanut butter sandwiches. I also later tried psilocybin truffles in Amsterdam, I highly suggest.

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NeosPhilopator OP t1_jees1i6 wrote

> Publicly available summary-level GWAS data on SUA were obtained from a genome-wide meta-analysis (N = 121,745) based on three Japanese cohorts, including the Japan Multi-institutional Collaborative Cohort (N = 10,621), the Kita-Nagoya Genomic Epidemiology (N = 2,095), and the Biobank Japan (N = 109,029)

> We found a potential causal association between higher SUA levels and increased prostate cancer risk. The findings were robust when different MR methods (MR Egger, weighted median, and weighted mode) were used.

> There are some potential mechanisms for the positive association between SUA and prostate cancer risk. [...] SUA may play a role in cancer biology by inducing chronic inflammation. [...] Although SUA may exert as an antioxidant by scavenging reactive oxygen species (ROS), the antioxidant property may be harmful.

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