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<rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Medical Science Latest Topics</title><link>https://www.scienceforums.net/forum/22-medical-science/</link><description>Medical Science Latest Topics</description><language>en</language><item><title>Is there any truth in the suggestion that some electric vehicles cause motion sickness ?</title><link>https://www.scienceforums.net/topic/140623-is-there-any-truth-in-the-suggestion-that-some-electric-vehicles-cause-motion-sickness/</link><description><![CDATA[<figure data-og-url="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c3y0zx822wlzo" data-og-description="Research shows there are several reasons people might experience motion sickness in electric vehicles." data-og-image="https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/branded_news/1200/cpsprodpb/b233/live/bbcbf7c0-be4a-11f1-a73b-295bdc9b9b7f.jpg" data-og-title="Why electric cars might be making some passengers feel sick" data-og-site_name="BBC News" data-og-favicon_url="https://static.files.bbci.co.uk/core/website/assets/static/icons/touch/news/touch-icon-36.413a37b227.png" data-og-image_width="1200" data-og-image_height="675" data-og-user_text="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c3y0zx822wlzo" class="ipsEmbedded_og ipsEmbedded"><div class="ipsEmbedded_og__site-name"><img class="ipsEmbedded_og__favicon" src="https://static.files.bbci.co.uk/core/website/assets/static/icons/touch/news/touch-icon-36.413a37b227.png" alt=""><h5>BBC News</h5></div><img class="ipsEmbedded_og__image" src="https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/branded_news/1200/cpsprodpb/b233/live/bbcbf7c0-be4a-11f1-a73b-295bdc9b9b7f.jpg" alt="No image preview" width="1200" height="675" loading="lazy"><figcaption><h3 class="ipsEmbedded_og__title">Why electric cars might be making some passengers feel sick</h3><div class="ipsEmbedded_og__description">Research shows there are several reasons people might experience motion sickness in electric vehicles.</div></figcaption></figure>]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">140623</guid><pubDate>Sat, 03 Oct 2026 16:04:11 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Results of blood tests...</title><link>https://www.scienceforums.net/topic/140543-results-of-blood-tests/</link><description><![CDATA[<p>Greetings.</p><p>If a person with excellent diet habits, a stable and very good health indicators gets a blood test just after an unusual 'festive-abusive' diet day;  like excess of salt, or sugar, or alcohol, or lipids, or whatever;  do results reflect the test as if was a 'normal' state or there is something in the results that shows being a recent anomaly spike or is it in<span style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">distinguishable ?</span></p><p>In other words; can an adverse blood test be a result of a very  recent 'abuse' and not normal for the patient, to supposedly return to 'normals' in a few days ?  </p>]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">140543</guid><pubDate>Tue, 28 Jul 2026 22:18:59 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Mister Elon Musk pushing to repair lungs...</title><link>https://www.scienceforums.net/topic/140480-mister-elon-musk-pushing-to-repair-lungs/</link><description><![CDATA[<p>Good day.</p><p>Somehow intruded in my phone an almost endless video promoting to fast cure, -not relieve- pulmonary diseases, with a product 'Gluco health' at $39 and of limited availability. Good part of the video emphasizing the pharma profiting by not curing anyone by keeping the current medications that make them billions.</p><p>If the name and price am telling above after swallowing a long time watching the video is deleted from this post, I have no inconvenient, am not advertising it. Anyone knows about this space age fix formula ? He mentioned three compounds in it to achieve the cure.</p><p>Sounds like the 'beets based' and the 'NewZealand green mussels' business models.</p><p>Edit... another artificial imbecility scam ?</p>]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">140480</guid><pubDate>Sun, 07 Jun 2026 23:00:57 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Muscular overexertion...</title><link>https://www.scienceforums.net/topic/140464-muscular-overexertion/</link><description><![CDATA[<p>Hello all.</p><p>What happens to a muscle when excessive forces are exerted, as in pulling, forcing, pushing; perhaps in a unusual position or to little developed or used muscles ?</p><p>Is there some minor tearing or ligaments detaching that takes several painful days to slowly heal ?</p>]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">140464</guid><pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2026 05:20:28 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Blood pressure,  oxygen in blood, glucose... what about hydration level?</title><link>https://www.scienceforums.net/topic/140458-blood-pressure-oxygen-in-blood-glucose-what-about-hydration-level/</link><description><![CDATA[<p>Hi.  </p><p>Is there an instrument gadget that monitors/tells if a person is dehydrated ?</p>]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">140458</guid><pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2026 14:55:35 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>"Chronic Disease Epidemic" in USA</title><link>https://www.scienceforums.net/topic/140395-chronic-disease-epidemic-in-usa/</link><description><![CDATA[<figure data-og-url="https://www.accuhealth.tech/blog/americas-silent-epidemic-the-alarming-rise-of-chronic-disease" data-og-description="Explore how chronic diseases are reshaping U.S. healthcare and how RPM, telehealth, and prevention offer a path forward." data-og-image="https://www.accuhealth.tech/hubfs/AdobeStock_601010757.jpeg" data-og-title="America’s Silent Epidemic: The Alarming Rise of Chronic D..." data-og-site_name="Accuhealth Technologies LLC" data-og-favicon_url="https://www.accuhealth.tech/favicon.ico" data-og-image_width="2000" data-og-image_height="1125" data-og-user_text="https://www.accuhealth.tech/blog/americas-silent-epidemic-the-alarming-rise-of-chronic-disease" class="ipsEmbedded_og ipsEmbedded"><div class="ipsEmbedded_og__site-name"><img class="ipsEmbedded_og__favicon" src="https://www.accuhealth.tech/favicon.ico" alt=""><h5>Accuhealth Technologies LLC</h5></div><img class="ipsEmbedded_og__image" src="https://www.accuhealth.tech/hubfs/AdobeStock_601010757.jpeg" alt="No image preview" width="2000" height="1125" loading="lazy"><figcaption><h3 class="ipsEmbedded_og__title">America’s Silent Epidemic: The Alarming Rise of Chronic D...</h3><div class="ipsEmbedded_og__description">Explore how chronic diseases are reshaping U.S. healthcare and how RPM, telehealth, and prevention offer a path forward.</div></figcaption></figure><blockquote class="ipsQuote" cite="" data-ipsquote=""><div class="ipsQuote_contents" data-ipstruncate=""><p>America’s Silent Epidemic: The Alarming Rise of Chronic Disease</p></div></blockquote><p><a rel="external nofollow" href="https://www.rand.org/pubs/commentary/2025/03/combating-americas-chronic-disease-epidemic.html">https://www.rand.org/pubs/commentary/2025/03/combating-americas-chronic-disease-epidemic.html</a></p><blockquote class="ipsQuote" cite="" data-ipsquote=""><div class="ipsQuote_contents" data-ipstruncate=""><p>The fact that the chronic disease epidemic persists despite significant expenditures on prevention may indicate that the solution may not lie in more spending on prevention but in “smarter” spending.</p></div></blockquote><p><a rel="external nofollow" href="https://www.factcheck.org/2024/08/rfk-jr-s-exaggerations-on-chronic-disease-in-children/">https://www.factcheck.org/2024/08/rfk-jr-s-exaggerations-on-chronic-disease-in-children/</a></p><blockquote class="ipsQuote" cite="" data-ipsquote=""><div class="ipsQuote_contents" data-ipstruncate=""><p>Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has given children’s health and the “chronic disease epidemic” a prominent role in his campaign.</p></div></blockquote><blockquote class="ipsQuote" cite="" data-ipsquote=""><div class="ipsQuote_contents" data-ipstruncate=""><p>“When John F. Kennedy was president, 6% of American kids had a chronic health condition,” reads a page on Kennedy’s campaign website detailing his intention to “end the chronic disease epidemic” in the U.S. “Today it is 60%. Rates of autoimmune disease, diabetes, ADD and ADHD, autism, obesity, asthma, food allergies, and other chronic health conditions have been skyrocketing.”</p></div></blockquote><p>I can write here some of my ideas ideas on the reasons of this problem, but my ideas can be considered as "pseudoscientific" and "speculative".</p>]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">140395</guid><pubDate>Mon, 23 Mar 2026 05:11:49 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>shouldnt bodybuilders be highly intelligent according to this?</title><link>https://www.scienceforums.net/topic/140390-shouldnt-bodybuilders-be-highly-intelligent-according-to-this/</link><description><![CDATA[<p>they exercise regularly and eat right! </p>
<p><img class="ipsImage ipsImage_thumbnailed ipsRichText__align--block" data-fileid="32582" data-full-image="https://www.scienceforums.net/uploads/monthly_2026_03/Screenshot_14-3-2026_145027_www_bing_com.jpeg.f708065869a4e616163122f7052bbc89.jpeg" src="https://www.scienceforums.net/uploads/monthly_2026_03/Screenshot_14-3-2026_145027_www_bing_com.thumb.jpeg.24f1ceb2dda58dd7023109a66fae6f93.jpeg" height="750" width="612" alt="Screenshot_14-3-2026_145027_www.bing.com.jpeg" loading='lazy'></p>]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">140390</guid><pubDate>Tue, 17 Mar 2026 20:05:04 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>can you turn your brain into muscles if you exercise your head with a heavy helmet/headgear?</title><link>https://www.scienceforums.net/topic/140388-can-you-turn-your-brain-into-muscles-if-you-exercise-your-head-with-a-heavy-helmetheadgear/</link><description><![CDATA[<p>your brain is the fattest organ in your body!</p>]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">140388</guid><pubDate>Tue, 17 Mar 2026 03:38:47 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>"...functionally indistinguishable from fabrication in the scientific record.&#x201D;</title><link>https://www.scienceforums.net/topic/140379-functionally-indistinguishable-from-fabrication-in-the-scientific-record/</link><description><![CDATA[<p>A bit of a mess here:</p><p>"<span style="font-family: inherit;">A Canadian journal has issued corrections on 138 case reports it published over the last 25 years to add a disclaimer: The cases described are fictional."</span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;">"The articles usually start with a case description followed by “learning points” that include statistics, clinical observations and data from CPSP. The peer-reviewed articles don’t state anywhere the cases described are fictional."</span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;">"The versions on PubMed Central also do not bear any indication the case reports are fictional."</span></p><p><a rel="external nofollow" href="https://retractionwatch.com/2026/03/03/canadian-pediatric-society-journal-correction-case-reports-fictional-paediatrics-child-health/">A medical journal says the case reports it has published for 25 years are, in fact, fiction – Retraction Watch</a></p>]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">140379</guid><pubDate>Sun, 08 Mar 2026 22:26:09 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>How should we use AI  in medicine  ?</title><link>https://www.scienceforums.net/topic/140310-how-should-we-use-ai-in-medicine/</link><description><![CDATA[<p>Would AI be any better (more likely)  to pick this diagnosis error up considering how rare (less likely) the cancer condition was, since AIs are normally programmed to yield  the most likely answer  ?</p><p></p><p>Case in point</p><p></p><figure data-og-url="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cy8yz3n4ggeo" data-og-description="Isla Sneddon died in March 2025 aged 17, just six months after she was diagnosed with cancer." data-og-image="https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/branded_news/1200/cpsprodpb/56f1/live/a8521310-0201-11f1-b311-a93d45a0b96f.jpg" data-og-title="'Our daughter's cancer symptoms were dismissed because sh..." data-og-site_name="BBC News" data-og-favicon_url="https://static.files.bbci.co.uk/core/website/assets/static/icons/touch/news/touch-icon-36.413a37b227.png" data-og-image_width="1200" data-og-image_height="675" data-og-user_text="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cy8yz3n4ggeo" class="ipsEmbedded_og ipsEmbedded"><div class="ipsEmbedded_og__site-name"><img class="ipsEmbedded_og__favicon" src="https://static.files.bbci.co.uk/core/website/assets/static/icons/touch/news/touch-icon-36.413a37b227.png" alt=""><h5>BBC News</h5></div><img class="ipsEmbedded_og__image" src="https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/branded_news/1200/cpsprodpb/56f1/live/a8521310-0201-11f1-b311-a93d45a0b96f.jpg" alt="No image preview" loading="lazy" width="1200" height="675"><figcaption><h3 class="ipsEmbedded_og__title">'Our daughter's cancer symptoms were dismissed because sh...</h3><div class="ipsEmbedded_og__description">Isla Sneddon died in March 2025 aged 17, just six months after she was diagnosed with cancer.</div></figcaption></figure><p></p><blockquote class="ipsQuote" cite="" data-ipsquote=""><div class="ipsQuote_contents" data-ipstruncate=""><p><strong>The parents of a teenage girl who died from breast cancer say their only daughter could still be alive now if she had been treated the same as an adult.</strong></p><p>Isla Sneddon, from Airdrie, died in March 2025 aged 17, just six months after she was diagnosed with cancer.</p><p>Her parents say doctors had downgraded her referral for biopsies to a routine one because of her age, meaning her cancer went undetected until it was too late.</p></div></blockquote>]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">140310</guid><pubDate>Fri, 06 Feb 2026 11:43:27 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Blue light - effect on myopia progression and eye health</title><link>https://www.scienceforums.net/topic/140304-blue-light-effect-on-myopia-progression-and-eye-health/</link><description><![CDATA[<p>Blue light emitted from computers and phones has become a concern partly because of suppressing melatonin secretion at night, but also in part because it supposedly (I don't know how good the evidence is for this) has negative effects on the eye itself. Given all this, I was surprised to read recently that apparently there is some evidence blue light inhibits myopia progression.</p><p><a rel="external nofollow" href="https://search.proquest.com/openview/2b430d393996982a099bb1bdc812da2f/1?pq-origsite=gscholar&amp;cbl=18750&amp;diss=y">https://search.proquest.com/openview/2b430d393996982a099bb1bdc812da2f/1?pq-origsite=gscholar&amp;cbl=18750&amp;diss=y</a></p><p><em>Blue light has been shown to have an inhibitory effect on both myopia induction and </em></p><p><em>progression in both studies involving animal models, as well as human subjects. Specifically, </em></p><p><em>blue light is reported to inhibit axial length elongation and increase choroidal thickness. (Lin et </em></p><p><em>al., 2020a; Lou &amp; Ostrin, 2020; Moon et al., 2017; Rucker et al., 2015; Thakur et al., 2021). The </em></p><p><em>most acceptable hypothesis to explain this effect of blue light on eye growth is based on </em></p><p><em>Longitudinal Chromatic Aberration (LCA) (Lin et al., 2020a; Rucker &amp; Wallman, 2009). </em></p><p><em>Specifically, this hypothesis posits that the inhibitory effect of blue light on eye elongation is a </em></p><p><em>consequence of blue light being refracted more than red light and so focused in front of the retina </em></p><p><em>of an emmetropic eye, while red light is focused behind the retina. This model also rests on the </em></p><p><em>assumption that the relative intensities of the red and blue components of retinal images are </em></p><p><em>encoded in some way. </em></p><p></p><p>I'm wondering, why is this not mentioned ever in popular messaging on this topic? I know many people have taken to using blue light filters even during the daytime, because of the claims that it's not good for eye health, isn't that just increasing myopia risk, if the quoted passage is true? Or is evidence for this inhibition of myopia just not very strong?</p>]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">140304</guid><pubDate>Wed, 28 Jan 2026 16:25:23 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Is there a text and background color combination that causes the least eye strain?</title><link>https://www.scienceforums.net/topic/140301-is-there-a-text-and-background-color-combination-that-causes-the-least-eye-strain/</link><description><![CDATA[<p>I've asked the LLMs this and they've given me conflicting answers. What they all seem to agree on though is that the combination that is best for legibility isn't the best for eye strain. I'm specifically interested in what causes the least eye strain. I did a superficial Google Scholar search and there's a few studies, but they seem to focus on legibility.</p>]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">140301</guid><pubDate>Tue, 27 Jan 2026 17:13:47 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Why do medication have side effects?</title><link>https://www.scienceforums.net/topic/140262-why-do-medication-have-side-effects/</link><description><![CDATA[<p>I was having a discussion with friend and he said a lot of medication have side effects. I’m confused of why lot of medication have side effects? Is this because medication is not target therapy?</p><p>Will quantum computers, AI and super computers allow for more targeted therapy?</p><p></p>]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">140262</guid><pubDate>Fri, 09 Jan 2026 15:23:42 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>The rise of allergies</title><link>https://www.scienceforums.net/topic/140127-the-rise-of-allergies/</link><description><![CDATA[<p>Ran across this on bluesky. Prevalence of allergies is a fairly recent phenomenon, following the pathogen load reduction of improved hygiene and modern medicine. It’s a discussion of how to mitigate the situation.</p><p><span style='font-family: "Times New Roman", Georgia, serif;'>“Evidence suggests a combination of strategies, including natural childbirth, breast feeding, increased social exposure through sport, other outdoor activities, less time spent indoors, diet and appropriate antibiotic use, may help restore the microbiome and perhaps reduce risks of allergic disease. Preventive efforts must focus on early life. The term ‘hygiene hypothesis’ must be abandoned.”</span></p><p><a rel="external nofollow" href="https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4966430/">https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4966430/</a></p><p></p>
<p><a href="https://www.scienceforums.net/uploads/monthly_2025_11/IMG_1133.jpeg.9a5bcbcc301b30b2df8a99e1ff4c3d5d.jpeg" class="ipsAttachLink ipsAttachLink_image" ><img data-fileid="32270" src="https://www.scienceforums.net/uploads/monthly_2025_11/IMG_1133.jpeg.9a5bcbcc301b30b2df8a99e1ff4c3d5d.jpeg" height="630" width="1000" class="ipsImage ipsImage_thumbnailed" alt="IMG_1133.jpeg" loading='lazy'></a></p>]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">140127</guid><pubDate>Wed, 19 Nov 2025 16:36:46 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Old Age's enemy: Frailty</title><link>https://www.scienceforums.net/topic/139486-old-ages-enemy-frailty/</link><description><![CDATA[<p>Observation:</p><p><strong>Frailty includes:</strong></p><ul><li><p>Muscle weakness</p></li><li><p>Slower movement</p></li><li><p>Fatigue</p></li><li><p>Weight loss</p></li><li><p>Reduced physical activity</p></li><li><p>Higher risk of falls, disability, or illness</p></li></ul><p>It's often linked to <strong>sarcopenia</strong> (loss of muscle mass and strength), <strong>bone thinning</strong>, and <strong>neurological decline</strong> — not just hardening of bones.</p><p><strong>Solution: Acetylcholine (ACh)</strong> is a <strong>neurotransmitter</strong> important in:</p><ul><li><p>Muscle contraction (at neuromuscular junctions)</p></li><li><p>Autonomic nervous system function</p></li><li><p>Cognitive function in the brain</p></li></ul><p>hopefully, above solution can lengthen their lifespan to enjoy their golden years.</p>]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">139486</guid><pubDate>Fri, 10 Oct 2025 23:27:22 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Cure and preferred surgery option for kyphosis, especially in older adults</title><link>https://www.scienceforums.net/topic/139485-cure-and-preferred-surgery-option-for-kyphosis-especially-in-older-adults/</link><description><![CDATA[<p>Suggestions:</p><p><strong>Observation </strong>- The <strong>"Scottie dog"</strong> is a <strong>nickname for a shape seen in X-rays</strong> of the <strong>lumbar spine (lower back)</strong> in <strong>oblique views</strong>. It is used primarily to identify a defect in the <strong>pars interarticularis</strong>, related to a condition called <strong>spondylolysis</strong>.</p><p><strong>Spinal fusion</strong> — joining two or more vertebrae to prevent movement and reduce curvature</p><p></p><p>I believe above could help alleviate their pain. </p>]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">139485</guid><pubDate>Fri, 10 Oct 2025 23:21:18 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Epidermolysis bullosa (EB): PAIN BUT NO GAIN</title><link>https://www.scienceforums.net/topic/136657-epidermolysis-bullosa-eb-pain-but-no-gain/</link><description><![CDATA[<p><span data-ips-font-size="125">There's no cure for Epidermolysis bullosa (EB,) apparently it's a genetic thing.<br>But does anyone know what a cure would look like?<br><br>Thanks</span></p><p><span data-ips-font-size="125">GIAN<span class="ipsEmoji">🙂</span>XXX</span></p><p><span data-ips-font-size="125">(science age about 12)</span><br><span data-ips-font-size="150"><br></span><a rel="external nofollow" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epidermolysis_bullosa#Pathophysiology"><span data-ips-font-size="150">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epidermolysis_bullosa#Pathophysiology</span></a></p>]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">136657</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Aug 2025 12:52:41 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Skin cancer appears in bigger numbers in nordic countries - and those with such genes who further never expose themselves to sunlight are more prone to it</title><link>https://www.scienceforums.net/topic/136596-skin-cancer-appears-in-bigger-numbers-in-nordic-countries-and-those-with-such-genes-who-further-never-expose-themselves-to-sunlight-are-more-prone-to-it/</link><description><![CDATA[<p>I would like to say that I am opening this topic because it is tiresome to interact with the online fear-mongering about SUNLIGHT. Even when it comes to gradually exposing yourself to sunlight, the push is to instead swallow vitamin D pills. It is mostly touted in cosmetology and dermatology, and the internet is chuck full of this content aimed especially at women. Whilst it is still a good idea to apply some basic skin care as an adult, in areas with high UV radiation and not only, and especially on the face, neck, and shoulders, I feel like it's gone too far. (As, for example, overall in Europe -which isn't the best statistic for an individual person but here we go - there are less people dying to skin cancer ~around 15k~ than due to car accidents ~around 20k~).<br><br>The data is pretty clear. Skin cancer (which includes basal cell carcinoma, squamous cell carcinoma, and melanoma) is largely caused by UV radiation, especially UVB, although other contributing or enabling factors should naturally not be ignored, should you be subject to these (such as a weakened skin barrier, like during an active episode of psoriasis).</p><p>Despite that, the countries in Europe with the higher UV indexes -&gt;</p><p><a href="https://www.scienceforums.net/uploads/monthly_2025_08/uvindex.png.fe0db5028dacecb241408a877188a9d8.png" class="ipsAttachLink ipsAttachLink_image ipsRichText__align--block ipsRichText__align--width-custom" style="--i-media-width: 384px" data-fileid="31515" data-fileext="png" rel=""><img class="ipsImage ipsImage_thumbnailed" data-fileid="31515" src="https://www.scienceforums.net/uploads/monthly_2025_08/uvindex.thumb.png.c0cba09522275644b3dc81c2ec55a2d6.png" alt="uvindex.png" style="--i-media-width: 384px" width="591" height="750" loading="lazy"></a></p><p>-&gt; such as Romania, Bulgaria, Greece, Cyprus, Malta, all get significantly lower skin cancer rates than their more northern brothers (Denmark, Ireland, Sweden, Netherlands), despite people's purchasing power being significantly lower.</p><p><img class="ipsImage ipsRichText__align--block ipsRichText__align--width-custom" data-fileid="31516" src="https://www.scienceforums.net/uploads/monthly_2025_08/uvcarcinoma.png.ce38c6ca8047f9a08560e411df0d0a72.png" alt="uvcarcinoma.png" style="--i-media-width: 558px" width="849" height="560" loading="lazy"></p><p><a rel="external nofollow" href="https://www.euronews.com/health/2023/07/19/skin-cancer-which-eu-countries-have-the-highest-melanoma-incidence-and-mortality-rates">https://www.euronews.com/health/2023/07/19/skin-cancer-which-eu-countries-have-the-highest-melanoma-incidence-and-mortality-rates</a></p><p>North America, New Zealand, Australia, all are chart records in terms of skins cancers <a rel="external nofollow" href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2949713224000582">https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2949713224000582 </a>, and something much less discussed is these countries is that they are populated with a type of people that did not evolve in those UV areas of the world, with frequent genealogy tracing back to Irish, German, British, etc. settlers, with not just <strong>low epidermal melanin</strong>, but also habitually less exposure to sunlight especially nowadays.</p><p>Arguably, people in countries like Spain, Greece, Romania, etc. have higher melanin and "capacity for tanning" even when starting off from the same "white-ish" baseline (for example, a long winter) as an environmental adaptation.</p><p>And that's what I wanted to point out. <strong>Gradual exposure to sun (don't burn yourself until the skin peels off) is more beneficial than hiding under umbrellas and 3 layers of sunscreen because you're milk-white in the middle of August! That kind of avoidance is more dangerous.</strong></p><p>Agree?</p><p>There is a point I'd like to discuss, which is the following AI statement on Google:</p><p>- "<mark data-i-background-color="yellow">Darker skin tones, with more melanin, have a natural SPF of around 13, while lighter skin tones have a much lower natural SPF, potentially as low as 2-3</mark><span style='font-family: "Arial", "Helvetica", sans-serif'>. However, these natural levels are still far below the recommended minimum SPF 30 for adequate sun protection.</span>"<br></p><p>Have you found the study indicating the measurements of 30 "SPF"?</p>]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">136596</guid><pubDate>Tue, 12 Aug 2025 13:55:52 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>What is this colon detox?</title><link>https://www.scienceforums.net/topic/136587-what-is-this-colon-detox/</link><description><![CDATA[<p>What is this I hear about people doing colon detox. Is this where they drink some thing and it flushes out the colon or they are fasting for two or three days?</p><p>And this colon detox what is it used for is it to help symptoms of say (IBS) Irritable bowel syndrome, crohn's Disease, colitis, bloating or gas.</p><p>Also what is this I hear about colon hypnotherapy?</p>]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">136587</guid><pubDate>Sun, 10 Aug 2025 21:55:12 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>What is this CRISPR-Cas9? I&#x2019;m reading this quote right?</title><link>https://www.scienceforums.net/topic/136547-what-is-this-crispr-cas9-im-reading-this-quote-right/</link><description><![CDATA[<p>From my understanding there talking about using CRISPR-Cas9 to treat including rheumatoid arthritis (RA), inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD), systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), multiple sclerosis (MS), type 1 diabetes mellitus (DM), psoriasis, and type 1 coeliac disease.</p><p>QUOTE Autoimmune diseases are disorders that destruct or disrupt the body's own tissues by its own immune system. Several studies have revealed that polymorphisms of multiple genes are involved in autoimmune diseases. Meanwhile, gene therapy has become a promising approach in autoimmune diseases, and clustered regularly interspaced palindromic repeats and CRISPR-associated protein 9 (CRISPR-Cas9) has become one of the most prominent methods. It has been shown that CRISPR-Cas9 can be applied to knock out proprotein convertase subtilisin/kexin type 9 (PCSK9) or block PCSK9, resulting in lowering low-density lipoprotein cholesterol. In other studies, it can be used to treat rare diseases such as ornithine transcarbamylase (OTC) deficiency and hereditary tyrosinemia. However, few studies on the treatment of autoimmune disease using CRISPR-Cas9 have been reported so far. In this review, we highlight the current and potential use of CRISPR-Cas9 in the management of autoimmune diseases. We summarize the potential target genes for immunomodulation using CRISPR-Cas9 in autoimmune diseases including rheumatoid arthritis (RA), inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD), systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), multiple sclerosis (MS), type 1 diabetes mellitus (DM), psoriasis, and type 1 coeliac disease. This article will give a new perspective on understanding the use of CRISPR-Cas9 in autoimmune diseases not only through animal models but also in human models. Emerging approaches to investigate the potential target genes for CRISPR-Cas9 treatment may be promising for the tailored immunomodulation of some autoimmune diseases in the near future. QUOTE</p><p>What is this CRISPR-Cas9 how would they treat it? Are they changing the genes or turning the genes off?</p><figure data-og-url="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35163260/" data-og-description="Autoimmune diseases are disorders that destruct or disrupt the body's own tissues by its own immune system. Several studies have revealed that polymorphisms of multiple genes are involved in autoim..." data-og-image="https://cdn.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/persistent/pubmed-meta-image-v2.jpg" data-og-title="Genome Editing Using CRISPR-Cas9 and Autoimmune Diseases:..." data-og-site_name="PubMed" data-og-favicon_url="https://cdn.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/coreutils/nwds/img/favicons/favicon-72.png" data-og-image_width="1600" data-og-image_height="830" data-og-user_text="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35163260/" class="ipsEmbedded_og ipsEmbedded"><div class="ipsEmbedded_og__site-name"><img class="ipsEmbedded_og__favicon" src="https://cdn.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/coreutils/nwds/img/favicons/favicon-72.png" alt=""><h5>PubMed</h5></div><img class="ipsEmbedded_og__image" src="https://cdn.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/persistent/pubmed-meta-image-v2.jpg" alt="No image preview" width="1600" height="830" loading="lazy"><figcaption><h3 class="ipsEmbedded_og__title">Genome Editing Using CRISPR-Cas9 and Autoimmune Diseases:...</h3><div class="ipsEmbedded_og__description">Autoimmune diseases are disorders that destruct or disrupt the body's own tissues by its own immune system. Several studies have revealed that polymorphisms of multiple genes are involved in autoim...</div></figcaption></figure>]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">136547</guid><pubDate>Fri, 01 Aug 2025 20:53:00 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>An appeal to help advance the research on gut microbiome/fecal microbiota transplantation in the US.</title><link>https://www.scienceforums.net/topic/136443-an-appeal-to-help-advance-the-research-on-gut-microbiomefecal-microbiota-transplantation-in-the-us/</link><description><![CDATA[<p>In short - one person whom I know from another forum is a long term advocate of research on gut microbiome and fecal microbiota transplantation - it's an exciting area of study that will help treat a wide variety of human diseases in the future. He's a disabled person with little financial resources and has been advocating on various science- and disease-related places on the internet for years but was met with either hostility or apathy. He would welcome any kind of help but currently, his main goal is to <strong>get as many people from the US to e-mail the Congresspeople.</strong></p><p>This is his letter to US legislators, summarizing his work: <a rel="external nofollow" href="https://forum.humanmicrobiome.info/threads/the-fda-and-fmt-regulation-part-2-jul-2024-humanmicrobes-org-i-met-wit.520/#post-1370">https://forum.humanmicrobiome.info/threads/the-fda-and-fmt-regulation-part-2-jul-2024-humanmicrobes-org-i-met-wit.520/#post-1370</a></p><p>This is his advocacy history and his complaints about what's been happening with the FMT: <a rel="external nofollow" href="https://forum.humanmicrobiome.info/threads/continued-letters-and-complaints-to-the-fda-nih-and-hhs-jan-2025-fmt.842/">https://forum.humanmicrobiome.info/threads/continued-letters-and-complaints-to-the-fda-nih-and-hhs-jan-2025-fmt.842/</a></p><p>He should join this forum soon. He asked me to create a thread in his name since I'm already a known forum member.</p><p><strong>A note to moderators: If linking to another forum breaks forum rules, do not close this thread. Either remove the links or PM me and I'll do it myself. It's important for me that this thread stays open.</strong></p><p>With regards.</p><p></p><p></p>]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">136443</guid><pubDate>Fri, 18 Jul 2025 16:54:38 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Estimated Time of Death</title><link>https://www.scienceforums.net/topic/136079-estimated-time-of-death/</link><description><![CDATA[<p>Morning,</p><p>My mother allegedly died this past Fri, 20th 2025, the claim is from my mother's granddaughter. Without getting into the details, in summary this granddaughter along with a health center illegally transferred my mother against her will to a hidden nursing home, and kept us separated since Feb 5th of 2024 and been in court since Mar 4th of 2024.  This past Fri 20th, was the deadline for the judge and the attorney for the granddaughter to submit a response to my peremptory mandamus to the State Supreme Court.  Basically being Pro Se, and much research I finally figured our how to destroyed their fraud and had them cornered like a mad dog.  The fraud games the judge and this attorney where perpetrating, I now believe is was to keep me from discovering my mother's death.  So they had no other choice but to make some bullshit incident of death.</p><p>In short I don't believe my mother suddenly died on the same day.  Therefore, my question is, (1) how long could they kept the dead body in a condition, (2) would there be a significant difference in body texture from this Fri to the actual day of death (I believe its weeks since), (3) can a funeral person see this difference after they having years of preparing bodies for burial or (4) by what medical or science technique can they estimate the days since the death?  </p><p>Thanks!...</p><p>P.S. The last time I seen my mother was May 12th of 2024 in court via video and that day was a fraud in it self.</p>]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">136079</guid><pubDate>Sat, 21 Jun 2025 16:30:41 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Male Mammographers</title><link>https://www.scienceforums.net/topic/135808-male-mammographers/</link><description><![CDATA[<p>I overall understand that mammography as a whole tends to be a very intimate subject, and that the majority of people with breast cancer or female.</p><p>But why are so many men avoiding it completely, or are discouraged from entering the specific area of that field? </p><p>Urology is primarily male dominated, but women are encouraged to enter the field (Which I support 100%)</p><p>Why not encourage men to enter radiology considering there is a shortage? </p>]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">135808</guid><pubDate>Thu, 01 May 2025 01:01:01 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Why is scratching skin a highly 'rewarding' pleasure  ?</title><link>https://www.scienceforums.net/topic/136085-why-is-scratching-skin-a-highly-rewarding-pleasure/</link><description><![CDATA[<p>Greetings.</p><p>Animals do it too.  From insects or skin conditions of whatever be the cause.  </p><p>Is there a benefit to the microorganisms on skin that cause the itching, as rising blood flow from scratching ?   If it is a reaction to a chemical there is no microorganism to favor.  Either from some skin condition cause or from an insect or contacting a plant; scratching produces a <strong>highly pleasant rewarding sensation</strong>.  Can end damaging the skin from fingernails abrasiveness.</p><p>Mosquitos, fleas... are bothersome if the 'bite' is felt but the later scratching is pleasant, no doubt.</p>]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">136085</guid><pubDate>Mon, 23 Jun 2025 11:49:32 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>My teeth are falling out from the stains</title><link>https://www.scienceforums.net/topic/136046-my-teeth-are-falling-out-from-the-stains/</link><description><![CDATA[<p>what’s the safest and most effective way to whiten teeth without damaging the enamel? And is at-home whitening as effective as in-office treatments?"</p>]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">136046</guid><pubDate>Mon, 16 Jun 2025 14:48:29 +0000</pubDate></item></channel></rss>
