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Health desk editor. Traces health claims back to primary research, checks them word for word, and states where the evidence stops.
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An Evidence-Based Review of Common Health Claims: Hydroxychloroquine, Vaccines, Cold Showers, and Dietary Supplements
Hydroxychloroquine does not reduce mortality among hospitalized patients with COVID-19. Vaccines do not cause autism, no…
#健康的真實#健康宣稱#疫苗#冷水澡#營養補充品#循證醫學
Does Apple Cider Vinegar Really Aid Weight Loss, Blood Sugar, and Cholesterol? An Evidence-Based Review
Apple cider vinegar is neither a miracle cure nor entirely useless. It has small, outcome-dependent associations with ce…
#健康的真實#apple-cider-vinegar#蘋果醋#循證#闢謠
Arthritis: An Evidence-Based Reading of Stairs, Exercise, Supplements, and Tests
Peak knee-joint load is higher when descending stairs than when ascending them, but a higher load does not necessarily m…
#健康的真實#關節炎#膝骨關節炎#樓梯運動#關節補充品#循證醫學
Avian Influenza: An Evidence-Based Reading of Wild Waterfowl, Cross-Species Transmission, and Human Risk
The central risks of avian influenza arise from rapid viral variation, reassortment of a segmented genome, and the abili…
#健康的真實#禽流感#H5N1#流感疫苗#公共衛生
Beauty and Skin Care: An Evidence-Based Appraisal of Ingredients, Supplements, and Beauty Devices
When reading a beauty advertisement, first ask whether the research studied humans or cells, an ingredient or a finished…
#健康的真實#美容#護膚#保養品#美容補充品#循證醫學
Bottled Water, Hot Drinks, Coffee, and Tea: An Evidence-Based Reading from “Detection” to Health Risk
Detecting a chemical, metal, or microplastic does not mean that a disease-causing dose has been reached. Conversely, a r…
#健康的真實#食品安全#瓶裝水#熱飲#咖啡#茶
Cancer and Anticancer Myths: An Evidence-Based Appraisal of Sweet Potatoes, Alternative Remedies, and Standard Treatment
Food can be part of a healthy diet, but the presence of a particular compound—or an effect on cancer cells in a culture …
#健康的真實#癌症#地瓜抗癌#替代療法#癌症治療#循證醫學
Cancer Prevention and Anticancer Claims: From Lactoferrin and Dietary Myths to Screening and Treatment
“Having an anticancer mechanism” is not the same as “being able to treat cancer.” A credible conclusion must be grounded…
#健康的真實#癌症#乳鐵蛋白#癌症篩檢#癌症治療#抗癌飲食
Cancer, Vitamins, and Supplements: Evidence-Based Interpretation from Absorption Signals to Clinical Outcomes
“Better absorption,” a higher blood concentration, or a preclinical anticancer signal from a supplement cannot be transl…
#健康的真實#癌症#維他命C#維他命D#保健品#循證醫學
Can COVID Vaccines Trigger Gout? An Evidence-Based Appraisal of Gout, Fertility, Autoimmunity, and Breakthrough Infection
COVID vaccination may act as a short-term trigger for flares in a small proportion of people with gout, but that does no…
#健康的真實#新冠疫苗#痛風#疫苗安全#生育力#循證醫學
Can Dementia Be Prevented? The Limits of Evidence on Exercise, Lifestyle, Supplements, and Treatment
Practical dementia risk management is not about pursuing a miracle ingredient. It requires distinguishing association fr…
#健康的真實#失智症#阿茲海默症#認知功能#運動#營養補充劑
Can Gymnema Sylvestre Restore Pancreatic Function? Interpreting the Evidence from Sweetness Suppression to Diabetes and Cholesterol
Suppressing sweetness is not the same as treating diabetes, and a pancreatic mechanism observed in animals is not equiva…
#健康的真實#武靴葉#糖尿病#膽固醇#statin#天然保健品
Can “Mind-Control Drugs” Really Make People Completely Obedient? The Evidence on Scopolamine, Datura, and Jinguangdang Scam Legends
The scopolamine found in Datura is not a fictional drug. It has legitimate medical uses and can cause temporary impairme…
#健康的真實#迷魂藥#東莨菪鹼#曼陀羅#金光黨
Cannabis: The Evidence-Based Boundaries of Medical Use, Recreational Use, and Health Risks
“The human body has cannabinoid receptors” does not mean that “smoking cannabis is a treatment.” Any sound interpretatio…
#健康的真實#大麻#CBD#THC#藥用大麻#青少年健康
Can New Therapies Be Trusted? An Evidence-Based Appraisal of Weight Loss, Immunotherapy, and Gene Editing
Time-restricted eating, cancer immunotherapy, bacteriophages, exosomes, umbilical cord plasma, CRISPR, and roller-coaste…
#健康的真實#新療法#循證醫學#臨床試驗#醫療創新
Can Organic Fruits and Vegetables Lower Cancer Risk? Evidence on Pesticide Residues, Nutritional Differences, and Cancer
“Organic food has fewer pesticides,” “organic food differs in composition,” and “organic food prevents cancer” are three…
#健康的真實#有機食品#有機蔬果#農藥殘留#癌症風險#循證營養
Can Too Much Sex Harm Your Health? Evidence on Ejaculation Frequency, Prostate Health, and Cardiovascular Risk
There is no reliable evidence that “too much sex harms the body.” Higher ejaculation frequency has an observational asso…
#健康的真實#房事#射精頻率#攝護腺癌#性健康#勃起功能
Chinese Medicine, Folk Remedies, and Health Claims: Where In Vitro Research Ends and Clinical Evidence Begins
Professor Ching-Shun Lin has long reminded readers not to translate an ingredient, a proposed mechanism, a cell experime…
#健康的真實#中醫#中藥安全#民間療法#循證醫學#保健品
Can Chocolate and Cocoa Really Protect the Brain, Heart, and Blood Sugar? An Evidence-Based Review
"25 grams of cocoa a day prevents Alzheimer's disease," "a brain 20 years younger" — do these too-good-to-be-true headli…
#健康的真實#chocolate#可可#循證#闢謠#COSMOS
Cholesterol and Heart Disease: The Evidence on Diet, Blood Lipids, Eggs, and Lipid-Lowering Therapy
Wood ear mushrooms cannot replace cardiovascular treatment, and eggs are not a miracle food for preventing heart disease…
#健康的真實#膽固醇#心臟病#LDL#飲食#降脂治療