Tag: Placebo

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Why are health products so rampant?

Health is the common wish and pursuit of human beings, but not everyone can understand the way to health. Health care products are considered as a shortcut to health, and many people do not hesitate to spend money on it. Health Culture Promotes Health Care Industry Health care and supplements are one of the traditional cultures in our country. After the reform and opening up, with the development of market economy, the growth of health care products or supplements is extremely rapid and has become a huge industry. Traditional supplements include traditional Chinese medicine and food, some of which are called dietotherapy without distinction between medicine and food. In recent years, the word tonic has been replaced by health care Read More …

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It’s not cost-effective to go across the sea to buy [water]: on homeopathy

Homeopathy is sought after by Chinese mothers mostly because of the crisis of trust in Chinese drugs. Homeopathic products became popular in China around 2005, The rise of online shopping industries such as Taobao, In addition, there are frequent problems in drug safety in China, Many mothers expect to find some natural and safe drugs. Homeopathy products just satisfy the psychology of mothers. When many people do not know much about such products, Homeopathic products have become hot in China. Many mothers find homeopathic products as drugs. But strictly speaking, Homeopathic products are not drugs, It does not accept the strict approval of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Homeopathic products exist as an adjuvant treatment method in modern medicine. Read More …

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[Playing with penis] [Touching private parts], don’t do this in the face of baby’s [shame addiction]

Some mothers left messages telling them about Eva’s [eccentricities] that she was really ashamed to say: The baby is over 2 years old, always fiddling with his own [penis], and he will have an erection… how can this be good… My daughter is 4 years old, and I found her playing with her private parts several times when she took a bath. This is too abnormal. Parents are worried and embarrassed. Did the baby learn to play rascal when he was so young? ! Some parents are impatient and will use threats, beating and scolding to stop the baby, but the result is very little. The baby will hide from adults [playing] after learning [thieves], which is really a headache. Read More …

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It hurts to have children! However, less than 1% of Chinese parturients have enjoyed [painless childbirth]

This morning, I saw a sad news that a parturient in a hospital in Yulin City committed suicide by jumping off a building due to pain. The news triggered a heated discussion from various angles. Some people commented on [how painful it is to give birth to a child, which should make her jump off], while others asked [why family members should persist in choosing to give birth smoothly]. In fact, what saddens Dr. Clove most is that in China, less than 1% of parturients can enjoy [painless childbirth] during childbirth, compared with 61% in the United States. This is because in China’s current public policy evaluation system, the improvement of women’s comfort does not seem to be considered in Read More …

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When the lying-in woman and her family disagree, who does the doctor listen to?

A lying-in woman in Yulin, Shaanxi Province cried out for pain and wanted a caesarean section, which was rejected many times by her family. She committed suicide by jumping off a building. Judging from the news briefing, the reason why the pregnant woman jumped off a building was obvious. The pregnant woman could not bear the pain of childbirth. In this case, the family’s insistence on [natural childbirth] is actually inconsistent with the wishes of the parturient himself. Who should the doctor listen to at this time? Why do family members insist on giving birth smoothly? How painful is childbirth that the lying-in woman jumped to her death? We interviewed some doctors on these issues. When the lying-in woman and Read More …

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Don’t take your son to the ladies’ room, these things may affect your child’s life.

The child is so young, he knows what! Does this sound familiar? But is the child really still young about the [difference between men and women]? Dr. Clove invited teacher Hu Jiawei, a child sex educator, who will tell everyone about the correct way for parents to carry out sex education in the face of [young children]. First, I’d like to talk to you about a few real examples. Case 1: Not long ago, a mother in Jiaxing, Zhejiang, took her son to swim, but the administrator resolutely refused to let the 4-year-old boy enter the female dressing room. The mother was very wronged and felt that the child was still young and the father did not come. There was Read More …

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Placebos cannot cure diseases, and placebos may also [be harmful]

Placebo agent is already familiar to many people. Most of the understanding of placebo comes from [randomized double-blind controlled] experimental settings in medicine. Placebo and placebo effect have caused great discussion and controversy throughout the history of medicine, and have continued to this day. What are the characteristics of placebo effect? As a substance that should not produce any biological effects, it works through what? What factors can affect the placebo effect? Is placebo therapy clinically and ethically appropriate for patients? The history of placebo The word Placebo comes from Latin and its original meaning is [to make pleasure]. It first appeared in the Great Dictionary of New Medicine published in England in 1785 and has clearly pointed out that Read More …

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Vitamin Z: Doctors’ Antibiotic Complex

Vitamin Z is not a vitamin, It is a popular term among American doctors. Refers to the doctor forced by the patient’s request, Antibiotics given to patients as placebos. A typical example is viral pneumonia. Particularly in children, Knowing that antibiotics are useless for viral pneumonia, But at the request of the patient’s parents, Antibiotics such as azithromycin are usually prescribed, In this case, antibiotics act like vitamins, There is no therapeutic effect, Only psychological comfort effect. Clinicians often have an antibiotic plot in their hearts. In the days when there were no antibiotics, Bacterial infections are the biggest headaches for doctors, Some people joke that, Every gray hair on the doctor’s head represents a patient who died of bacterial Read More …

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Placebos cannot cure diseases, and placebos may also [be harmful]

Placebo agent is already familiar to many people. Most of the understanding of placebo comes from [randomized double-blind controlled] experimental settings in medicine. Placebo and placebo effect have caused great discussion and controversy throughout the history of medicine, and have continued to this day. What are the characteristics of placebo effect? As a substance that should not produce any biological effects, it works through what? What factors can affect the placebo effect? Is placebo therapy clinically and ethically appropriate for patients? The history of placebo The word Placebo comes from Latin and its original meaning is [to make pleasure]. It first appeared in the Great Dictionary of New Medicine published in England in 1785 and has clearly pointed out that Read More …