What is Digg?90 Comments
- Apeezee, on 05/22/2008, -4/+34Myth: Everyone on the internet knows what they are talking about.
Fact: This article is moderately correct, but not completely.
The myth titles are a little bit misleading, like "Poison ivy is contagious" - Yes it is contagious. If you touch a part of a persons skin NOT current affected by poison ivy, you are not contacting poison ivy. So to generalize it as "poison ivy is not contagious" is not only false, but not very smart on their part, it is very misleading. Also, one of the markers of your body's state of hydration is skin turgor. This is the amount of "bounce" the skin has, which reflects how hydrated the person is. It is not 100% definitive, but it is part of the picture when determining hydration status. Personally, i am addicted to lip balm. If i dont have it, i like my lips like they are made of candy, which isn't great. Other than that, this list is OK. - NightcrawlerX, on 05/22/2008, -2/+24Just a little warning: don't look at the pictures right after eating.
- Shenaniganz08, on 05/22/2008, -1/+21Things I've learned in Medical School
Genetics sadly plays a giant role as to whether you are going to be healthy or not :(
Drinking too much water is actually bad for you, just drink enough water to avoid being thirsty ( this does not apply to the elderly)
If you have hypertension avoid salt, seriously
There is no way to cure a cold or flu, if its a nasty cold antibiotics will help, but for the most part you have to rest and tough it out
There are things such as sexual headaches !
Drinking two servings of alcohol a day is cardio protective ( but after that it increases your risk for heart diseases)
Circumcision only drops rates of STD's in third world countries, it removes the most sensitive parts of the penis however.
5% of Doctors still smoke, even though 100% of them know its bad for their health
57% of Doctors would not reccomend their children go into the field of medicine ( at the moment)
thats all i can think of right now - Burento, on 05/22/2008, -1/+19Myth : Do not Eat Immediately Before Swimming.
There is a widespread belief that if a person takes a meal immediately before swimming one is likely to get cramps. This is entirely incorrect. Cramps are not related to food at all. Any sort of violent activity after an enormous tuck-in is bound to cause discomfort but you can certainly have a leisure swim immediately after a moderate meal. The normal body can easily cope with the swimming and the meal, provided there is no excess.
Myth : Extra Hours Of Sleep Help
This is not at all correct. You cannot store sleep. The body just needs a certain amount of sleep and no more. In fact, a long bed rest has a de-conditioning effect. - Burento, on 05/22/2008, -1/+11There are studies that link everything to everything. Bad diet can lead to bad skin, granted.. But the myth is that eating greasy foods period cause acne and i have even heard people swear that soda and chocolate directly result in acne as well.
All those statements are false in themselves. - Burento, on 05/22/2008, -1/+10I hate to be that person who responds to all the comments but I think you misread the Poison Ivy bit.
They clearly say that if you touch and get any of the oil from the plant on you then it will infect you. The plant oil is not produced from your rash but the plant. So if you wash off all the oil from your body and clothing then you will not spread the rash to anyone through contact. - Apeezee, on 05/22/2008, -1/+9True, it is the plant oil that causes the rash. That being said, it is really hard to get rid of 100% of the oil. I see a LOT of this in my line of work, and it is extremely contagious to yourself and others. Also, a friend of mine put on a HAT of someone who had poison ivy MONTHS before and got it from residual oils on the hat. yeah, i'd consider that pretty contagious. But you are right, it is the oils.
- LeonidasStokely, on 05/22/2008, -1/+9The Internet and Mythbusters should team up.
- luckyguy2000, on 05/22/2008, -1/+9"large minority" lol :-D
- lucidguru, on 05/22/2008, -10/+17Inaccurate: "Myth: Greasy foods cause acne." This is semantics at it's worse. Diet influences your sebum production as well as your immune system. What this bit of misleading information does is fool people into thinking that diet has nothing to do with skin health... If your diet is *****, expect your skin to be worse than it would be normally. There are studies that link foods with high glycemic indexes to acne as well as studies that link milk consumption to acne. Notice how the article says "greasy foods"... This website just lost all credibility.
- breakfast, on 05/22/2008, -0/+7I'm seeing a lot more "If you think (something, usually plausible), then you're a (some form of idiot)," comments lately. It's bugging the ***** out of me. If you really feel that way, a quick "duh" will suffice, and at that point, you may as well not comment. Stop commenting, thanks.
- SammyJr, on 05/22/2008, -1/+7Myth: Circumcision is beneficial for baby boys.
Any problem that a little boy has down there can be solved less invasively and with less cost using treatments similar to those used for girls. STDs aren't a problem for babies. The better solutions also doesn't require removal of the foreskin, and as Shenaniganz08, noted above, it is the most sensitive part of the penis. - cwmather, on 05/22/2008, -1/+7Was that a barnacle in that last picture? Did he have unprotected sex with a lobster boat?
- Apeezee, on 05/22/2008, -2/+8Actually, there is no evidence that links diet to acne production. It might be safe to generalize the fact that "you are what you eat" but there is NO, i repeat, NO evidence that links specific foods to acne production. Bottom line. Double stamped, no eraseies, touch blue make it true.
- troopa, on 05/22/2008, -0/+5I'm willing to bet that at least 98% of people get at least one pimple during their lifetime. So the article is accurate, since even one pimple means you were affected by acne.
- funkymoose, on 05/22/2008, -1/+6First one deals with drinking water, and the "truth" deals with washing your hands, not drinking. I doesn't seem like they disproved that at all.. am I missing something?
- stevealford, on 05/22/2008, -1/+6They said BETWEEN 85 and 100, not "between and including." Logically, 99.9(infinite 9s) is the upper limit.
- moley, on 05/22/2008, -2/+7Quote from article: "Between 85-100% of people are affected by acne at some point in their life."
I GUARANTEE it is not 100%... - jster89, on 05/22/2008, -0/+4He means a nasty cold with a bacterial superinfection which can be treated with antibiotics.
- hybridcreation, on 05/22/2008, -0/+4People still argue with me about the hair regrowth one. The only thing that dictates the thickness of hair is the amount of follicles on the skin. Seems simple, yet some are unable to grasp that.
- Stavrosian, on 05/22/2008, -1/+5The skin pores comment was interesting. I guess I can stop splashing myself with horribly cold water after shaving then, I always hated that.
- chuckDontSurf, on 05/22/2008, -1/+5Who the ***** thinks that "having a tan means you are more protected from the sun"??
- DesertTripper, on 05/22/2008, -3/+7Worst medical myth EVER:
"Marijuana is a dangerous drug, whose use leads directly to the use of harder drugs."
Here is some of the actual testimony given before Congress, which led to pot being outlawed:
"Marijuana is the most violence causing drug in the history of mankind."... "Most marijuana smokers are Negroes, Hispanics, Filipinos and entertainers. Their Satanic music, jazz and swing, result from marijuana usage. This marijuana causes white women to seek sexual relations with Negroes."
Racism and religious hysteria, not medical science, led to pot eventually being placed on the "worst of the worst" list. In fact, a doctor, William C. Woodward, spoke in favor of pot on behalf of the AMA, but was told to "go home" by a vitriolic congressman bent on railroading anti-cannabis laws through Congress. His testimony was later quoted as the opposite of what he said. - renegade334, on 05/22/2008, -0/+3I was looking at them WHILE eating
- Kamill85, on 05/22/2008, -0/+3Isn't skin colour versus sun myth listed twice, described using different words?
- dOOBiEx213, on 05/22/2008, -0/+3What I want to know is the number of shirtless, indigenous people with melanoma.
- WoollyMittens, on 05/22/2008, -2/+5Is propose that as well as NSFW warning, we also start including NSFL (not safe for lunch) warnings.
- whatisis, on 05/22/2008, -0/+3Good point about the extra hours of sleep.
It is important to know that the amount of sleep required varies widely from individual to individual. The standard advice of 8hrs is misleading because although is true that for the majority the requirement is around 8hrs, there is a large minority for which it can vary from 6-10 hrs.
If you are interested, check out the conference "Waking Up To Sleep" at:
http://thesciencenetwork.org/programs/
http://tinyurl.com/6l3khl - inactive, on 05/22/2008, -0/+3Something similar, it wasn't just medical myths though.
- Hangly, on 05/22/2008, -1/+4Myth: Ephedra is dangerous and must be banned!
Truth: Ephedra is quite effective at treating ADHD in normal doses. The drug companies got it banned to kill off the competition. - enclaved, on 05/22/2008, -2/+5Yes you are, like the ability to read.
- VaporBrotherBox, on 05/22/2008, -0/+3http://dsc.discovery.com/fansites/mythbusters/myth ...
- Haoie, on 05/22/2008, -0/+3No, but people wouldn't be interested if a myth was boring. That's why urban legends are often cautionary tales, etc.
- Brododium, on 05/22/2008, -1/+4The common cold is a virus, antibiotics won't do anything.
- Woknblues, on 05/22/2008, -3/+6interesting thing about myth number one. they say drinking water does not have an effect on skin hydration. one of the easiest ways to spot dehydration is to pinch the skin on the outer forearm or back of the hand of someone. If it snaps back to place instantly, good, if not, the person is likely suffering from dehydration. It is called "skin turgor".
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/00 ...
http://www.netwellness.org/ency/article/003281.htm
to say that drinking water does not affect skin hydration is like saying that somehow the cells of the skin are different than every single other cell in the human body. The "Drink 12 glasses a day of water" mantra is losing ground these days, but please don't tell me that drinking water does not effect skin hydration!
Also, poison ivy rashes can easily develop what is known as "kissing lesion's", or when an effected part of the body comes in regular contact with another previously unaffected part, such as your calf muscle and hamstring when the knee is flexed. The extremely volatile oils in poison ivy/oak are not easily washed away, as the article even acknowledges, so I fail to see how it is not "contagious" if you can get it on your clothing, and spread it to other adjacent parts of your body and to other people... http://www.google.com.ph/search?q=define%3A+contag ...
this article is pretty dumb, coming from a website touting itself as a diagnostic tool for health consumers. - spaceddaisy, on 05/22/2008, -1/+4How would you guarantee?
- GlassAgate, on 05/22/2008, -0/+3#2
Water intoxication
I discovered it about three years ago. - Surferess, on 05/22/2008, -0/+3"57% of Doctors would not reccomend (sic) their children go into the field of medicine ( at the moment)"
My underachieving teenage sons will really be glad to know they are off the hook. Back to the old ditch digging idea, I guess. - EEinOK, on 05/22/2008, -0/+3Perhaps he's referring to a secondary infection that is bacterial.
- Brododium, on 05/22/2008, -0/+3That sounds nasty, I'm glad I've never had one, thanks for clarifying : )
- staticneuron, on 05/22/2008, -1/+4Isn't that more of an allergic response?
- DatoeDakari, on 05/22/2008, -0/+3That threw me off too haha
- inactive, on 05/22/2008, -0/+3I was too lazy to go to the article so i jerked off to the concept of jerking off to those pictures.
- Surferess, on 05/24/2008, -0/+3Just the ones on Digg.
- ArmandoM, on 05/22/2008, -0/+3I like how you backed up that statement of "false"....
1/3 = .33333....repeating
.33333...repeating + .33333 repeating + .33333 repeating = .999999 repeating...
Which also equals: 1/3 + 1/3 + 1/3 = 1 - chuckDontSurf, on 05/22/2008, -1/+4Shill.
- camilos007, on 05/22/2008, -1/+4Myth: People with darker skin do not have to worry about sun exposure.
Are they trying to tell me that people from Australia(mostly white skinned) and people from Venezuela(mostly browned skinned) have roughly the same proportion of skin cancer cases? I find that hard to believe. - SammyJr, on 05/22/2008, -0/+3Shenaniganz08, where do you go to Med School? I was under the impression that most American Med Schools taught that circumcision was the greatest thing since sliced bread and was an easy money maker for OBs and Peds.
- Morgonslak, on 05/22/2008, -0/+2I'm in med school as well and I'd like to add that the two "myths" talking about tanned or dark-skinned people having the same risk of developing melanoma/skin cancer are not entirely correct.
While it's true that ultraviolet radiation from the sun is the major cause of skin cancer due to DNA degeneration, tanned or dark-skinned people are (as stated in the article) less probable to get burned. The "burning" part is actually an inflammation in the skin composed off dying skin cells and immune cells (granulocytes, macrophages etc). This inflammation in itself offsets the normal cellular micro environment, and does raise the risk of having cancer cells developed. Thus: having a tan or being dark-skinned does help a bit against getting cancer. - inactive, on 05/23/2008, -0/+2Idiots citing idiots. Doesn't change anything...
-
Show 51 - 94 of 94 discussions
© Digg Inc. 2009
— Content created and posted by Digg users is