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A slower read. A wider world of science. ↓Anastrozole lowers estrogen production and therefore accelerates bone loss, making osteoporosis a real and measurable risk for postmenopausal women who take it after breast cancer.
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Yes, epidemiologists are scientists. They work within the same hypothetico-deductive framework as laboratory biologists and physicists: they form falsifiable hypotheses, design studies that can disconfirm them, and quantify error before…
A little more about this →Yes, boiled eggs are generally good for most people with high cholesterol, because boiling adds no fat and dietary cholesterol from eggs raises blood LDL far less than saturated fat does.
A little more about this →Yes, cherry seeds are poisonous to humans, because the kernel inside each pit contains amygdalin, a cyanogenic glycoside that releases hydrogen cyanide when the seed is crushed, chewed, or digested.
A little more about this →Coyotes are rarely aggressive toward humans. Serious attacks are uncommon, and most encounters end with the animal fleeing, freezing, or bluffing after a warning display.
A little more about this →Asiatic lilies are not invasive in most temperate gardens, but they are aggressively colonizing within a defined area.
A little more about this →JAK inhibitors are safe for most people when prescribed with the same vigilance used for any potent immunosuppressant, but they are not risk-free.
A little more about this →Yes, gram-positive cocci infections are serious and can be fatal, but severity varies enormously by species, body site, and how fast treatment starts.
A little more about this →No, liquid eggs are not healthier than real eggs for most people.
A little more about this →Are chocolate covered almonds actually healthy? Partly: they can be a reasonable treat, not a health food.
A little more about this →Baked French fries are healthier than deep-fried fries but not healthy in the way a plain baked potato is.
A little more about this →Yes, most over-the-counter artificial tears are safe for dogs when used occasionally, but "safe" comes with limits: only preservative-free single-use vials should touch a dog's eye more than twice a day, and none of the human products are…
A little more about this →Yes, digital bathroom scales are accurate enough for everyday weight tracking, typically within 0.2 to 1.0 pound (0.1 to 0.5 kilogram) on a hard, level floor.
A little more about this →Yes, eggs are good for most people without a gallbladder, and they are among the easier foods to tolerate after surgery.
A little more about this →Brown raccoons are not rare. In fact, brown, grizzled gray-brown, and sandy-brown coats are the most common raccoon coloring in North America, making up roughly 70 to 90 percent of wild populations depending on region.
A little more about this →Yes, flamethrowers are effectively banned in war, but not by a weapon-specific treaty.
A little more about this →No, not all daisies are edible. Of roughly 20,000 species in the aster family (Asteraceae), only a small number are eaten as food or tea, and several common garden "daisies" are mildly to seriously toxic.
A little more about this →Anemia symptoms begin when hemoglobin falls below the threshold your tissues can tolerate, typically under 13.0 g/dL in men and 12.0 g/dL in women per the 2021 WHO guideline, and the first signs are fatigue, pale skin, breathlessness on…
A little more about this →Yes, blackouts are dangerous, and the danger is dose-dependent: a brief faint that resolves in under a minute and leaves no injury is usually benign, while a blackout that lasts more than 5 minutes, causes head trauma, occurs while…
A little more about this →Yes, an acai bowl can be a good breakfast, but only if it is built to be a meal rather than a dessert. A standard 16 oz cafe bowl delivers roughly 400 to 700 calories, 15 to 25 g of protein, and critically, 40 to 70 g of sugar.
A little more about this →No, horny toads are not currently listed as endangered under the U.S. Endangered Species Act, but they are in serious trouble across much of their historic range.
A little more about this →Are edibles bad for you? Not inherently, but they carry risks that inhaled cannabis does not, and most of those risks trace to one fact: edible THC is processed by the liver into a more potent metabolite called 11-hydroxy-THC.
A little more about this →Alcohol proof is exactly twice the alcohol by volume (ABV) percentage in the United States: 80 proof means 40% ABV, 100 proof means 50% ABV, and 151 proof means 75.5% ABV. The U.S.
A little more about this →Always sweating in your sleep usually means your body's heat-dissipation system is misfiring during REM sleep, when your core temperature should drop about 1 degree but instead stays elevated.
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