Questions tagged [public-health]
Use this tag for questions about the health of people on a community or population level. Do not use this tag for questions about the health of individuals or biological mechanisms.
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Do you die sooner if you retire later?
I came across this meme on social media (Reddit, LinkedIn, 9Gag). It states that statistically, those who retire early live much longer, and those who retire at age 65 live just one more year.
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Are birth control pills classified as a carcinogenic at the same level as asbestos and tobacco?
A few posts have been circulating on various social media outlets lately claiming that both combined estrogen-progesterone oral contraceptives and progesterone-only oral contraceptives have been ...
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Did the religious doctrine of Predestination trigger chronic nightmares in many New England children before the 19th century?
Author Susan Cain, in her 2022 pop psychology book Bittersweet, provides the following unsourced observation (p. 123-124):
Our tyranny of positivity, stems, in part from underappreciated historical ...
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Does morning exercise offset one to two hours of sleep deprivation?
On LinkedIn, the well-known associate professor of neurobiology, Andrew Huberman, posted the following claim:
The primary mechanism by which morning exercise offsets partial (one to two hours) sleep ...
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Is it true that multiple American Presidents have silenced American Federal health agencies? [closed]
According to this report from an American news station:
The Trump administration has told
Federal health agencies to pause external communications.
According to sources, that includes regular ...
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Are there emergences of scurvy in Canada?
CTV news writes
Dozens of people in Canada have scurvy, and it's because of food
A disease often thought to only affect 18th century sailors is reemerging in Canada.
Earlier this week, doctors ...
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Did a doctor Helen Zhu warn about a mounting epidemic in the US and receive a gag order?
A press release from the Chinese Embassy criticizes the state of free speech in the US, and claims that
Helen Zhu, a female doctor of Chinese descent who warned about the epidemic in the United ...
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Does weight loss from Ozempic come mainly from muscle and connectivity tissue loss?
A recent "The Joe Rogan Experience" episode with Bill Maher as the guest discussed weight loss drugs, especially type-2 diabetes GLP-1 agonists. The following interchange took place (J is ...
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Did France ban wifi in schools and daycares in 2015 because of health concerns?
A variety of websites (along with many claims on social media sites like Instagram) claim a law that went into effect in January 2015 bans wifi in schools and nurseries for health reasons.
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Does staying indoors protect you from wildfire smoke?
I’m in New York right now and I’m seeing a lot of news / government warnings to stay indoors due to the wildfire smoke.
For example: Stay indoors, mask up: Staying safe as ‘hazardous' smoke levels ...
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Is social media bad for the mental health of youth?
Multiple sources have blamed on social media for having (or potentially having) negative impact on mental state of young people. To name few:
NPR writes
SEATTLE — The public school district in ...
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Is COVID-19 no longer a public health emergency of international concern?
The WHO declares:
that COVID-19 is now an established and ongoing health issue which no longer constitutes a public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC).
Is it true that COVID-19 no ...
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Are fat people who intentionally lose weight at a greater risk of dying from cardiovascular disease?
The Health at Any Size movement, which promotes "body positivity" and de-emphasizes body weight and obesity (among other things), claims that intentionally losing weight increases risk of ...
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Has the time available to escape a house fire decreased significantly due to "modern furniture"?
The Facebook page QI - Quite Interesting has approximately 390 thousand followers. It posted a claim in December 2022 about the time available to escape a house on fire.
It claims a dramatic decrease ...
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Has PrEP caused a decrease in condom use amongst men who have sex with men?
In this article of the Financial Times, the existence of a sexual health crisis is reported. Here is a statement from the article:
But others say condom use has fallen sharply among high-risk groups, ...
