Why is vitamin B12 so dangerous?

Vitamin B12, oh boy, where do I even start? Let me tell you, this seemingly innocent vitamin can pack quite a punch if you mess around with it too much. Sure, it's water-so...

To reduce prostate size, treatments include 5-alpha reductase inhibitors like finasteride, which shrink the prostate by blocking DHT. Alpha-blockers (e.g., tamsulosin) can ...

Yes. But you're not going to like it. My therapist really helped me with this:

Depressive episodes are like being stuck swimming in a stormy ocean. Each wave that comes at y...

Ugh! You have no idea how bad life is in China!

I mean, every morning I get up and go to work. On my way to work, as I drive my ebike, I'm forced to go around the people who...

Last year I had a friend who developed prostate cancer and asked one of my radiation oncology colleagues this question. His view was that stereotactic radiation, SBRT, with...

I will tell you, but you might not like the answer.

I'm a cook, and I have cooked a lot of steaks, and everything the other answers say is true. A lot depends on the quality...

Hello. I was a medic in the Army when my unit was attacked and blown up by insurgents. I suffer from many chronic illnesses that will be lifelong. When my Dr. recommended t...

Possible but not probable. I ignored my swollen lymph node for almost 3 years and when I finally asked my primary care physician about it, hoping it was a swollen gland, he...

From a scientist's perspective, humans die because their only purpose in life is to pass on their genes. But this is a question that can be interpreted in many ways. From a...

Poland, Czechia and Slovakia DO NOT pretend that they are Western.

Let's start by who I am and what are my bias: I am a Slovak citizen living in Czech Republic, by my grandf...

Exactly 3 years ago today I was on my way to the hospital for a check up (appointment at 4.00), when my ankle went over and I ended up flat on my face in the middle of my d...

You are free to skip the regularly scheduled, age or family-appropriate colonoscopy.

You simply have to understand that one of the possible futures has a whole lot more colo...