Things you didn't know or thought about.

Biggins

I was reading this morning about nicotine-replacement therapy for smokers when I came across the fact that you could get patches free on the medical card (maybe not for much longer though).
This I didn't know and was surprised.
(There were 155,460 prescriptions handed out in 2010)
For the record, I don't smoke myself.

I was just wondering if anyone else was occasionally surprised by something they didn't know but was later informed about?

soyawhatsup

http://americaisretarded.com/cancer.html This kind of surprised me to say the least

Emiko

soyawhatsup wrote: »

http://americaisretarded.com/cancer.html This kind of surprised me to say the least

Interesting if true.

Phill Ewinn

Now a USB power ''cigarette'' available for indoor smokers. Mad mad world

Biggins

soyawhatsup wrote: »

http://americaisretarded.com/cancer.html This kind of surprised me to say the least

Sad and depressing state of affairs if true!

amacca

Emiko wrote: »

Interesting if true.

that link leaves out a lot of detail..

may be carcinogenic in high doses............In 2010 it was found that for human colorectal tumours grown in mice, under hypoxic conditions, DCA decreased rather than increased apoptosis..........human trials inconclusive


still...theres got to be a better option than chemo

Reamer Fanny

Sack up and quit cold turkey

EverEvolving

soyawhatsup wrote: »

http://americaisretarded.com/cancer.html This kind of surprised me to say the least

There was a thread on that issue here previously that pretty much debunked that theory iirc

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056269004

orourkeda

amacca wrote: »

that link leaves out a lot of detail..

may be carcinogenic in high doses............In 2010 it was found that for human colorectal tumours grown in mice, under hypoxic conditions, DCA decreased rather than increased apoptosis..........human trials inconclusive


still...theres got to be a better option than chemo

A cancer treatment that causes cancer. How Ironic.

32yg

My Mother is into homeopathy and reckons she knows a cure for cancer.:pac::pac::pac:

Mickeroo

Finding out that what we see in the night sky is a snapshot of what the stars were like hundreds and thousands of years ago and not what they're like now blew my mind when I first found it out.

Biggins

Mickeroo wrote: »

Finding out that what we see in the night sky is a snapshot of what the stars were like hundreds and thousands of years ago and not what they're like now blew my mind when I first found it out.

Yea, that was a trip for me too. I always though I was looking at stars as they really existed mostly presently.

Phill Ewinn

32yg wrote: »

My Mother is into homeopathy and reckons she knows a cure for cancer.:pac::pac::pac:

Big pharma is following that lead. Some chemos can now target cancerous cells in the same way as B17 is reportedly able to.

No suprise really. Cancerous tumours are apparently a lot different to other growths and stuff.

amacca

I've been trying to find something i've been surprised about for this thread and at first it was difficult because I honestly believe nothing has surprised me for quite some time

however, and at the risk of derailing this thread...before the past couple of years I was surprised/shocked initially by the sheer scale of unwise lending/corruption etc that went on at the likes of irish nationwide etc relative to the sizes of the institution

I thought it would be bad but I was blown away by the scale of it.

so I suppose human stupidity/greed etc never fails to surprise me....including my own @ times.

bleg

Biggins wrote: »

I was reading this morning about nicotine-replacement therapy for smokers when I came across the fact that you could get patches free on the medical card (maybe not for much longer though).
This I didn't know and was surprised.
(There were 155,460 prescriptions handed out in 2010)
For the record, I don't smoke myself.

I was just wondering if anyone else was occasionally surprised by something they didn't know but was later informed about?

Also they're not available on the Drug Payment Scheme... the mind boggles.

jd

soyawhatsup wrote: »

http://americaisretarded.com/cancer.html This kind of surprised me to say the least

http://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/2011/05/dichloroacetate_and_cancer.php