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About half of health-related HN submissions feature someone willing to throw out wild medical advice. They'll usually double down, too, by linking to a study - a study that neither they, or 99% of commenters, are capable of effectively evaluating.

Treat them the same as you would that one weird guy who tells you that drinking urine will cure everything that ails you.



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