Swagastan t1_jar7gxm wrote on March 3, 2023 at 1:57 PM

Reply to comment by [deleted] in US public investment in critical research contributed to the success of mRNA Covid vaccines, and saved millions of lives by geoxol

“Science has, in many ways, helped ease the suffering of this pandemic, which was more than likely caused by science” -Jon Stewart

Swagastan t1_j1xyj1m wrote on December 28, 2022 at 5:31 AM

Reply to TIL that one of the few positive health effects of smoking is a drastic reduction of a person's risk of thyroid cancer. According to a Korean study of the health records of over 10M people, smokers have a 36% lower risk of thyroid cancer. Smoking and heavy drinking reduces one's risk even more. by EncyclopediaJake

Potentially also reduces the chance of developing Parkinson’s

Swagastan t1_ivtym7u wrote on November 10, 2022 at 4:21 PM

Reply to comment by saffron_boy in New antibiotic passes through the first phase of clinical trials with ease by tonymmorley

It actually is used as a growth promoter, chickens grow quicker when given antibiotics.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC153145/

“Shortly after the introduction of the therapeutic use of antibiotics, the growth-promoting effect of these products in chickens was discovered by feeding fermentation offal from the chlortetracycline production of Streptomyces aureofaciens (122). Several antibiotics have been in use as growth promoters of farm animals ever since. The introduction of these agents coincided with intensive animal rearing. These products improved feed conversion and animal growth and reduced morbidity and mortality due to clinical and subclinical diseases. The average growth improvement was estimated to be between 4 and 8%, and feed utilization was improved by 2 to 5% (90).”