[Health fact 1] In 2020, a 54-year-old man from Massachusetts, USA, died after eating a bag and a half of black licorice every day for a few weeks, which caused such low potassium levels that his heart stopped.
[Health fact 2] The "debate" about vaccines and autism, began after a fraudulent paper was published. The author is no longer licensed to practice. Countless dollars have been spent to debunk his claims, and innocent children have probably died due to his lies.
[Health fact 3] To clean up after using the lavatory, ancient Romans used a “tersorium”, a sponge on the end of a long stick that was shared by everyone in the community. When not in use, the stick stayed in a bucket of vinegar or seawater in the communal bathroom.
[Health fact 4] The insulin pumps used by at least 350,000 Americans with diabetes were invented as a direct result of some of the earliest NASA technology from the Apollo program.
[Health fact 5] The idea that walking 10,000 steps a day is best for your health has no basis in science but instead started as a marketing campaign for a Japanese pedometer (Manpo-kei, "10,000 step meter"), released after the Tokyo Olympics in 1964. The 10,000 number was selected because it sounded good.
[Health fact 6] Eating grapefruit (and a few of its close relatives) can increase the side effects of certain medications by disrupting a specialized group of proteins in your liver and small intestine called cytochrome P450 (CYPs).
[Health fact 7] Kents, a major tobacco company sold unique cigarette filters in the 1950s and advertised their health benefits. The advertised ingredient that set them apart was Asbestos.
[Health fact 8] Antibacterial soap is no better than regular soap at preventing sickness and children who use it regularly are more likely to develop peanut allergies and hay fever.
[Health fact 9] In 1990, Dr. Mary-Claire King discovered the human gene BRCA1 which is linked to breast cancer. Soon after, Myriad Genetics cloned and patented it. She was sent a cease-and-desist letter to stop researching it. Finally, in 2013, the US Supreme Court ruled that human genes cannot be patented.
[Health fact 10] The first documented cases of cancer were found on papyrus manuscripts in Egypt dating back to 3000 BC. In these manuscripts, 8 cases of breast tumors are mentioned that were removed by cauterization with a tool called the fire drill. The writing says about the disease, “There is no treatment.”
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