They recently published a study in the Journal of Sexual Medicine that analyzed how injections of a hyaluronic acid filler (Restylane Sub-Q) could increase penile girth. These physicians injected an average of 20.5 cc (about two-thirds of a medicine cup) using “a back-and-forth technique” into the deep soft tissue layers of the penises of 50 men. The product was then ‘homogenized with a roller.’
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The men’s penises had an average increase in circumference (girth) of 4 cm, which was maintained 18 months later.
you could probably round up a few guys on craigslist who want shit injected into their penis and smushed around with a rolling pin
but that seems like a strange project for a Scientist to actually work on
Well they are in Korea ...
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FishmanPut your goddamned hand in the goddamned Box of Pain.Registered Userregular
Legal lifestyle pharmaceuticals and medicine are $$$, though. You don't get rich curing malaria, polio or diabetes, because basically all you're able to charge at cost of production + development or else public outcry makes you out to be profiteering on human misery.
You get rich by discovering Viagra, or a new more lifelike breast implant, because when it is a lifestyle choice like buying a certain type of car or picking a dress, you can charge whatever the fuck you want. And therefore make money.
This is a really good blog post by Dr. Steven Novella about how the American Headache Society recently stated in a press release that they recommend "sham" acupuncture (see blog post for details) for migraines as a result of a study that showed that fake acupuncture is as effective as traditional acupuncture. They interpreted the study to mean that both are effective interventions, but Novella points out that the correct interpretation is that sham acupuncture works no better than placebo, and neither does traditional acupuncture. They're both bullshit. But under the umbrella of "complementary alternative medicine", they get to claim a failure as a success.
There's a part of me that's okay with these dishonest placebo treatments because I'd rather somebody go in and have needles poked at them or get reiki massage or some other relatively-harmless procedure than to take medicine they don't actually need for a condition that's clearly psychosomatic like many headaches.
Of course in the greater scheme of things this leads to more harm than good but on a small scale I support the placebo effect.
There's a part of me that's okay with these dishonest placebo treatments because I'd rather somebody go in and have needles poked at them or get reiki massage or some other relatively-harmless procedure than to take medicine they don't actually need for a condition that's clearly psychosomatic like many headaches.
Of course in the greater scheme of things this leads to more harm than good but on a small scale I support the placebo effect.
What? Are you suggesting that headaches aren't real? What exactly do you mean by psychosomatic in this case?
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There's a part of me that's okay with these dishonest placebo treatments because I'd rather somebody go in and have needles poked at them or get reiki massage or some other relatively-harmless procedure than to take medicine they don't actually need for a condition that's clearly psychosomatic like many headaches.
Of course in the greater scheme of things this leads to more harm than good but on a small scale I support the placebo effect.
What? Are you suggesting that headaches aren't real? What exactly do you mean by psychosomatic in this case?
There's a part of me that's okay with these dishonest placebo treatments because I'd rather somebody go in and have needles poked at them or get reiki massage or some other relatively-harmless procedure than to take medicine they don't actually need for a condition that's clearly psychosomatic like many headaches.
Of course in the greater scheme of things this leads to more harm than good but on a small scale I support the placebo effect.
What? Are you suggesting that headaches aren't real? What exactly do you mean by psychosomatic in this case?
A good portion of headaches will go away just as well with a placebo as with aspirin or ibuprofen or whatever drugs you would take for a headache. You're best off just drinking some water and breathing deeply instead of reaching for the muscle relaxers every time you feel a dull throb.
And by psychosomatic I mean it's stress or anxiety based and not actually anything physically wrong with you.
There's a part of me that's okay with these dishonest placebo treatments because I'd rather somebody go in and have needles poked at them or get reiki massage or some other relatively-harmless procedure than to take medicine they don't actually need for a condition that's clearly psychosomatic like many headaches.
Of course in the greater scheme of things this leads to more harm than good but on a small scale I support the placebo effect.
What? Are you suggesting that headaches aren't real? What exactly do you mean by psychosomatic in this case?
A good portion of headaches will go away just as well with a placebo as with aspirin or ibuprofen or whatever drugs you would take for a headache. You're best off just drinking some water and breathing deeply instead of reaching for the muscle relaxers every time you feel a dull throb.
And by psychosomatic I mean it's stress or anxiety based and not actually anything physically wrong with you.
You don't know a damn thing about muscular tension, do you?
There's a part of me that's okay with these dishonest placebo treatments because I'd rather somebody go in and have needles poked at them or get reiki massage or some other relatively-harmless procedure than to take medicine they don't actually need for a condition that's clearly psychosomatic like many headaches.
Of course in the greater scheme of things this leads to more harm than good but on a small scale I support the placebo effect.
What? Are you suggesting that headaches aren't real? What exactly do you mean by psychosomatic in this case?
A good portion of headaches will go away just as well with a placebo as with aspirin or ibuprofen or whatever drugs you would take for a headache. You're best off just drinking some water and breathing deeply instead of reaching for the muscle relaxers every time you feel a dull throb.
And by psychosomatic I mean it's stress or anxiety based and not actually anything physically wrong with you.
I'm sorry, but this is just wrong. Reminds me of a biology professor I had who was doing research on how cannabinoids act on the brain. He commented on how people will talk about how someone's pain is "just in their head" as if that somehow makes the pain less real, or that it means the pain is "imaginary". Of course pain is "in your head". You process most of your senses in your brain (I say most because some of the signal processing for some senses occurs before reaching the brain), but that doesn't make your vision "just in your head" or a taste imaginary and psychosomatic. Pain has a biological cause. Migraines definitely have a biological cause. People love to trot out the placebo effect as if it's some wonder cure for any and everything, or at least for anything pain related as if pain is strictly imaginary. Of course I'm not saying the placebo effect isn't real, but the placebo effect is very weak and is not a replacement for intervention that we know actually works. So no, paying for some bullshit is not justified by the placebo effect.
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There's a part of me that's okay with these dishonest placebo treatments because I'd rather somebody go in and have needles poked at them or get reiki massage or some other relatively-harmless procedure than to take medicine they don't actually need for a condition that's clearly psychosomatic like many headaches.
Of course in the greater scheme of things this leads to more harm than good but on a small scale I support the placebo effect.
What? Are you suggesting that headaches aren't real? What exactly do you mean by psychosomatic in this case?
A good portion of headaches will go away just as well with a placebo as with aspirin or ibuprofen or whatever drugs you would take for a headache. You're best off just drinking some water and breathing deeply instead of reaching for the muscle relaxers every time you feel a dull throb.
And by psychosomatic I mean it's stress or anxiety based and not actually anything physically wrong with you.
I'm sorry, but this is just wrong. Reminds me of a biology professor I had who was doing research on how cannabinoids act on the brain. He commented on how people will talk about how someone's pain is "just in their head" as if that somehow makes the pain less real, or that it means the pain is "imaginary". Of course pain is "in your head". You process most of your senses in your brain (I say most because some of the signal processing for some senses occurs before reaching the brain), but that doesn't make your vision "just in your head" or a taste imaginary and psychosomatic. Pain has a biological cause. Migraines definitely have a biological cause. People love to trot out the placebo effect as if it's some wonder cure for any and everything, or at least for anything pain related as if pain is strictly imaginary. Of course I'm not saying the placebo effect isn't real, but the placebo effect is very weak and is not a replacement for intervention that we know actually works. So no, paying for some bullshit is not justified by the placebo effect.
It is more accurate to say that most every common ailment will go away with time. It's how crappy doctors stay in business. They give you a pill that doesn't kill you and eventually you get better. If they were right you get better quicker, but either way you attribute the success to that particular doctor.
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There's a part of me that's okay with these dishonest placebo treatments because I'd rather somebody go in and have needles poked at them or get reiki massage or some other relatively-harmless procedure than to take medicine they don't actually need for a condition that's clearly psychosomatic like many headaches.
Of course in the greater scheme of things this leads to more harm than good but on a small scale I support the placebo effect.
What? Are you suggesting that headaches aren't real? What exactly do you mean by psychosomatic in this case?
A good portion of headaches will go away just as well with a placebo as with aspirin or ibuprofen or whatever drugs you would take for a headache. You're best off just drinking some water and breathing deeply instead of reaching for the muscle relaxers every time you feel a dull throb.
And by psychosomatic I mean it's stress or anxiety based and not actually anything physically wrong with you.
I'm sorry, but this is just wrong. Reminds me of a biology professor I had who was doing research on how cannabinoids act on the brain. He commented on how people will talk about how someone's pain is "just in their head" as if that somehow makes the pain less real, or that it means the pain is "imaginary". Of course pain is "in your head". You process most of your senses in your brain (I say most because some of the signal processing for some senses occurs before reaching the brain), but that doesn't make your vision "just in your head" or a taste imaginary and psychosomatic. Pain has a biological cause. Migraines definitely have a biological cause. People love to trot out the placebo effect as if it's some wonder cure for any and everything, or at least for anything pain related as if pain is strictly imaginary. Of course I'm not saying the placebo effect isn't real, but the placebo effect is very weak and is not a replacement for intervention that we know actually works. So no, paying for some bullshit is not justified by the placebo effect.
It is more accurate to say that most every common ailment will go away with time. It's how crappy doctors stay in business. They give you a pill that doesn't kill you and eventually you get better. If they were right you get better quicker, but either way you attribute the success to that particular doctor.
Reminds me of getting pink eye during basic.
I was given eye drops to take that would clear it up in three to four days. Only later did I find out that it will naturally clear in that amount of time.
There's also such a thing as returning to the mean. By the time you go to a doctor, chances are you're already at the worst stage of your illness and it'll get better naturally.
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Package deal: Injections make penis grow, study finds
tremendously painful
heh, "homo" heheheheh
you could probably round up a few guys on craigslist who want shit injected into their penis and smushed around with a rolling pin
but that seems like a strange project for a Scientist to actually work on
Larry Flynt with a stethoscope.
I'd think they would look a lot more like Hugh Hefner
Well they are in Korea ...
You get rich by discovering Viagra, or a new more lifelike breast implant, because when it is a lifestyle choice like buying a certain type of car or picking a dress, you can charge whatever the fuck you want. And therefore make money.
Need some stuff designed or printed? I can help with that.
(I named my boner American)
Of course in the greater scheme of things this leads to more harm than good but on a small scale I support the placebo effect.
she is the best, yes
remember we had that guy make a thread on it
I know a twelfth level reiki master that can cook a turkey with his mind
What? Are you suggesting that headaches aren't real? What exactly do you mean by psychosomatic in this case?
A good portion of headaches will go away just as well with a placebo as with aspirin or ibuprofen or whatever drugs you would take for a headache. You're best off just drinking some water and breathing deeply instead of reaching for the muscle relaxers every time you feel a dull throb.
And by psychosomatic I mean it's stress or anxiety based and not actually anything physically wrong with you.
It has killed me.
I am dead now.
Can't stand her myself.
You don't know a damn thing about muscular tension, do you?
You're welcome.
I'm sorry, but this is just wrong. Reminds me of a biology professor I had who was doing research on how cannabinoids act on the brain. He commented on how people will talk about how someone's pain is "just in their head" as if that somehow makes the pain less real, or that it means the pain is "imaginary". Of course pain is "in your head". You process most of your senses in your brain (I say most because some of the signal processing for some senses occurs before reaching the brain), but that doesn't make your vision "just in your head" or a taste imaginary and psychosomatic. Pain has a biological cause. Migraines definitely have a biological cause. People love to trot out the placebo effect as if it's some wonder cure for any and everything, or at least for anything pain related as if pain is strictly imaginary. Of course I'm not saying the placebo effect isn't real, but the placebo effect is very weak and is not a replacement for intervention that we know actually works. So no, paying for some bullshit is not justified by the placebo effect.
she reminds me of olivia munn
in that she's casted for exactly the same reasons
It is more accurate to say that most every common ailment will go away with time. It's how crappy doctors stay in business. They give you a pill that doesn't kill you and eventually you get better. If they were right you get better quicker, but either way you attribute the success to that particular doctor.
Reminds me of getting pink eye during basic.
I was given eye drops to take that would clear it up in three to four days. Only later did I find out that it will naturally clear in that amount of time.
knee problems? here's ibuprofen
got food poisoning? here's ibuprofen
dying? here's ibuprofen
shit cures everything to them (well the ones i had liked to think that)
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