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Doctors are required to get a doctorate for their career. This has two major consequences. For one, research standards are lower because many doctors are only d
by Tarq0n 6y ago
Doctors are required to get a doctorate for their career. This has two major consequences. For one, research standards are lower because many doctors are only doing it because it's mandatory, and there's a lot more people doing simple medical research than in most other areas of inquiry. This causes a lot of underqualified opinions to surface for prestigious-sounding doctors.
As always, be skeptical of claims that go against consensus. Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.
- maxerickson 6y agoIn the US, an MD does not require doctoral research, it's all education and training.
- mumblemumble 6y agoIs there a medical consensus on this? The closest I've heard to anything on the subject is that a dermatologist once advised me to try not using soap on my face as a possible acne treatment.
- antibctrlsoap 6y agoShould you wash your face with antibacterial soap? No, because the microbiome (helpful bacteria) around the eyes prevents conjunctivitis. And killing off those beneficial bacteria clears the way for far more undesireable bacteria. Yes, germs are bad.
- mumblemumble 6y agoIn the USA, is antibacterial soap even a live issue, since the FDA banned basically all the chemicals used to make it about 5 years back? I would assume that at this point the ingredients they're using don't actually work (except perhaps in test tubes and at extreme concentrations) and it's largely just a hollow marketing term.
- antibctrlsoap 6y agoTriclosan > Policy describes the policy situation in regards to consumer antimicrobial agents like triclosan: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triclosan#Policy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triclosan#Policy We generally credit Lister with saving many lives by inventing sterile surgical procedures; so, how do germs in open wounds and germs on the skin differ in their effects on survival, health, and appearance? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Lister https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Lister
- hateful 6y agoI'd like to know this also. I had bad acne in my teen years until I stopped washing my face completely and I haven't had anything but a pimple or two in over 20 years.
- repiret 6y agoUnlike PhDs, professional doctorates don’t generally require research. I know several medical doctors none of whom did research as part of their doctorate degree program (although some did research as part of a masters).
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- monktastic1 6y agoDo you know of any research that shows that we should be soaping our bodies every day? Personally, I'm skeptical of claims that are based in nothing but consensus -- like the well-known "fact" that we need 8 cups of water a day, or that we lose most of our heat through our heads.