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Your weekly dose of evidence
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Celebrities are gushing over the wonders of “vitamin drips” on their social media accounts, posting pictures of themselves undergoing therapy #blessed.
Fans of these intravenous cocktails of vitamins and minerals say they feel younger and energised. Others say these drips cleanse the blood, ease chronic pain and cure cancer #really?
Now special clinics are setting up so everyone can have a go, for a price.
But there’s no evidence these drips work, you could fall seriously ill, and you’re better off eating real food if you want a shot of vitamins and minerals. Emily Burch explains #herestheevidence.
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Anna Evangeli
Deputy Editor: Health+Medicine
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Top story
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Are the celebrities onto something with their IV vitamin cocktails? Let’s look at the evidence before rushing to the therapy lounge.
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Emily Burch, Griffith University
If their social media accounts were anything to go by, celebrities can't get enough of vitamin and mineral infusions, or vitamin drips. Now therapy lounges are popping up for everyone else to try.
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From the archives: vitamins
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Once you have a cold, taking vitamin C supplements won’t do anything.
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Clare Collins, University of Newcastle
From vitamin C to chicken soup, there are many supposed remedies for treating a cold. Here's what the evidence says.
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One recent study revealed no evidence that selenium supplements help prevent diabetes, even in geographical areas where there are relatively low amounts of selenium in the natural diet.
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Saverio Stranges, Western University
Most vitamins and other nutritional supplements are unlikely to prevent chronic disease. Invest in good quality foods, sleep and exercise instead.
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Expert answers to serious, weird and wacky questions
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Graham Fulton, The University of Queensland
We need to understand what a swallow's nest is really for – and it is not mainly for sleeping.
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Sherif A. Tawfik Abbas, RMIT University
Electricity happens when electrons move from one atom to another.
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Top picks from the week
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Early indications are that the vaccine has been a reasonably good match in the 2019 season.
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Lauren Bloomfield, Edith Cowan University
The flu vaccine is built on the strains expected to circulate in a given year. While the majority of strains circulating this year are matched in the vaccine, there's one strain we didn't predict.
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Ditch the ‘destiny’ mindset – a ‘relationship growth’ one is likely to deliver better romantic partnerships.
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Gery Karantzas, Deakin University
If you're overlooking potential romantic partners because they're not who you envisioned as 'the one', it might be time to reassess your approach.
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Children’s engagement with digital devices is often driven by their desire for creative expression, entertainment and social interaction.
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Milovan Savic, Swinburne University of Technology; Kath Albury, Swinburne University of Technology
In order to reach younger audiences, social media apps must get past the gatekeepers of preteen online engagement: the parents.
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A certain optimal noise level allows people to see, hear and feel better.
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Onno van der Groen, Edith Cowan University
The 'right' amount of noise is different for everyone. That might explain why some people perform best in noisy environments, while others prefer silence.
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