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May 21, 2024 Is the idiomatic suggestion that it’s best to “rip off a Band-Aid” actually good advice? Is one quick 'OUCH!' better than a series of smaller 'ows'? Researchers in Australia recruited 65 students to determine which bandage removal approach was less painful: quick or slow. Using an 11-point pain scale , the students who yanked off their bandages quickly reported an average 0.02 pain score. For those who peeled off their bandages slowly , the average score was 1.58.

Heaven help you if you suffer the condition and find yourself in Scotland at night. This week in 1747, an experiment to remedy scurvy among sailors was conducted by British ship's surgeon James Lind on the HMS Salisbury. He regulated the diets of the sailors, and especially included lemons and oranges. Positive results quickly showed that scurvy, and the huge numbers of related sailor deaths, could be easily remedied by providing sufficient dietary intake of vitamin C.

 

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