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  • Hacker News
  • This is the future I wanted.
  • I'm curious. HIV has been largely conquered, so why hasn't HPV been conquered yet? Same goes for shingles.
  • I wonder if chewing mastic would be as effective?
  • apparently it helps reduce risk of mouth cancer..... what im hearing is rotate this and zyns in my mouth, see what happens.
  • I'm just over here wondering how/where/when I can buy this
  • Alternative form of delivery required for Singapore.
  • In case this is useful for anyone, this study on high-risk HPV and medicinal mushrooms blew my mind:

    https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25271984/

    In 88% (36 out of 41) of patients with high-risk HPV, taking reishi + turkey tail mushrooms daily for 2 months cleared the virus, versus 5% clearance (1 out of 20) in the control group. I suspect that 88% clearance rate would be higher if they continued for longer than 2 months.

  • Tangentially related, apparently xylitol gum can reduce cavity risk by killing off bacteria (which cannot digest but cannot differentiate xylitol from regular sugar) in the mouth.
    by wxw

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