Scientific spirit need you I care

The 2016-09-28 07:32:32

Source: health

- tan jia -

These two days, baking soda out of the "red net", the reason is that the second hospital affiliated to zhejiang university school of medicine experts a program called "targeted tumor within the lactic acid anion and hydrogen ion arterial chemoembolization intubation" research results, after the international authoritative academic journal published by the domestic numerous media widely reported. Among them, many media have adopted "with baking soda to starve the cancer cells," the title of the simple, popular, makes the complex medical technology quickly into the public eye, and caused great sensation.

After media reports, ZheYi 2 hospital constantly received calls from all over the country, is engaged in the research of the doctor's clinic packed. Have netizen has, in some hospitals in shandong, there are even cancer patients specifically asked the doctor for his input baking soda for treatment. "The soda water can prevent cancer" is, just like a "science".

In the face of the media's attention, patient unusually, experts have given timely response and clarification: baking soda is just a link of the process of complex treatment, and drink soda had nothing to do with this. Research is still small, in view of the disease is limited, the research remains to be further for a long time, its safety and effectiveness, need large sample randomized controlled studies verified.

Health is closely related to everyone, every family happiness. Public intravenous drip progress is very concerned about for the medical scientific research, and rush to the latest medical results for the treatment of himself or his family, this kind of urgent mood, is understandable. However, media and public awareness, should respect the laws of scientific research and medicine. Media, in particular, for the interpretation of medical scientific research and dissemination, must uphold the principle of the real, objective and comprehensive, and strive to finding a good balance between science and professional, with a publicity stunt to attract eyeball, is hard work to the medical personnel and their research results don't respect, also will weaken to medical science communication, patients and the public, even the trust in medical science.

In addition, the scientific research achievements out of context, biased and even substitute stealthily, "medicine" for a lift more desirable practice, there are such as soda companies to get the research results as a big selling point of the product sales, this is opportunistic and irresponsible behavior. Therefore, the public also needs to constantly improve the scientific literacy, have rational knowledge about medical research,'s ability to control knowledge and other businesses.

The storm also reflects the fact that the current society as a whole for scientific research also lack of rational understanding of the objective, scientific spirit remains fragile. In the face of the public puzzled and questions, master the core fact more hospitals and experts cannot "silence is golden", but rather to positively respond to the hot issue of public attention, meaning. The debate the truth, in a timely response, naturally will be further spread scientific knowledge, and let the public science literacy, health literacy to ascend.