Medical Science

Hi all, I recently stumbled upon an article suggesting nicotine addiction directly affects a part of the brain that impacts our self discipline. Unfortunately, I did not bookmark this article. I am having a hard time locating peer review literature relating specifically to this topic. Can anyone point me in the right direction to help me answer the following questions? 1. Does nicotine addiction negatively impact a persons ability to maintain self discipline? 2. Is there evidence to suggest that ex smokers significantly increase self discipline and is this a result of training the part of the brain that influences self regulat…

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We live across the street from a power substation and have had several noticeable health problems since moving in. We have had the water checked, there is no mold or anything else obvious in the house. The house is about 300' from the substation. We had the local utility company come out and show us how strong the emf's from the substation were and they didn't seem to be even as strong as they were from our microwave. We also notice that we can't get reliable cell phone service in many places in the house. That's also true for outside the house in certain areas that are about 30' from it. There is a spot in the living room that I notice a low-grade but obvious vibration a…

Hello everyone, I am working on a project where I need to write about what tissues (not bones) that form the knee and help it function. After my research, I have come up with meniscus tissue, cruciate ligaments, articular cartilage, and tendon. I have not written enough content yet and was wondering if there are any other structures or something I missed? Thanks.

A lady told me that she substitutes grape fruit and tomato juice for coffee. She says its a real energy booster. She drinks a full glass of grape fruit juice in the morning and then at noon she has two glasses of tomato juice with her lunch. Now I doubt this can have the same stimulating and energy boosting effects as caffeine but I'm wondering if there's anything to the claim that grape fruit juice and tomato juice can boost one's energy to even a small degree.

Hippies throughout the western world will be interested in the findings of a new study which has discovered the benefits of psilocybin, the psychoactive compound responsible for Magic Mushrooms. Scientists have found that the hallucinogenic active ingredient within the mushroom could help to treat a wide range of psychiatric disorders including depression, anxiety and addiction. The study provides guidelines on how much of the substance should be taken in order to deliver maximum benefits with minimum risk. It also warns of the dangers of paranoia and delusions if a safe dose is exceeded. One of the most interesting findings confirms the experiences of …

Hello everyone, Can I post histology based questions on this forum? I would think it could fall under here, but wanted to confirm first. Thanks!

Hi all, People around the globe know this, but Americans and Isrealis don't. High Intensity Focused Ultrasound, called "HIFU". My husband got prostate cancer and we live in Colorado, but a friend told us about HIFU, so we found it on the web and booked it in Mexico with an American doctor who flies down there every weekend to treat men. We met the doctor the night prior to treatment, the next day hubby was put to sleep to prevent movement. It took 2 hours, no cutting involved, no pain, then I waited for him to wake up and we went to the beach and out to dinner. There are about 30 American doctors who fly out of the country to treat men on weekends using …

Good afternoon. Given this general definition of intelligence "Intelligence has been defined in different ways, including the abilities for abstract thought, understanding, communication, reasoning, learning, planning, emotional intelligence and problem solving. "My question is: can we induce intelligence to a lymphocyte??. Please explain the answer. I know the question is out of the ordinary, but a company called 4Life says makes smart autoimmune cells and im trying to help out a friend whit this issue. Thank you for your time.

I've noticed that if hypothetically I've smoked marijuana within one or two weeks of drinking I don't get hangovers. And I'm the stereotypical skinny guy who usually gets really bad hangovers. If you look at some of the things marijuana treats verses hangover symptoms it would make a lot of sense. Hangover symptoms: Dehydration (fixed with some water lol) Headache* Bodyache* Nausea* Loss of appetite* Fatigue Irritability (probably caused because of the other symptoms more than anything else) All the *'s are treated by marijuana. Makes sense to me at least. I cant find any studies which prove this though. A word of warning; from what I've heard yo…

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I am in military institution that require certain weight for me for specefic tasks ... I only need extra 2 kilos to reach it ... the problem is I will go for test in couple of days and I can't get these 2 kilos by eating too much as my body seems not to respond fast to this I was thinking of kind o f trick or what can I do for these extra 2 kilos .. I will weight with my underwear only .. I thin I may spray them with something that weight 1 kilo or more what do you suggest ??

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Are fecalysis, urinalysis, cbc, and serum electrolyte levels enough work-up for acute diarrhea? I've had watery diarrhea (no fever, no abdominal pain) last year and had these labs taken which showed unremarkable results. Gave me metronidazole because amoebic dysentery is pretty common in the locality. Stool returned to normal in consistency after about a five days. Same thing happened to me recently and the labs were also normal. Prescription also consisted of metronidazole even though there was no cyst or trophozoite in my feces. I also could not believe that I would get amoebiasis twice since I'm very careful with what I eat and my housemates which are also eating t…

I have been smoking high quality medicinal pot 2-3 times every day for the past 7.5 years. I just quit about 3 days ago to take a drug test next week (total of about 10-11 days). I need to find some statistics on ng/ml of thc detectable in urine for chronic smokers. I have read that it can go up to the thousands!!! Is this true? If so, how long for such a chronic smoker to get below 100-150? Was the smoker fatter, skinnier, etc.? Did he/she exercise? I have found some statistics out there, but none are very clear or specific... I plan to use the Erowid.com Visine method to drop my ng/ml significantly (about 2/3 decline in concentration), but it won't be enough …

i love playing,watching movie and games that are based on zombies but then i start to get paranoid like if i ever face one or more how hard would it be to kill them assuming they are rotten bodies just walking and the outbreak having the entire world roaming with them leaving my life pointless to live on anymore and things like that could anyone explain to me that maybe zombies arent in anyway possible to be brought to life.like a human being is hard to kill what about zombies would they be even harder killing one would be hell but fighting an entire army of them so yeah i know "dont watch zombie stuff" but it is stronger than me please help

OK I eat like crap people I average around 800 Calories a day be it a box of Kraft dinner or a 150 gram bag of potato chips. Somtimes I change over to large salads for awhile or I'll go to KFC. I only eat once a day unless I'm hung over then I cure it with Chocolate milk and pizza pops a couple times a day. I take ginseng and a few sexual health herbs so anyway............Modern science says a person needs 2000 calories a day to live and less is going to lead to weight loss. I walk everyday maybe a few kilometres more if it's nice so........I'm about 150-160 lb 5 ft 10 and I know it's not healthy but I'm doing fine so why is this? All medical science I have read says 800 …

Just wondering, what is the comparison between the effects? They could both possibly be used to treat the same illnesses. Knowing its less dangerous than alcohol is enough to make me think it is completely ridiculous not to legalize it. If you only use it say a two or three times a month, it wouldn't even have a significant effect on health from the somewhat damaging smoke. Probably nowhere near as deadly as fast food. I'm just trying to establish the degree of idiocy and hypocricy there is in this war against drugs, which i may agree with for harder drugs that are actually addicting, but if you legalized simple marajauna i think that people wouldn't care so much about tr…

It's common knowledge that eating healthy gives you more energy. So here's a question: does eating junk food reduce your energy even if you've taken your daily requirements of health foods? For example, suppose for a full day, someone ate a balanced quantity of fruits, vegetables, whole grains, lean meats, and lean dairy products. He ate the required daily amount for someone of his type. He's getting enough good quality sleep and he's staying away from drugs and alcohol. If on top of all that he had a fair amount of junk food (say a bag of chips, some pop, a donut, and some buttered popcorn at a movie) would he still have his energy levels up at what they would be if he c…

Liver failure is a condition that occurs when large parts of the liver become damaged beyond repair and the liver is no longer able to function. Liver failure is a life-threatening condition that demands urgent medical care. Most often liver failure occurs gradually and over many years. Acute Liver Failure Acute liver failure is a rare condition. Acute liver failure occurs rapidly (in as little as 48 hours) and can be difficult to detect initially. The most common causes of liver failure are: Hepatitis B Hepatitis C Long term, excessive alcohol consumption Cirrhosis Hemochromatosis Malnutrition Acetaminophen (Tylenol) overdose Reaction to a prescribed me…

Hi to everyone here! Im marc from manila and i want to know what is your stand about the news, that the TOKAY GECKO can cure aids and cancer...

Hi: I'm about to lose it. I absolutely HATE the taste/smell of most healthy vegetables but I NEED to eat them for my physical health. I have a VitaMix blender that chopped these veggies into their molecular level. However, I still need to drink it to get it into my stomach -- this resulting NOXIOUS flavors cause me to vomit and make me extremely discouraged from maintaining a healthy diet. There is only one way to get this nasty-yet-healthy concoction into my system without suffering and that is to use and orogastric tube. An orogastric tube is a device goes into the mouth, and down the throat and finally into the stomach. This enables liquids to enter the st…

I was in China, the English are not familiar with the google translation.<br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; ">I found a new method of treating disease by a chemical solution applied voltage, the release of a special kind of wave to treat the disease. I hope that can be linked toresearch institutions for testing.<br style="line-height: 1.2em; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; ">I experiment on himself, of myopia, treatment of inflammation. Very good results interms of pain. In terms of security, I used more than 2 months, my body has not yet been found any abnorm…