Medical Science

Hi: Burn victims must undergo a painful debridement of their wounds in order to prevent infection. Normally, they are given morphine and other non-anesthetic pain-killers. Sadly, this does not work. They still yell in pain during the operation, which is why they have to be housed seperately from other patients. Why aren't the burn patients given anesthesia [local or general] prior to the operation? Is there a safety issue with anesthetics? Thanks, Green Xenon

I'm doing a project in school on the medicine we have now and medicine in the past or years ago in the past.The only things I can think of ar. 1.liver, heart, kidney ,face transplant we have now not possible 50 yaers ago. 2.Working on a person brain or heart .No doctor would do that 50 years ago . 3.Microscope invented in 1800's allow us today to understand the microorganism and what causes diseases and illnesses. 4.The Microscope and computers / math allowed inventions in drugs. 5.People with HIV are living longer than 20 years ago. 6.People who have cancer is no longer a death sentence.( only some cancers are easier to treat and well others are harder to treat …

Hi - first post, and I was hoping some practicing clinicians/scientists might be able to advise. I've heard that in the odd case a drug may be approved for use where the precise mechanism for its efficacy is not known. I am guessing that this is because they are shown to be effective in clinical trials for certain conditions despite such a 'gap' in knowledge? Can anyone provide examples of such cases, and where I might be able to find out more? I am interested both in the circumstances around their discovery, as well as the criteria via which drugs with unknown mechanisms are approved. I should point out that I am not scientifically trained (I'm a layman!), althou…

They say that the optimal number of glasses of water one should drink per day is 8. I'm skeptical though. If we really needed that many, wouldn't we crave it? Lucky if I crave more than 3 glasses per day.

I have been using stevia as alternative to artificial sweeteners for a few years now. It was blocked from import to the US until fairly recently, and it's still not in widespread use here. It takes a bit of getting used to. It's level of sweetening doesn't increase the more you use like sugar does (at least to me - if I use more than one packet it has a bad aftertaste to me). I use it mostly in teas and find it gives a longer lasting sweet flavor than sugar and has none of the chemicals that artificial sweeteners rely on. I suspect that early studies that claimed it acted as a mutagen were attempts by the heavily subsidized US sugar industry to associate stevi…

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Have you ever experience disease so severe you couldn't explain it? And when you went to the doctor she/he could not diagnose it? Or any weird symptoms in general?

6 cell phone safety wake-up calls http://health.lifestyle.yahoo.ca/channel_section_details.asp?text_id=4711&channel_id=1030&relation_id=34757 I mean really science today is not about facts but short studies and want they think is bad or not . There are scientist that say EMF is bad and others saying EMF is only bad if it is ultraviolet ,x-rays ,gamas rays are bad and radio waves long wave and radio wave short waves , microwaves ,visible and infrared cannot go through the skin or brake down cells. Well the army have been doing re-search into using high power microwaves to do harm to the other army to burn their skin and pain has a way not to kill them. But rea…

Anyone know of some OTC blood thinners? Perhaps a type of aspirin with the side effect of thinning blood? Aspirin is a generic term. Anyone know of some brands or chemical names?

Im building a general blue print for a list of jobs. The list of jobs involves every job needing to be done if we were to hypothetically go out and cure every disease, dissorder, affliction and dissabling health condition with in the next 50 years. What I need now is to explain the concept to somebody who knows how to write up the idea in the form of a proffessionally organized and thorough proposal. If I can just get the proposal drawn up like that so I can feel confident in promoting it then I will doing some heavy, heavy marketing and persuading to get people to look at it and get some initial funds pouring into this project so we can accelerate its completio…

Hi, I've been reading about stem cell therapy for stroke with a particular interest in the work being done by University of Pittsburgh neurosurgeon Douglas Kondziolka. He's transplanted neuronal cells to the site of injury in the brains of stroke patients and reported that patients began to improve in both physical and cognitive abilities. I know that this is a vague question, but I've been curious if a similar procedure could be done to patients with MS since they have similar symptoms due to brain lesions. I know on average they have more lesions, but even if all of them were not able to be targeted, it seems as though some hope for repair in severely disabled patie…

Hi everyone! I wanted to share an online medical education course I just completed. CME-University is hosting a free online cardiology CME which reviews the Updated STEMI & NSTEMI guidelines. In addition, it discusses ways to dose antiplatelet and anticoagulant therapy to maximize efficacy and minimize bleeding risks for those undergoing PCI and for those undergoing fibrinolysis. I’ve recently completed this and found it was truly one of the most useful and relevant courses available. The course is for cardiologists, emergency physicians, nurses and nurse practitioners, hospitalists, physician assistants and anyone else with an interest in acute coronary syndromes (…

Does any of you out there feel something like this? I mean, maybe I'm crazy or something but I enjoy learning stuff. I mean, not just stuff that you need to know in order to, say, perform decently at your job or because you are acquiring a new hobby, no... I can literally spend hours at a time watching videos or listening to lectures on astronomy and then the next day do the same but on subjects like 'designing websites', 'fixing your car', 'athlete biographies', 'autism', 'chess', you name it. I always feel like I have this insatiable thirst for knowledge. No, no, no!! Don't get me wrong! I'm not some kind of genius, I'm light-years away from owning any kind of guru bra…

People tell me there is a slow down of drugs being made now and it is getting harder for new drugs or cures now.Say there was time the drug companies where making lots and lots of drugs and now it is harder and harder to come up with new drugs now.Is this true? Are we coming up to brick wall with new drugs or what we can come out with? Also I know in past alot of peopel use herbs , spices ,tress ,plants ,flowers , microorganisms , incests ,shrubs so on. And alot did nothing or make person sick. But has scientists look into the properties of these and done re-search to back up science proof. And I hear some drug companies are looking into it and using it is th…

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I'm curious if anyone has heard of this. I saw a history channel documentary about the future. In it, futurist/ theoretical physicist Michio Kaku (I am not sure if that is exactly how his name is spelled) described clothing that could help keep one alive if they are injured or resuscitate them if they have a heart attack. It could also apply pressure to a wound to help slow bleeding, and contact medical services if one is knocked-out. I think this would be great technology if implemented, has anyone heard anything about this? Does the technology has a specific term? Are there any new articles/books/information/studies pertaining to this topic? Furthermore there a…

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Hello, Last weekend I got a splinter in my finger. I hardly noticed it at all until a few days later when it started to hurt a little and the skin around it turned red. I ignored for the longest time, but it kept getting worse. Now my finger is all puffed up. It's dark red at the center, a circle of white puss around it, and a large area (about a centimeter and a half in diameter) of red - almost purple - around that. I hurts to bend my finger and it hurts to touch it. Is this something I should worry about? Go see a doctor about? Will it heal itself in time? I also want to know, just our of pure curiocity, what my system is doing. How does it get rid of splin…

hello,i am curious about the physiological thing that happens when we sleep very late at night,for a long period , a black color appears around eyes!!!!! why?

So, I take a vitamin every day. I've been taking one of those senior vitamins, despite the fact that I'm only ~3 decades old. I like them because they have such awesome B vitamins for memory, and I've noticed how much better my mind is at recall since I began taking them. Here's what I wonder, though. Am I causing myself some sort of problem by taking old people vitamins (like Centrum Silver), despite not being old? I am a Type 1 diabetic, and have been for more than 20 years, so maybe it's not so bad to take vitamins which help with the effects of aging... I don't know... So... I just thought I'd ask. I take a senior vitamin because I like the huge surplus o…

what ascorbate stands for wether it is a vitamine B12 or what?

Does anyone know of any studies of the effects on unborn babies, babies and young children of regular exposure to marijuana? What is the medical evidence of harm, both in the short term and long term? I also expect there to be plenty social and economical problem associated with parents use of such drugs. Some of these I am all too aware of. It is the medical issues I am thinking about.

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I am trying to work through an idea and would be most greatful to any info or knowledge people can share. I was wondering if it is possible to monitor the electrical impulse sent down the optic nerve from the eye?

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