Medical Science

I am an American without Health Insurance, right now i cant really go to a doctor. so i'm hoping someone around here may have some knowledge on the subject. It runs in my family, and i have some, but not all of the symptoms. Excessive thirst and urination. Occasionally blurry vision. I dont really have excessive hunger, in fact i really dont have a big appetite in general ever. I dont really know how to measure excessive fatigue, sometimes im tired when it seems i shouldnt be, but i wouldnt call it excessive. The primary thing for me is the excessive drinking and thus urination. If i dont drink enough i start to feel nauseous. In everything ive read about diabetes…

So what I have read is that nerve injury at the root usually heals nominally. I have improved nominally, regaining some strength and movement, as the 4 month maximum recovery period has pretty much expired since the injury occurred. I did read this one article that states the following. I was looking for confirmation about the extent that it is possible, as there are a lot of nerves in my arm that could theoretically pick up the slack. © iSTOP - Institute for the Study and Treatment of Pain - 2002 If a nerve root became damaged and is providing only limited recruitment of the muscle, could a neighboring nerve start branching out into that muscle? Is there anoth…

Since Tuesday or Wednesday I've had this white spot on the inside of my cheek that looks like a flat blister. It feels like a sore taste bud, just on my cheek. At first I thought it was maybe because I accidentally bit my cheek or chewed on it in my sleep. Friday I decided to actually look at the area and noticed the white mark. Since then it's gotten a little bit bigger. It'll hurt if something rubs up against it look my tooth or my tongue or food but other then that I at all times feel a light sensation on my cheek just like you would with a sore taste bud on your cheek. I figure if it didn't get better by Tuesday that I'd go to emergency care but I just wanted to know …

I see the component called knife is not sharp, I also see the panel (made of iron uhm ... dont sure) Anyone know about the principle that this medical device based on (physical, chemiscal ...) and how it is used ? Thanks !!!

Seems petrochemicals are getting into everything these days..including foods. Anyone else have a sensitivity to them? Some flavored oils really make me ill.

my wife suffer from a pain around her eyes and she always think that this is sinusitis. can anyone tell me what are the symtoms for such a case

Does anyone know why smokers have a lower incidence of Parkinson's disease than non-smokers? I can't find any definitive answers online, Thanks

It behooves us to pay close attention to what’s going on out there, and educate ourselves and our families of the development of new strains of antibiotic resistant germs because infection can certainly be very serious, as well as fatal. What once was confined to hospitals and/or medical facilities, have now found its way into communities, i.e., schools, nurseries, athletic facilities, prisons, etc. Undoubtedly, the medical community has it's hands full, if not tied, with the onslaught of antibiotic resistant germs that seem to rival the development of new antibiotics. http://www.uniqueopportunityfinders.com

i am oharmacist and i want to know if this is true or not. can a diabetic person type I or II eat honey since it doesnt contain glucose,but just fructose? thank you very much for you answers

I don't know if this has already been posted. http://www.fda.gov/cder/drug/infopage/ppa/ Should I be alarmed of this? I've been taking such since I can't remember everytime I get a cold. I haven't noticed any action from our Bureau of Food and Drugs. Most of the drugs for colds contain PPA; what are some drugs for colds that don't have PPA?

I was reading the post on cracking knuckles and if it causes arthritis or not. I got to thinking about arthritis and remembered that I once knew a fellow that used WD-40 on his arthritic joints. I have also read about doing this also. I got to wondering if anyone has ever tried this and what the results were.

Hello everybody, I am a student of Chemistry Faculty of Ireland Pharmaceutical University and I am seeking information of based chemical components used in pharmaceutical industry. For now I found the following resource pharmacy only. But it seems to have a bit information to me. Please let me know official web resources which describe pharmaceutical chemistry. Thank you.

Okay so this might seem like a stupid question, but I'm curious nevertheless, and have been unable to find the answer anywhere else. Often when I go out for the night and drink probably a bit more than I should I find that my knees feel weak the next morning. They don't hurt, they just feel weak and stiff the next day and sometimes it carries on for another day. Now I'm curious as to the exact cause of this. Is it directly caused my drinking or indirectly? Like is the alcohol doing it or is it more likely that I'm just overexerting myself running around, stumbling, falling over, dancing, going on long walks at 2am in search of pizza. Ummm yeah.

With staph being in the news recently I was wondering about the pathology of S. aureus other than that of the formation of suppuration and absecess. I was also curious, the super staphs as they are called are resistant to oxacillin, penicillin and amoxicillin as well as other first line antibiotics, so what medication is used to fight of the infection? Also this is kinda random but I have a severe problem when it comes to medication, it dosen't work. I have tried almost every OTC medication for colds,flu, nausea, headache, and everything else, but none of the medication has any effect. It is at such a point that not even caffine pills, coffe, or energy drinks will work f…

Hi everyone, I am planning on going into dentistry after the completion of my A levels (UK) and I wondered if there was any books/sites to check out which could give me a head start?? I am studying Biology and Chemistry so hopefully they'll give me the best chance of getting a place on a course Any help would be appreciated

Hi, Are caffein pills more dangerous for you than a cup of coffee? I'm wondering because, on occasion, I take caffein pills. I know caffein in general can do damage to your kidneys over the longhaul (by increasing your blood pressure), but can the same amount of caffein in pill form do worse or other damaging things? The only thing I can think of is that caffein pills hit your system faster than a cup of coffee (more caffein consumed at higher concentration) and your body may not be prepared for the impact. In fact, I used to take a couple caffein pills first thing in the morning before I even got out of bed (I'd take them, and half an hour more of snoozing, I'd be w…

My question is tow-fold: 1) What are some typical stressors on the body that can cause it to go into shock? 2) What are the typical symptoms of shock?

Several years ago, I had some minor surgery, which required a couple of stitches. I did some of my own doctoring, during the healing process, and would pour hydrogen peroxide on the wound, to keep it sterile. What I noticed was that the peroxide would foam in places that where the wound was in the process of healing. As time went on, the amount of foaming decreased, with only the holes caused by the stictches, causing some residual foaming. Hydrogen peroxide is unstable in acid solutions and will decompose to give off O2. From this, one might conclude the healing wound, was more acidic than the surrounding healthy tissue, As the wound healed, the pH increased back to…

I have read a news article that claims that listening to music while exercising boosts intelligence. I would like to know whether this boost in intelligence is permanent or just temporary. I would like to know if only classical music works or whether rock, rap, or other music or even non-music like audio interviews would have the same effect. Do you have to use earphones while listening to music or can you use speakers located far away from you? Does it matter?

I'm confused. The bottle says "safe as coffee" and "The recommended dose of this product contains about as much caffeine as a cup of coffee" yet it also says "take 1/2 to 1 caplet not more often than every 3 to 4 hours." I've coffee at a rate far greater than one cup every three to four hours before with no ill effects, so I'm confused. Is the bottle exaggerating, or do I have a tolerance from years of caffeine use? Each pill is 200mg. Either way, they keep me awake during class.

I heard about this on the TV and thought it was a good example of good statistical studies leading to irrational results that will be overturned with the next set of studies. The reason I say that, statistical studies are based on a blackbox, where we measure input and output and then create a correlation. But not knowing what is in the blackbox typically leads to short term hype followed by another study that will say the opposite. When I thought about this, I came up with the perfect analogy to describe how something mathematically valid can still lead to the wrong conclusions. For the blackbox in this study, we are going to use a soda machine. Our inputs are coin…

I was wondering if you could help me to help my friend. She is extremely obese. She doesn't care of herself nor does she want to go to a doctor. I think that she thinks that she is happy but in her inner, she wants to improve her life but she doesn't know where to start. I am ready to help her but I don't about diet. While surfing on the net, I came through a medication to treat obesity which is called Acomplia. Can anyone help me on this matter? I know she needs to help herself to get better but she needs help before she dies. Any advice would be immensely appreciated.

I came across this site (http://www.grouppekurosawa.com) whilst researching coconut milk. They offer 'natural' OTC/herbal/food-based treatments for disease such as HIV and cancers. Here is a page on cancer that they have. It seems a bit funny to me that there are no refs to peer reviewed journals and on other parts of the site they even advise specific dosages of e.g. curcumin (what they term a 'natural medicine') Some quotes from the page "..we will show that direct contact of a metastatic tumor mass and a Kurosawa kocktail can induce massive and virtually immediate necrosis in the cancer cells. Although this seems like an ideal treatment protocol, it has it…

So far this one has everybody stumped, but somehow, we will get to the bottom of it. About a month ago, I started developing numbness in the left side of my body below my chestline. So my chiropractor took x-rays of my lumbar/thoracic region to see if anything was out of place pinching a nerve. Nothing showed up, but that's about what I expect from a chiropractor playing around with an x-ray. Right around the same time, I had started sliding on my diet more and more ... more simple starches and saturated fats, and less fresh vegetables. At the time, I was recovering from a strained and slightly torn levator scapulae muscle in my right neck/shoulder, the one t…

Is it true that human milk can be made by splicing human and rabbit dna and milking the chimera afterwards?