Medical Science

The normal wisdom is that it is not possible to take drugs to lose weight and that exercise is the only way to burn fat. But surely this cant be right. My question is what is the direct cause of fat to be burned up. I dont think it is messages from the nervous system to the fat cells to say burn up. It must be the presence or absense of some chemicals or hormones in the blood stream. Perhaps the presence of ADP. So why not hook up fat people to dialysys machines overnight for a number of weeks and get these to add/remove the offending chemicals from their bloodstream as they sleep and they will get slim

I was wondering as I had my scrambled eggs this morning, should I be having this a slice of bread or with a slice toast? Which is better from a health point of view?

I have this weird problem where I will take a nap during the day after I get home from school and soon after I fall asleep my dad will always wake me up to tell me to do something etc. Everytime he does this I will be about an hour into sleep and all of the sudden he wakes me up and everything he says to me is forgotten within seconds. For example he tells me what to do and I get up and by the time I get to the door I no longer remember what he said. Does this happen to anyone else? It's quite annoying.....

I was wondering about this. Does applied maths really play a big part in a medicine. Or is basic maths knowledge up to high school level sufficient. If not, what level of maths is suitable for a person opting for a medical career. (I understand that chemistry is quite maths heavy -mols calculation etc) Just a query. Thanks for any replies.

how does it work? i love the stuff. it's like a mix between ace wrap and silly putty.

I'm not sure if anyone else has the following problem, or if there's some scientific explanation for it but nevertheless it's annoying. Since working full time (roughly 10 years now) I wake up on a weekday to go to work, feeling like I really need more sleep for the first ten minutes to half an hour of getting up. My alarm wakes me during the week, and it's turned off at the weekend. When Saturday morning comes around, I wake up roughly round the same time, bright and alert and ready to embrace the day. I don't understand, I certainly don't dread going to work, (in fact I look forward to it most days) and I'm getting less sleep over the weekend...and when I could…

Can anyone give me info/list/anything on terminal illnesses?

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Well, i'm doing a paper on alternative medicine. anyone heard of hyperbaric oxygen therapy,they say it cures many sickness and no side effects, just some pressure on your lungs. They say it is not widely known because those who knows wants to keep it quiet coz it's cheap n will effect the medical field badly, anyone can enlighten me\??

................do people going to med school need to take calculus? Where does it tie in with a medical career?

Is this true? A person's metabolism can affect his or her blood alcohol concentration. I know that if you have more fat, you'll get higher BAC than person who is skinnier. But I don't know if metabolism plays a role in this. What do you guys think?

Many people have been advertising Fruta Vida as some type of magical fruit juice. Some people are selling it and saying stuff like, "It cures cancer", "It makes you live much longer", and "It makes you happier". The company that makes Fruta Vida has a web site: http://www.tryfrutavida.com I don't understand what makes it so special. It costs $39.95 per bottle! How can it be worth that price?

In capitals we find Satuary Warning for the smokers : Smoking is injurious to health. Now my question is almost every medicine approved by Goverment has its side effects... then should they also share the complete truth.

Hi i have some questions on this drug. I heard that ecstasy could cause the user to have love feelings. first of all what kind of love feelings? like the one between a man and woman? when the drug wears off, does the love feeling go away or what can we do to the person using the drug, to make the love feeling stay? Why does Ecstasy produce love feelings? Whats the science behind it? When the person taking ecstasy began to feel love, which other person will she love? Like for example, the first person that she sees after the drug takes effects, or the person that gave her the drug to produce the love feeling? help is appreciated thanks

does anyone know what the long term affects of meth are ?

A friend of mine lately told me that his mother had gotten an abortion when she was pregnant with him. Apparently what they thought was a successful abortion only removed his twin and that he was left unnoticed until too late. Is this possible or is he just looking for attention?

I agree, this is among the most ridiculously stupid posts ever, but my curiosity is getting the better of me. As it is the sickness season, I inevitably fell victim to a cold & fever. Funny thing was, I got it Friday, but my fever disappeared yesterday. I also had a dentist's appointment yesterday for plaque removal (those giant machines that the dentists use to remove all sorts of junk from your mouth, including a small drill, a scraping hook and a suction tube). As usual, lots of bleeding occured and everything. But I didn't mind it. However, something weird happened. That night, my fever for some inexplicable reason reappeared. Why is that? I've heard that …

Today I was told that the wives of vikings used to lick their wounds because they had no way to cauterize or disinfect them and salive helps the formation of scars. Is it true?

Is there a good site on-line for the families who have someone suffering from an inoperable tumor? Our 6 year old granddaughter was diagnosed last week with one that is causing fluid pressure build up, so they immediately made a new hole to replace the one that was blocked by the tumor. She is out of immediate danger, but faces chemo and/or radiation treatment for the rest of her life. They give her 10-20 years depending on controlling the tumor. It appears to be a low grade, slow growing one, pending final lab results, so we are grateful for that. I don't have the actual name of the tumor yet, will get it when I can from our son.

I'm curious if anyone knows specifically how PrPsc causes cellular damage and death in Creutzfeldt Jakob Disease. I gather it has something to do with myelinated axons. What specifically is it about the misfolding and accumulation of PrP that causes cells to die? I realize this is a rather hypothetical area but I'll settle for the prevaling theory. Prion, this should be right up your alley.

Considering the recent proof of the relationship between dinosaurs and birds, would the extinction of dinosaurs was somehow linked to a possible bird flu disease that was wild spread in the pre-historic period? I have considered the following facts that may lead to the build of the above hypothesis: 1. The relationship between bird and dinosaurs that were linked directly or indirectly, which means DNAs that could have inherited genes that were capable to pass over any kind of pre-historic bird flu; 2. The sudden extinction of dinosaurs could may have caused by other possible factors, such as global warming or comet impact, however, the chance of having a comet…

Is it healthy to swallow your own burp? What if you swallow someone else's burp? Often while I eat I take a mouthful of water and while the water is in my mouth I burp. The gas enters the mouth from the throat and I assume the gas mixes with the water. If I open my mouth, would the gas escape through the water? Whenever this happens I never feel any bubbling sensation in the water nor do I feel any burp escaping, suggesting that the gas may be trapped underneath the water. I have no choice but to swallow the water with my burp trapped in this water. I could spit the water out but I often don't want to waste water or I don't have anywhere to spit it out.

(I'm sorry if this develops into incoherent babbel by the time I've finished, as I have just taken a slew of drugs I know will nearly have me hallucinating by the end of this.) I've had what I now know to be strep throat since Wed, the 11th. In the morning, what felt like the flu came on in such a way that at 10:00 I was the best I had felt in days and by 10:30 I was naucious, weak, had a sore throat and headache. By 15:30 I was dizzy and had what I can only describe as mental tunnel vision. I left work early on that day and the following two, but did not see a doctor until Friday, the 13th. Luck, it seemed, was not with me, as the doctor diagnosed me with the …

Just some thoughts I was having today. Is there an easy known method of filtering alcohol out of blood? If so would it be difficult to create a device to you attatch to your arm which diverts blood into a filter to help you sober up quickly if the moment asks? I was also thinking that perhaps a similar device could inject oxygen into the circulatory system, perhaps for scuba divers who want to free their face up a little from the mask. Would it have to be attatched to several major arteries or could it simply be on the arm or leg?

How addictive is codine? Would you say that one dose is enough to cause mild addiction?