Medical Science

Why is it that you see a lot of drugs with hydrochloric or hydrobromic acid after their name, like Dextromethorphan HCl or something?

Will hpv (genital warts) show on a papsmear if no cutaneous warts are visible ?

How many of you people believe chiropractors actually can cure diseases? I don't! Reading Material(Click Here!) Ok, Sayo, I changed it.

as one or 2 of you already I`ve suffer quite some greif of late with toothache etc... I bought some `Sensodyne` toothpaste on reccomendation, thus far it`s ok the active ingredient is KCl! at 3% so I figured that since Lo-Salt is 66% KCl and the rest made up with NaCl (so it doesn`t taste to strange). I wondered if this would make an effective mouthwash? I know that after having a tooth out they say to rinse regularly with "salt water", so what if this "salt water" was 66% KCl )) surely it`ll have the same effect As Well as the nerve de-sensitisation ability. does anyone have any data to the contrary? or if that 33% NaCl will cancel the KCl ac…

Do you ever buy products listing chemicals or fragrances? Those are affecting your health. Every time you are exposed to smog, car exhaust, fragranced products, etc., those chemicals create stress in your body which is forced to respond to it. For a while, your body may be able to respond simply with “adaptation.” The effects of stressors, including chemicals can build up to such a level over time that your body cannot adapt to it and your body will react. If a significant source or the stress that your body is adapting to is from a chemical or chemicals, your body will react to that chemical or those chemicals. The point where your body has been exposed enough to react i…

This is the most amazing thing I've ever seen. It looks like it can revolutionize the way that we treat and help burn victims, let alone large cuts and other things that could happen. It'll be amazing if this works. Check it out: http://www.livescience.com/technology/050201_skin_printing.html

i've got a cold and a bit of a runny nose and i was wondering... where does all the additional mucus come from when you have cold? if its just stored in your body, why doesn't it always come out at the faster rate it does when you have a cold or runny nose? when you have a cold what causes the additional mucus to be excreeted? what does the body aim to achieve by doing so?

Has anyone seen any "Get Well" type cards that are specifically designed for either a respiratory, circulatory or digestive disorder. The ones that have like a poem that sometimes talk about causes, symptoms and treament of the disorder. Hopefully sum nice graphics/pics. If ne one has links for em on the net or knows where i can get them, plz inform. Thanks in advance

I've recently heard the term "Ionizing Cells" which - as far as I understood - stands for an effect caused when a biological cell is being "stripped" from ions - usually due to high radiation - which causes cell mutation and growth and aventually tumors and cancer. First of all, is that true, or have I understood it wrong? Secon, if that's indeed true, then Skin Cancer - caused by ionizing radiation from the sun - and other tumors caused by radiations are "understood" by this cause and effect - but then, why are cigarettes, smoke and other polluted substances also concidered to cause cancer? Thanks heaps, ~moo

Hi, just wondering how anaesthetic effects the memory in long term. For example, when i broke my arm about 5 years ago, i had to have a general anaesthetic. when i woke up i remebered nothing, but the other day, i remembered having a tube in my thoat to help me breate. How comes i only jsut remembered that now and not in the last 5 years?

I believe that all illegal narcotics should be legalized in every country around the world. People should have the right to do whatever they want to do with their bodies as long as they are not causing any involuntary physical harm to someone else in the process. For example, imagine that two men are in a car. The passenger takes out a cigarette but before lights it he proceeds to ask the driver “do you mind if I smoke?” If the driver responds by saying no I don’t mind he is consenting to inhale second hand smoke. Illegal narcotics will always be a problem in this world until people are willing to do something about the lack of pleasure and wellbeing that most people…

Hey guys, I have been consuming dairy and other animal products for my entire life. I have also recently come onto the animal rights front, and have been studying PETA propaganda / ideas. One of their campaigns states that beer is better for you than milk, and in another part of the ad, says that at just two glasses a day, increases male's chances of getting prostate cancer. My whole question is....Is this information legit!?! PETA has been known to make some pretty outlandish statements and then retract them, if any of you have seen their fur opposition page, you'll understand what I mean. Can dairy products and other forms of animal products be that bad fo…

If you consitently stay up late (say sleep at 4 am) and wake up late (say 12 noon), is this bad for you? You are still getting 8 hours of sleep per day. The only problem I can think of with this sleeping habit is that you tend to be up when there is no sunlight and this may lead to vitamin D deficiencies...but this is probably minor and you can probably compensate for vitamin D deficiencies by drinking more milk.

Anybody know why cramps are almost exclusivley in your feet?

Hi, I was just thinking, what would be the longest a human being could live if there was no diseases, no harmful substances etc.. ie a perfect clean world. I wondered how long you could live until your brain finally gave in?

Seems I always tell my life's stories here, but if someone can shed some light, I'd really appreciate it. My problem with obesity started before I was a year old. My mother used to state with pride, that I doubled my weight within 6 weeks after I was born. I went to doctor after doctor. I asked them to check my thyroid - they checked T4 and it was always borderline "low-normal". For years I was told that my weight problem arose from me not being able to push myself away from the table. In early 2002 my husband was dx'd with diabetes, and was referred to an endocrinologist. Since we were both overweight, I decided to move to his endocrinologist, in the hope…

How do I find the information on what every known research facility in the world that works on alleviating a mortal condition is doing? I desperately need this information. If you know or have an idea of how to go about finding out, or can come up with any creative ideas to try to go about finding out then please let me know. Its a part of a very important project Im working on to list all the jobs needed to extend life spans and motivate people to do them.

Is there any evidence that the contraceptive coil IDU can cause an increase in symptoms or provoke premenstrual tension?

Here is a picture of a guys who had been balding 22 years and is now growing hair. He lives in S.F. his "before shots" are on the website. He is 48 years old. This is all new hair grown over the last 5 months from scalp that had been bald for 22 years.

Given the recent removal of Vioxx from the market, I was wondering if any of you have ever had serious adverse reactions to a newly prescribed medication. I'm also hoping for some comments from Drug Addict. Several years ago, I got thrombocytopenia as an adverse reaction to Pravochol. It was an enlightening and frightening experience, to put it mildly. Rather than give me a prescription, the doc gave me a couple weeks worth of samples, but he didn't warn me to watch of for any specific adverse reactions. After I had taken it for a few days, I noticed a few bruises I didn't remember acquiring, but I didn't think much about them, because I work in a machine shop a…

I cannot hear anything above 14kHz anymore. Even just a year ago I could hear well above 15k. Am I screwed, or is there any way at all to improve my range again? Knowing that sound will never be as crisp as it once was is extremely disconcerting. It's just so cilia.

I know there are lots of effects of exposure to large amount of noise (wite noise and noise on construction sites) can you help me with some links to different reasearch projects related to this topic thanks in adavance Big Ed

I was taking a special class in school, and the teacher started talking about HIV and AIDS. She said it was because the HIV virus enters the body and destroys all of the Helper-T cells. With these gone, the body has nothing to defend itself against simple viruses and bacteria, such as the common cold (which would develope into pnamonea, which is deadly). This becomes AIDS. When she said that, I may have thought of a way to cure AIDS, but the treatment would have to be done over and over again (such as every few years). The idea lies in stem cells. If we take bunch of stem cells and have them take the form of Helper-T cells, then we've temporarily cured AIDS. Unfortun…

If I take a bunch of stem cells and put them next to a Shaky's Pizza, will they replicate the Shaky's so that I can have delicious free pizza whenever I want? About how many aborted fetuses do you think it would take?

just wondering if anybody had any idea how much it costs to rent a portable DEXA scanner cheers