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As I managed to drip enamel completely down my arm without noticing, I was really not looking forward to dousing it in xylene, enamel's normal thinner. I decided to wait. In one day, the underlayer ...

What certain phobia/disease do i have? This and that other time, i heavy breathing and feeling dizzy(fainting) while at the market.Could it be too many people moving, tight spaces, overloading of ...

Just out of pure curiosity, if I cut off my index finger and then used a microscope and started counting all the axons in the cross-section, roughly how many would there likely be? In other words, I ...

I'm sorry if this doesn't qualify as a question for this stack. I thought about putting it on "Physical Fitness" but don't think it fits there and is better of here. Please move it not ...

I am confused by the basic nutritional requirements recommended for older people (>65 years old). The elderly have lower energy requirements (because of reduced muscle mass and daily activity), ...

I have read from several articles that Bayesian Networks are widely used to diagnose diseases. I tried to find out some materials that described the usage of BN in anaphylaxis but couldn't find any. I ...

There is plenty online about the benefits of salt water rinse on the gums. Consumed salt, on the other hand, leaches calcium from our bones. For enthusiastic rinsing with salt-saturated water over an ...

Several studies indicate that UV exposure account for between 80% to 90% of visible signs of aging in the skin. E.g., from {1}: UV exposure may account for up to 80% of visible signs of aging in the ...

My understanding is that the CDC recommends masking for children over 2, but the WHO recommends masking for (most) children over 5. Why the discrepancy? Is there a medical reason why either ...

It seems that the range of interventions for mitigating the threat posed by a herniated cervical disk is limited to removal of the disk material. I have not found any procedures that involve trying to ...

I've been researching H1-antihistamines for personal reasons. And I'm trying to find out if H1-antihistamines are sorted based on pharmacology. I understand that H1-antihistamines have up to three ...

I was thinking about artificial hearts, and how much of a problem it is to 'know' the right speed to beat at. Which made me wonder: what happens if your heart beats at max speed, when you are at rest? ...

I am reading CDC that says get your second shot as close to the recommended 3-week or 4-week interval as possible In UK, per BBC, it seems 8 weeks Covid vaccine: Eight-week gap seen as sweet spot ...

The pills that I take has 833.34 mg of hydrolyzed collagen and 1666.67 mcg of biotin per tablet. I'm taking one everyday (or even every other day) and I have the same symptoms. The first two side ...

If you do fasting and your fast begins at 8PM, BUT, you have a large meal 10 minutes before 8 PM, have you actually started fasting at 8? I mean, yeah you stopped eating at 8 but your body will be ...

The daily recommended amount of calcium per day is 1300mg. If you need to increase your intake of calcium, it seems that drinking 3 glasses of milk per day would be better than supplements (one glass ...

I've used web search and have read now quite a number of articles on hemorrhoids, the key info as far as I understood: hemorrhoids / haemorrhoids term is used to refer to both decease (HD from now on)...

I am curious what the research is on transit of the nose by respiratory viruses, such as rhinoviruses. Theoretically a respiratory virus can be innoculated by touching a contaminated object to the ...

I understand that some vaccines need boosters, and for most of these it makes sense. You're not constantly exposed to rabies so over time the protection will wear off. But with covid, it's still ...

How would I find a surgeon who performs the hiatal hernia procedures that were performed before the (Nissan) fundoplication was invented in the 1950s? I suspect the fundoplication is overkill for ...

B12, protein, iron, etc are usually the ones heard about for vegetarian diets. But what about fat soluble vitamins? A vegan diet is characteristically low in healthy fat sources.* Lipids or fats are ...

Say DICOM data from MRI contains 3 (one for each plane - SAG, AX, COR) T1 image sequences of ~35 slices with 512 pixels resolution. If there was only one sequence for one plane I would understand that ...

Both the World Health Organization and the UK National Health Service provide guidelines for physical activity, more specifically a lower limit for moderate and vigorous activity. However, I could not ...

can someone explain me what is the role of dopamine in psychosis and schizophrenia. somewhere on the internet i read that low dopamine is associated with diseases like psychosis and schizophrenia. And ...

I'm curious how sensitive the earliest retrospective diagnoses for SARS-CoV-2 (in China) might be. According to the paper which put the earliest case to December 1, 2019 that retrospective diagnosis ...

Is it possible to determine someone's cardiopulmonary capacity from organ/tissue/blood samples alone? No other clues allowed. Think about a non cooperative patient, who can lie in an anamnesis, or ...

On a regular vaccination, I've been handled by an unprofessional staff, who ( while preparing the injection needle) touched her hands 2 times to the injection needle (staff wore the gloves, but they ...

From "Folate Receptor Alpha Autoantibodies in Autism Spectrum Disorders: Diagnosis, Treatment and Prevention" (2021): Comparison of the Childhood Autism Rating Scale (CARS) after 2 years of ...

Though many sources tout potential health benefits of orgasms (googling the thread title will confirm this,) I don't see any that address the question of actual necessity. Do postpubescent males need ...

According to the CDC's page on the safety of J&J vaccines, the reported efficacy rate of the vaccine is a staggeringly low 66.3%. That said, the government is still promoting and touting the J&...

It's commonplace to hear physicians say "Never combine your opioid painkillers with alcohol or benzodiazepines". I know anecdotally many doctors that prescribe friends and family members ...

I was wondering what is the best diagnostic technique to detect inflammatory disease of heart and I would like to confirm if my reasoning is right. First of all, heart inflammation can cause abnormal ...

I would like to know if a typical urban hospital is able to test if a sting was by a bee or a wasp. If so, is that something that is routinely done for people who are allergic to one or the other ...

https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/agricultural-and-biological-sciences/urodynamic-testing What is the use of Electromyography in the diagnosis of Neurogenic Bladder; how is the exam interpreted?

I’m writing a modern-day thriller, probably set in Colorado or another heavily forested portion of America. A surveyor from Japan has brought his two children on a working holiday, and they’re at a ...

If I understand mRNA COVID vaccines correctly, they contain some RNA that is inserted into a cell, which then is instructed to produce the spike protein, which is typical for COVID-19 viruses. Once ...

Senescence (aging) is the result of a set of cumulative structural changes that occur at a molecular level, especially in cell nuclei, with the effect of compromising the organism's functionality at a ...

I've heard that the longer a virus is in a population the less deadly it becomes. Something about deadliness being selected out from generation to generation. Had me thinking that with the speed of ...

My understanding of allergies is that they are more or less immune responses to non-pathogenic substances. The definition on MedicineNet more or less agrees with this. While I don't have any known ...

I read on https://www.epa.gov/radtown/ultraviolet-uv-radiation-and-sun-exposure: Most of an average person's UV exposure from the sun occurs before the age of 18. Why do most of an average person's ...

My question is whether it's best to replace amalgam fillings with newer, composite fillings. My concern is the constant, low-level of Hg leaching into the body. I understand that removing them will ...

Considering the following information: The more fat stores available, the longer a person can typically survive during starvation. Once the fat stores have been completely metabolized, the body then ...

Are the surgical site infections "in the brain" caused by same bacteria found in "other parts of the body"? There's a blood-brain barrier so, most of the bacteria that infect ...

It is still controversial if pregnant women should generally be vaccinated against Covid. As far as I understood, the US-american and English authorities recommend vaccination, while the Germans do ...

Some people when get anxious become itchy. I wonder how that itch is triggered and works. Does it start as a reaction of the peripheral nervous system to stress-related chemicals like cortisol? Or it ...

If there are neuropathies in multiple parts of the nervous system and results of a head MRI scan show no lesions in the brain, does this rule out MS? Does it depend on when the symptoms first started (...

Forrest Gump: The only good thing about being wounded in the buttocks is the ice cream. They gave me all the ice cream I could eat. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1sY7umyLACw (from 00:30) Is there a ...

{1} mentions: A microscopic view of tendinosis reveals an increase of immature type III collagen fibers (mature type I fibers dominate in healthy tendon tissue). What treatments help decrease the ...

I'm working with some USA medical claims data and was asked for a gaps in care report for members of the population with diabetes. The total population is around a million people, with tens of ...

I'm new here and I'm not sure if my question is off topic, however I need some resources about medical articles concerning the effect of covid on health employees. I found a website called sci-hub but ...