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What makes Cialis cure Erectile Dysfunction permanently?
Is the above result believable? The results show treatment of symptoms of ED, if the medication stops then the symptoms will come back. So yes the results are believable one could say, but they are ...
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Why don't leave HIV infected people in aseptic environment until they're cured?
There are three major reasons why we can't just keep someone in an aseptic environment and wait for their CD4 count to drop to zero and - presumably - for HIV to have consumed itself to extinction in ...
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Is there any cure for type 2 diabetes?
Yes and no. Type 2 Diabetes is a metabolic disease in which a person’s body still produces insulin but is unable to use it effectively. Reversing Type 2 Diabetes is more a factor of improving the ...
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Can induced deafness cure tinnitus
Short answer
Sometimes (and yes, deafening has been used as a treatment for some patients).
Tinnitus has multiple causes
Although the mechanisms of tinnitus are not completely understood, many ...
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Are websites that make medical claims to cure herpes actually a scam?
While I can't comment on the details of whether or not you have come upon a scam, I would expect any genuine new treatment to be accompanied by a full justification fit for the regulatory authorities, ...
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Is walking pneumonia aka mycoplasma pneumoniae curable?
Fortunately "walking pneumonia", also known as atypical pneumonia, is not a lifelong condition. Atypical pneumonia can be caused by various bacteria and viruses. The most common bacteria that causes ...
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Scrotal swelling affecting a child
This is not the right place to ask that question, you/your sister need to talk with the medical professional who evaluated and diagnosed him.
In the USA, whoever proposes to do surgery has a legal ...
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Is Myopia Reversible/Curable?
Myopia, or nearsightedness, occurs when the eye grows too long from front to back. According to the American Optometric Association,
Myopia occurs if the eyeball is too long or the cornea (the ...
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Can you cure an allergy by repeatedly consuming the allergen?
This is an old technique called desensitization, or, if you want to be fancy, allergen immunotherapy.
Among other techniques, is this one
Allergy injections start with a very low dose. A small needle ...
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What makes Cialis cure Erectile Dysfunction permanently?
Surprisingly, I find this study to be credible.
To understand why, let's start with some background:
Following prostate removal, or radiation treatment for prostate cancer, many men experience ...
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What is the solution for Chikungunya?
Since 'the cure' or rather a vaccine against the virus is still only on the horizon, affected populations have to resort to prevention measures and supportive care, once the infection breaks out. Even ...
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Is there any cure for type 2 diabetes?
There is no cure yet, however, there are some studies which are showing promising results.
For example, one study from 2011 demonstrated the benefits of taking β-Nicotinamide Mononucleotide (NMN) in ...
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What VR app that cure myopia?
There isn't an app that 'cures' myopia
There is at least one 'eye training' VR app for things like amblyopia (which I make no claim about the benefits or drawbacks of); and reports from 2015 of a ...
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What is the solution for Chikungunya?
The only effective management of viruses is by vaccination. In this way diseases such as measles have been eradicated from some countries.
Currently there is no vaccine available so ecological ...
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Is Myopia Reversible/Curable?
There appear to be both genetic and environmental factors for the development of myopia. The results from the Sydney Myopia study found that
RESULTS: Children who became myopic spent less time ...
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Any cure for epidermolysis bullosa?
There is no cure as yet, but there are some treatments being used or trailed that reduce the amount of blistering.
In America and Japan they do bone marrow transplants for the more severe cases (but ...
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Any cure for epidermolysis bullosa?
Sorry to say this, but epidermolysis bullosa doesn't have a cure, but there are ways to treat its symptoms. ...
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Will there never be a cure for cancer?
Your question contains a number of over simplifications. Cancer isn't one disease. That's not an "excuse", it's a fact that was painfully learned by researchers who rolled up their sleeves to "cure ...
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How to share a cure?
If an average Joe and Jane Smoe think they discovered a treatment that works for them but it's not currently used by conventional medicine and they want to validate it for effectiveness and safety, ...
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Is there any cure for type 2 diabetes?
Yes, there is a cure.
It won't be 100% effective for all diabetics to completely forgo all of their medication, but around 80% of diabetics will be able to go off all of their medication.
This is ...
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Which infectious diseases only require a one-off intervention for treatment, cure or prevention?
Although cirumcision slightly reduces the chances of getting HIV, there is another pathology that it prevents almost in its entirety: Penile cancer (still it's doubtfully enough justification to ...
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