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Is Tourrettes considered a condition requiring medication?
The severity of Tourette's varies from person to person and can range from mild, requiring no treatment, to severe, requiring medication and/or behavioral therapy. The tics that are the hallmark of ...
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Are there a maximum number of times for surgical ablations on patients with Atrial Fibrillation?
In 2013, a systematic review and meta-analysis (see ref in source) examined the long term outcome of catheter ablation in patient with atrial fibrillation.
They first looked at single procedure ...
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When could chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine be widely available for Covid-19 treatment?
Let's not get ahead of ourselves here.. chloroquine/hydroxychloroquine (and possibly in concert with azithromycin) have been touted over the past few days as a possible treatment regimen.
And there's ...
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How to calculate my "approximate" mortality rate while in ICU?
An individual person does not have a mortality rate: it means the fraction of people out of a group who die over a specific time period. It may seem like your particular chance of dying is that same ...
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Does astaxanthin help prevent or heal a tendinopathy?
Source 3 is a book sponsered by Cyanotech Corporation claiming beneficial effects for the human health using Astaxanthin. The author is employee of Cyanotech Corporation.
There is a small chapter ...
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Root canal therapy for diabetes patient?
Is there any risk for a diabetes patient to undergo this procedure?
Yes, root canals carry some risks for everyone, and the degree of risk depends on your health status. Surgical risks for diabetics ...
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Why are some viruses harder to make vaccines for?
This is a very broad question. Addressing all aspects may result in an answer that is too long. Therefore only some examples can be looked at.
Since the premise starts with chicken pox vaccine as an ...
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How does one manage sarcopenia as one ages?
Morley (2016) states (with more references than I am copying across here),
At a basic level, protein synthesis and/or degradation are controlled by activation of the insulin or IGF-1 receptor.
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Safety data on chloroquine?
We now have some data from randomized studies that provide some indications of safety considerations when using Hydroxychloroquine/Chloroquine in the management of Covid-19. The first study (non-peer ...
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Why are antibodies not used as treatments for infectious diseases?
Where do you get the antibodies from?
You could theoretically use donor blood from infected patients, but apparently it is still unclear if the transmission of those antibodies is safe. Also, those ...
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Why is sepsis more common with leukemia than with cancers involving physical tumors?
It's a combination.
By definition, leukemia affects the production and/or development of white blood cells (MedlinePlus - Leukemia). If not enough white blood cells are produced (AKA neutropenia) or ...
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Does nitroglycerin have any medicinal effect other than pain relief?
NTG relieves of pain for angina pectoris because it affects the cause of the pain, which is ischaemia of cardiac muscle tissue due to a lack of blood flow to and within cardiac muscle tissue due to ...
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How are surgical patients kept still while awake?
I am an anesthetic nurse and have been present at different neurosurgical operations while patients were awake. Mainly brain tumors, but also some stimulation electrodes to fight tremor in Parkinson ...
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Are there a maximum number of times for surgical ablations on patients with Atrial Fibrillation?
This is a subject I'm very well versed in since I've had paroxysmal atrial fibrillation (PAF) and atrial flutter (AFL) for a number of years and I've undergone no fewer than five ablation procedures. ...
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What are these perfectly circular red shapes on the back of that person?
Disclaimer: we cannot give individual medical advice or diagnoses. This is a general discussion.
What you are describing is most consistent with bruising left by the process of cupping. Cupping is a ...
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Can a past psychiatrist share information with your current psychiatrist?
Does this mean my previous psychiatrist can share information with my current psychiatrist?
Yes.1,2
There is an exception for 'psychotherapy notes', a term with a very specific meaning3 under ...
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How can I quickly know whether a medical treatment is supported by evidence?
A quick way to know if a certain treatment method is supported by scientific evidence without asking a physician is to check some free and easy-to-read evidence-based medical articles on sites like:
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How much tuna can I eat a week without running into mercury issues?
Worried about tuna giving you mercury poisoning? Here's the exact study that caused this concern. It's recommendations are much higher than that of the FDA and online calculators: http://www.atsdr.cdc....
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Law and Ethics - Refusing to treat intoxicated patients
If there's a field of medicine that deals with this issue more than any other, it's emergency medical services. Drunks are a daily staple for them, even in "nice" communities. So the following is ...
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Healthy way to become numb
These could be symptoms of different medical problems, depression, anxiety, or other issues. In lieu of personal advice or a discussion of treatments, I advise seeing your primary care provider as a ...
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Safety data on chloroquine?
And June news: that large study was withdrawn. And there are some real questions if their data was real!
May 23 news (AFP) of a large study found no benefits and an increased risk of dying from ...
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Does any drug/cream help prevent DNA damage post UV exposure?
According to a paper published by the principle investigator, Dr. Brash, who was interviewed in the article linked in the question:
We document the ability of [acetyl zingerone] in vitro to prevent ...
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Does nitroglycerin have any medicinal effect other than pain relief?
Nitroglycerin, is principally a smooth muscle relaxer. Smooth muscles are the involuntary muscles found in blood vessels and organs, in contrast to the striated muscle that moves the skeleton. ...
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Why isn’t porphyria treated with ferrochelatase supplementation?
Ferrochelatase is an enzyme found within cells, specifically in the mitochondria.
Lactase is a secreted enzyme, its function occurs outside cells (specifically, in the digestive cavity).
If you want ...
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Is it normal to experience headache while quitting smoking
Yes, it is normal, since Nicotine is a drug which not only affect many parts of your body‚ but it also affect your brain. Withdrawal feelings usually are the strongest in the first few weeks after ...
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How is the workflow of physical examination's documentation in the USA exactly?
I agree with the other answer and wanted to add a few things.
At most larger healthcare systems in the USA, EHRs are used. Paper is still sometimes used in smaller practices, but rarely.
In the USA ...
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Can nasal irrigation help for chronic sinusitis?
The American Rhinologic Society says:
Nasal/Sinus Irrigation
Conclusions:
Recent research has confirmed that sinus and nasal irrigations with salt water are helpful. Multiple devices are available ...
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What are the special medications to treat Covid-19?
There are no specific proven drug treatments for Covid-19 disease but quite a few claims based on very limited experience which is why the WHO is arranging a mega trial called SOLIDARITY to test 4 ...
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Do all Eye drops for dry eyes contain steriods?
Only some types of eye drops for dry eyes (artificial tears) contain steroids.
The information leaflet that comes with eye drops that contain steroids may or may not mention the term "steroids" or "...
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Is being "healthy" an actual, overall provable term? Or is "healthy" just a loose assumption?
Here's the definition of health according to WHO:
Health is a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.
As you can see, there are ...
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