Sunday, May 23, 2010

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hello.
well firstly im 22yr old female studying to be a dentist. im in my final yr. exams are coming up in few months. mm. actually one thing thats most important to me is sleep. which im unable to enjoy. every night i wake up at 2am %26 stay awake til 6am then i doze for an hr and rush to college. this makes me fatigued,poorly rested %26 irritable. i've tried reading something or closing my eyes shut.. counting sheeps ? nothing works. i tried anxiolytics once. i still woke up but kinda stayed up for 2 hrs then managed to sleep.am i depressed? i used to go through severe chronic depression in my 1st yr where i had irregular sleep patterns and had severe back ache. i tend to be a worry wart %26 run away from my problems. my other medical problems are - hypothyroid,poly cystic ovarian disease %26 peptic ulcer disease.off late i've even developed migraine which typically occurs during my stressed out times.
please help
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Sleep problems and physical pain are often signs of Major Depression. With your history of depression, the likelihood of a re-occurance is high. I suggest that you find a good psychiatrist (often universities have a decent mental health service) who can help with the sleep and provide an antidepressant. You will also likely need a good therapist to help you cope with all the pressures you face and help you learn healthier coping strategies. Keep in mind, though, that if a person is quite depressed, you can't talk yourself out of it and psychotherapy is of limited value without an antidepressant on board.
that will cure it. good night and sweet dreams.
rest and study do good job
have you talked to a doctor it sounds like stress brings it on or have you tried over the counter sleep aids this might help
Amelia, Try doing more relaxing things before heading to bed for instance do not eat or drink anything and don't watch t.v or read. There are studies that show that this can sometime prevent you from falling asleep or sleeping throughout the night. Try to esta- blish a set bed time and adhere to it as much as possible. Also make your bed the designated area for sleeping only. If you tend to study and watch t.v. on your bed it could also be part of your problem. Best of luck and I hope some of this helps you.
I think you answered your own question. It could be bcause you are stressed about school, could be depressed because of other issues, or could be something else you're not sharing. Talk to somebody about everything that's on your mind. If that's not possible, vent by writing out all your thoughts, you worries, your concerns.
Calm down!!
Before you get ready for bed, start about an hour to an hour and a half before bed and try to wind down. Take a nice bath, or read a book. People are in such a hurry today that they think they can just jump under the covers and turn off like a light. It doesn't work that way. As an adult, we only need about 4 hours of sleep anyway.
Have a glass of milk before you turn in, sometimes this helps too.
If you continue to have these problems, and nothing helps, see your doctor, and ask for a non- habit forming sleep aide.
* Sitting on the computer all night won't help, either.
So sorry to read your message.Something for sure is troubling your mind. Thats the reason why it is unable to shutdown.There are some things that can make you feel that your problems are managable. Think about all the not-so-fortunate people of Lebanon, Gaza, Iraq, Sri lanka who don't know what will happen to them the next second. Imagine the sufferrings of hunger in most parts of Africa. All the civil wars. On the other hand, there are so many girls around the world who are exploited, forced into doing things against their wishes. how about people sufferring from AIDS, without eye-sight, carrying cancer cells etc etc.May be you are in better position than some of them. The things that are troubling you may not be that worthy.If you can, seek professional assistance. Talk to a clinical pshychiatrist. Some medications will improve your sleep and help a faster transition to normalcy. All the very best :) Cheers
In todays' life style your type of problem is very very common.
Regarding your sleeplessness, it is purely due to tension. Whatever is causing the tension you should identify and try to relieve of the tensions.Regarding the other health part for all the problems, one single solution is Yoga. It works like wonder and miracles. I have personal experience with that. Yoga and meditation is the complete solution for your all the problems
First, make sure that your room is DARK. I mean cover all of your windows and anything else that it takes. The sun regulates our sleep paterns, and artificial light tends to make us sleep lighter. Then go to your local health food store, and get some melatonin. Suspension works best, but sublingual tabs work pretty well too. Melatonin is a chemical that our bodies secrete when the sun goes down and the world gets dark. It is a natural sleep aid. You might have to take a higher dose than normal, but as long as you keep within the guidelines on the packaging, there should be no problem. I have done this off and on for years, and I have found that the key is that when you feel sleepy, go to bed RIGHT THEN, don't wait and do this or that. The effect wears off pretty quickly. I end up sleeping a good deep sleep, but then when I wake up, I feel rested, and not at all drowsy.
HI MY NAME IS SUSAN, AND I GO THRU THE SAME THING, I'M JUST NOT IN SCHOOL!! YES THAT IS PART OF THE PROBLEM, YOU ARE JUST NOT SELF ASSURED THAT YOU CAN DO, YOU CAN, YOU ENROLLED DIDNT YOU? THAT WAS THE HARDEST PART!!TRY THIS, OK, I DO AND I HAVE HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE, AND LUEKEMIA, AND I CAN TAKE THIS, SO IT SHOULDNT MESS WITH ANY MEDS YOU ARE ON.. BUY A BOTTLE OF "MELATONIN" ITS NOT EXPENSIVE, GET IT ANY LOCAL DRUG STORE, THEN GET A BOX OF "SLEEPY TIME TEA" YOU CAN BY THIS AT THE GROCERY STORE, YOU CAN MIX THEM! ABOUT AN HOUR BEFORE YOU GET READY TO LAYDOWN TAKE BOTH OF THESE ( YOU DRINK THE TEA HOT, AND DO ADD SOME SUGAR!!) ITS ALL NATURAL, NOT BAD TASTING EITHER! THOSE "OVER THE COUNTER" SLEEP PILLS, ALL THEY ARE IS BENADRYL PLUS A PAIN RELIEVER, READ THE INGREDIANTS!! TRY THIS ONE WEEKEND THAT WAY YOU CAN REALLY TELL HOW IT IS GOING TO DO!! GOOD LUCK, AND HANG IN THERE!!
for ulcers you can take pinapple juice, for depression you can take saint john's wart, for sleep you can take Kava. (stay away from Valium root. ovarian disease I have no idea. I would go see a doctor if I was your.
Clearly you have tension due to your career, your medical history is very influential.
peptic ulcer.ouch
migraines.double ouchof course your on the edge, anyone would be.
I suggest you hang tight till you finish your exams and take a vacation.I study medicine and i really dont sleep, i know what its like and dont wish anybody my way of life and rutine.
but every sacrafice has its reward.
sounds like you are just sooooo stressed. Thank goodness you are in your last year. talk to any medical student and they will tell you sleep is all they want. Try not to do anything stimulating after about 8 or 9. take a warm bath with candles around. soft music and undisturbed. a small glass of wine wouldn't hurt. soak a while. then go straight to bed, no tv or reading. I like white noise in my bedroom. I have a low hum of an aircleaner. I breath deep while relaxing. start at the toes and imagine them relaxing. move up the ankles, shins, knees, thighs etc. visualizing each group relaxing. you might have to practice it several times. there are also cassettes you can get that will help you doze off. I've used those too. my brain just has a hard time winding down. You will probably be a whole lot better after school. hang in there. m
The word "chronic" (you said, yourself, "depression") suggests a problem that will coming back. Sleeplessness is often related to depression. See your doctor. Do one fun little thing or yourself evry day, and get into a support group with folks similar to yourself. Your problems obviously aren't going away on their own, so you'll have to take the initial steps for getting the help you need. None of us does anything completely on our own.
First of all i'm suprised that someone studying in a quasi-medical profession would seek advice from yahoos. Would you think it wise of me to ask the general public about root canal procedure?
You obviously have some serious medical conditions that need to be investigated. The correct source of such information is a doctor. If I were in your shoes I'd have a sleep study done.
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my gf as an experiment wants to give me 4 viagra is it ok wats the worst that can happen?
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If one Viagra can give you as a bad side effect a 4 hour erection, maybe 4 will give you 16 hours of solid state. Don't do it mate.
What is she trying to achieve by doing so? Can't get enough of you? (only joking)!Personally I would NOT go 4 it. Remember,, too much of anything is bad 4 u. Do not take any risks. If you must, then take one. For the sake of experimenting maybe take 2, but do not exceed. Having said so, if you do go for 4, come back and tell us what happened if you live to tell.
do you take nitroglycerin ( think if you take that and viagra you may explode, not sure though) if not then go ahead, nothing bad will happen to you
She wants to kill you?
Are you self aware, that she has no interest in your health.The least that can happen is you fall into cardiac arrest.don't!if its a issue about lasting then use those condoms with codeine.
DO IT, for 10 hours plus! she will be dry before you are done.
Priapsiam or however you spell it. An erection that lasts for more than 4 hours! Can be painful and damage penile tissue. May make one permanently impotent. Let your body do its job naturally, huh?

help me please!!I need your best answer..?

You are working as a physician in a neighborhood clinic that serves patients from a variety of socioeconomic backgrounds. Guidelines from your clinic supervisor indicate that you are to spend no more than ten minutes on any patients that you have previously seen. You end up spending an average of twenty minutes during each of three separate follow-up appointments with one individual. This woman is financially disadvantaged, drug dependent, and has a number of problems related to her primary illness. You are called in by your supervisor (possibly an M.B.A. and not a medical doctor) for not following clinic guidelines. How would you respond to your supervisor's reprimands? More generally, how do you feel about the tendency in the United States for people's health care to be treated increasingly as a business?
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To me, this sounds like a homework question. I'll give you my answer and opinoin, though (cause I like to do that). :)I would first say that the amount of time necessary for a patient visit depends on the number of problems and complexity of their condition. You have a professional obligation to render the proper care to each patient you see. Each time you see a patient, you complete a billing form which indicates the level of complexity (1-6) billing code for the visit, and this corresponds directly to the amount of time you would take and the amount of money paid for the visit. The clinic collects money (however small) for what you bill based on your assessment of the time required. More importantly, you should be able to predict (with some exceptions for new illnesses) what level visit you will have with the patient at their next visit. Since the clinic is compensated based on time required, they should schedule the patients based on this as well. For example, level 6 patient encounters can take 45-60 minutes easily while level 1 can take less than 5. I would say that if the clinic is billing for more time than was spent with the patient they are committing insurance fraud and if they expect me to participate, they are mistaken. Medicine is a business and as physicians, we are obligated to be both professionally and financially responsible. When a physician is an employee, they must conduct themselves with honesty and integrity for both the care given and the billing of insurance or government programs. There is no tendency in the US toward treating medicine like a business (that has always been the case), however, there IS a tendency toward treating doctors like a public utility, which is pushing many of my colleagues out of medicine altogether.Good luck with your paper.
I think it stinks.
Pt care should always come first. You sound like a caring physician. Perhaps this clinic is not the best place for you to be. We could use more physicians like you. Stick to your principles.
I'd move somewhere where health care is better.
to long but i think it's dumb
It's about the more money now and making as much as they can. It is no longer about the people.
yeah i thinks its stinks too
It is unfortunate that doctors are in in an environment that values weatlh over health. Think about private practice, that's where the money is anyway.
I would respond to the supervisor by reciting the Hippocratic oath. I think that medicine should be run as a business, after all doctors have bills to pay too, but like all good businesses there needs to be some flexibility and compassion. A human element has to remain also.
It's happening everywhere and in every business. There has to be a balance I think. Try to stand up for what you think is right in this situation. When this idiot comes in for a follow-up treat him in 10 minutes and see how he likes it. If he is coming in to have stitches removed only take out half of them and say he has to take out the rest by himself for example.
Not every ones Medical problems can be boiled down to seconds.
I'd look for a better place to work or start your own practice.
When meeting with your supervisor let him know that you are recording or going to write down his comments. Also, request that another employee also be in attendance to verify the information given by your supervisor. If needed, contact the medical board. I think the tendency is inhumane! I hope things work out the right way for you!
What in the world is going on in the world today, I've noticed when I go to the doctor they don't spend much time trying to understand whats wrong with me, there rushing me out the door to move on to the next person and it bothers me, that's why many people end up really sick or even dieing cause you go to the doctor these days and just guess what's wrong with you, they don't thoroughly check you anymore, this bothers me cause we spend so much a month paying for insurance and co pays and then we leave there thinking to our self why the heck did I even go to the doctor they didn't help me and it costs me a fortune.Why in the world can you only spend ten minutes with these clients, more than likely your boss will say cause there so many people to see we don't have time, well these hospitals need to hire more people that's the answer to that problem.how in the world can you get in trouble for spending more than ten minutes with a patient, to me it just shows you care about each person that comes in there, I'd respond to my supervisor by informing him you could get in trouble misdiagnosing people and it sometimes takes longer than ten minutes to figure out what is wrong with a person.i don't know, this irritates me,.good luck
The American people have brought this on themselves. They asked for affordable health care and they got it.HMO's. Doctor's have lost final word in health care. That decision is now made by adminiastators who look at bean counter records.
I am a nurse and worked in areas where there were many minorites and majority of people on medicaid. It is very sad when medical decisions are based on a business and numbers and quotas. We went into medicine to actually give people our time and attention now we have to worry about spending too much time with a patient and be a computer programmer too with our documentation. I think it is very sad. If the director has more of a business degree and outlook then she really shouldn't be in the position to oversee the clinical portion of the clinic. I would ask my fellow colleagues their opinion and tell her you are doing the best that you can but you went into medicine to help people not to help the economical numbers. Good luck!
I think this situation calls for the separation of work and, well, the rest of your life. Obviously, this physician is compassionate and wants to make an impact on society. But his desires conflict with the interests of the business he works for, affecting his employment status. I would apologize to the supervisor and start working according to his guidelines, but I would also start spending time volunteering at free clinics. That way I could fufill the interests of my supervisor and my desire to help the communtiy. But it is a shame that something as kind as medical care can be reduced to an uncaring business in these United States.
Everything about America is great, except for the health care system. Its cheaper to just die. I have a will, and in this will it states that I not be resuscitated for any reason, I would Rather die painfully from cancer than have to put my family through the financial burden of AMERICAN HEALTH CARE!! I praise "you" for your work and caring attitude towards those who need it. I say "you" should become a doctor, and help people the way "you" are now.
i think its terrible, because if something happens to that patient because you had to rush, your the one thats liable. i would find a practice that is pro patient, i work for an aurora hospital im not sure if the clinic is the exact same but we put patient care first.
The problem is that health care is getting too expensive for any of us but the really rich to afford. If you take a half-hour for 1 patient, when you could have seen 3, that means you are 3 times as expensive for the clinic as somebody who follows the rules. Can they hire 2 more people? will you take a cut in pay so they can do that? Do you have any sympathy for the people who did not get to talk to you that day and were told to come back another time?Not even your clinic has unlimited people, time or money.The rich don't want to pay for health care for poor people. Their doctors give them all the time they want. Keep voting Republican, so we can decrease the surplus population and then everybody who's left will be able to afford health care.
I would simply tell the supervisor that I became a physician to help people and if I am forced to break a few clinic guidelines to do so then so be it. Youre right about the horribly increasing habit of health care becoming a business but sadly there doesnt seem to be much we can do about it. I recently discovered that when a politician receives a letter he treats it as if 20 other people feel that way yet didn't send in a letter so maybe writing to your local Congressperson or Representative could help. I would also consider opening a clinic or private practice of my own. Best of luck and please pass on all our best wishes to this woman in need! Thank you for the amazing job you are doing helping all these people in trouble!
Sorry boss I'll try to do better.
Health care is a business. No one wants to work for free.
this is an ethical question and one you have to answer yourself.as a daughter to someone who needs constant medical attention this is appalling to me but increasing becoming a frequent habit.if this person is not a doctor or your supervisor tell him your opinion.i guarentee that your way will bring more business to your clinic
It really stinks! Its actualy quite sad. I'd hate to do your job. Its almost like you're not aloud to actually help people.
Tell them you took an oath to heal people, and you cannot heal someone without the necessary info.and that your conscience will not allow you to let someone walk out that you don't think you have done your best to heal. That a veterinarian may be able to heal with trail and error, but your are not working on animals.
i think that is suck the way the us treats health care.i lived in Louisiana and had good docs,i came to California 6 months ago and have been to many diff docs they have treated me like ** and didnt even want my records. all they was concrened about was if my insurance was HMO or POS which i tried to tell them i have both.i have never had trouble with how my ins was till i came here.all they was wanting was there money and never listened to what i had to say about my health.the patient should come first i really feel for you.
Easy, say you are thinking of the company. If your diagnosis is wrong - because of the complexity of the issue , then the practise may be sued but by making sure you had the full info and giving the right advice you have saved the company from a potention law suit and bad name.
Being the money grubbers they are, they might appreciate the fact that you are looking out for them.
Firstly, I would ask that the policy of ten minutes per patient be clarified- is this truly meant to be a "guideline" (which is there to provide guidance), or as a hard and fast rule? Clearly you had reason to consider it the former, and if so, your supervisor needs to make it clear what s/he expects.Secondly, I do indeed think health care should be treated as a business- with the PATIENT as the client. Not the payers. You are clearly trying to serve your clients' needs, and that's to be commended. Obviously, cost containment is an issue, but if this is an incident involving only one "client" whom you have reasonably determined needs more care, I think you should be able to reason with your supervisor. I think you can clearly make an argument that the level of care you are providing both in general and specifically in this case fits a business model. You are providing the best care now, to prevent future costly complications and/or errors.I don't mind health care being treated as a business- if the patient is considered the customer or client.
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I was ready to answer this question, but CALIDOC knocked it out well. It's difficult to deal with medicine as a business. I have a very difficult time with this myself. Unfortunately in medical school, there is no rotation in 'what the hell have I gotton myself into here'? You're not trained in the humanism of man, rather, the science of man. Your life is overwhelmed in the vast chasm, chaos. As someone who is so young and uninformed, it's a battle. You'll come to be in your own time. My promise from very early on was go to bed only if I had taken care to the best of my ability. I actually became to crazed , and became a psychologist. It turned out perfectly. I work with cardiac patients, and their families. It's the best. Good choices my friend. Kym duckling702@yahoo.com
Is good to help, but sometime you can not have time to help all the people. In this case u must choose (more time to one or little time to more people). U decide.

help me i need 2 know the rbc devlopment and maturation stages?


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erythroblast ---%26gt; reticulocyte-----%26gt; erythrocyte
refer guyton and hall textbook of human physiology
Hemocytoblast--%26gt;Proerythroblas. (Committed Cell)--%26gt;Early Erythroblast--%26gt;Late Erythroblast--%26gt;Normoblast--%26gt;Re. ErythrocyteRibosome synthesis occurs at the early erythroblast stage, followed by hemoglobin accumulation during the late erythroblast and normoblast stages, then ejection of the nucleus from normoblasts and formation of reticulocytes. The reticulocytes are released from the bone marrow into the bloodstream. After a day or two in circulation, the reticulocyte becomes a mature erythrocyte when its ribosomes are degraded by enzymes.
Try Henry ---%26gt; the bible of Medical Technology . you'll find it there for sure.. or for faster solutions.. try Wikipedia

Help for a new college student.?

I am enrolled in Texas A%26M, the first semester of the freshman year will start this fall. i am currently enrolled in the general studies department because i was not sure what i wanted to study. right now, i am very interested in doing pre-medical.. however the problem is that i have not quite concentrated in my science classes during my high school, focusing on other subjects instead. i have not taken a single science AP class. can you give me some good advice on how i can compensate my lackings and recuperate. any help would be greatly appreciated.
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My high school was too small to offer AP science classes. However, I did quite well when I got to college. You will find that there are plenty of students in the same boat as you. In fact, those students who did well at AP won't be in your fall semester classes anyway, because they probably passed the test and got credit. They'll join in 2nd semester, and it will be that much more difficult for them, as it will have been a semester since they had science. Here are some tips for success: 1. Form a study group. It always helps to have a little extra motivation.2. Do all of your homework. Homework isn't for the prof, he/she probably won't even grade it. It helps you learn the material.3. Do EXTRA problems. My profs bought the solutions manuals (if yours don't, you could buy it yourself) and put them in the library so that we could check all of our work.4.Tutor. It is when you can teach the material to another person that you begin to truely understand. I tutored my way through college, and found that it was not only a great money maker (and I could set my own hours), but it helped me learn the most. Now of course, this one will only work as long as your grades are kept up.but again, its extra motivation.Good luck! You will do fine.
Just jump right in. Get enrolled in Bio, and maybe even Chem, or at least pre-calc or calc right away this first semester. Study your butt off, and get an A. Med schools won't look at your high school grades, but rather, your college grades. So don't worry, and good luck!
You don't NEED to have taken AP classes in high school to keep up. Any classes that you need can all be accomplished while in college. Just choose classes carefully. Double up whenever you can (maybe you can find a history that counts as a philosphy too, or a psychology that counts as a general humanties too, etc). And that will give you a little extra space in your busy schedule. Good luck!
Agreeing with the above answer, you do not need to take Ap courses to do well in college. I have a few friends that were pre-med that did not go to med school ( I was one-I am a chemistry teacher now). One of them did not major in science at all. He was a history major. So don't stress, often med schools look for people with some science background (basics and a few upper level science courses). They also look for people that are well versed in life, and have a solid background of knowledge. You may want to look at a few pre req's for some med schools. Also compare MD to DO schools. Start to get a grip on what you want to do, but keep in mind most people change their major a few times in college. That is ok as well. Good luck!
Every undergraduate school works differently, but you don't have to complete a pre-med program to go to med school. You can have any major you want. All med schools require is that you have at minimum two semesters of biology, four semesters of chemistry (2 semesters of gen chem, and 2 semesters of o chem), two semesters of physics, and depending on the school, one to two semesters of calculus. If you feel intimidated by science, this is a great approach to take, especially if you have a lot of different interests. In fact, a lot of med schools these days like it when you have a non related major because it gives you a more rounded education. But, if you want to go to med school, there are a few things you should do besides taking the required courses.
1) Get Experience. The best way to do this is to either volunteer at a hospital or clinic and to shadow a doctor. Med schools want to see that you are truly interested. It's not too late to start this summer.
2) Get Involved in school. Make sure that you are active in some organizations on campus once school starts, but make sure that you can keep your grades high. Be involved in a few things, but don't spread yourself so thin that you don't have time to study. Being involved in off campus organizations is fine also.
3) Get good grades. If you want to get into the best med schools, then you have to be better than most applicants. Make sure that academics are a priority. An easy way to do that is to get all of your school work done during the week so that you can have fun on the weekend.
4) Get a good MCAT score. Doing well in your chemistry, biology, and physics courses will definitely help you do well, but study guides and tutoring are also well worth the money. Companies like Kaplan and Princeton Review have very good success rates on students receiving better scores.Don't be intimidated and work hard. If you want to go to med school, you can make it happen. If you find yourself having trouble in one of your classes, make sure you get help from the professor, TA, or departmental tutor quickly before you fall behind. Professors want you to succeed, but you have to put forth the effort to do so. Don't be afraid of asking for help. I hope this information helped! Good Luck!
You could also limit the amount of time you spend on the computer for non-school projects.

HELP by wensday pls.. how can i do drug calc in my head easiest way. dopemine, lido, Epi.. drips, Iv push TY


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first, memorize the dosages and the drip rates they need to be set at. for lidocaine, think of a clock. 0, 15, 30, and 45 seconds respecively are 1mg, 2mg, 3mg, and 4mg/min. For other drugs, use division- divide amount of solution (mL) by amount of drug(mg) to get the concentration. EX. If you have 10mL of epi with 1mg in the 10mL, then the concentration is .01mg/mL. If you needed to give the drug then, and the dose was .3mg, then you know you would need 3mL.
parmacology is tough, you gotta be right on. I would say the two most important things are knowing units and conversion, and knowing the formulas. If you email me with some questions or problems I may be able to help you. philip.donoghue@us.army.mil

Help / advice?

My husband underwent an abdominoplasty mid June 2006. He was okay, and then the first two weeks, a lot of liquid was oozing out of his stitches, which we were told is quite normal. Then on the right side of his stomach the wound opened up and it was really gross to look at it. Then again we were told that there is a large collection of liquid (i think its protein, or some kind of thing that comes through when the fats all gone in between the skin and muscles) so he has to be taken in for another session of emptying thecollection. Again, in mid July he was taken in and we were told that the collection has been removed, and he is okay. Now though he was healing, again on the right side, the skin was opening up, and this time it was some infection, which we were treating him with antibiotics. and the opening was becoming yellow in color, and again, he was taken in a third time in August last week saying all the dead skin will be cut, and he would heal faster..September mid, we complete 3
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Get a second opinion and a lawyer
smetimes it takes time to heal but dnt lose hope hell be alright in notime.have faith in god .ur hubby has had three surgerys at the same place so the wound is big ,its normal that it needs a longer healing time.
As BEEZ said, you need a second opinion. Run, dont walk to another doctor.A truly good physician has no problem with people getting second opinions.
Find yourself a malpractice lawyer immediately!
Do you think one of the Dr's left a sponge or some kind of foreign object inside of him? That does not sound normal. You should have another Dr. check this possibilty out just to be on the safe side. Good luck.

Hello,how is fear of blood called?


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An abnormal and persistent fear of blood is called hematophobiaKnown by a number of names - Hemophobia, Hematophobia, Hemaphobia, and Fear of Blood being the most common - the problem often significantly impacts the quality of life. It can cause panic attacks and keep people apart from loved ones and business associates. Symptoms typically include shortness of breath, rapid breathing, irregular heartbeat, sweating, nausea, and overall feelings of dread, although everyone experiences fear of blood in their own way and may have different symptoms.
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then, 'tis time to do't.--Hell is murky!--Fie, my
lord, fie! a soldier, and afeard? What need we
fear who knows it, when none can call our power to
account?--Yet who would have thought the old man
to have had so much blood in him.-- Macbeth (Act V, Scene I)
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hello, I would like to know the therapeutic dose of Tranilast and the poison dose of it, with the refrences.?

Tranilast is antiallergic drug.
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although oral tranilast has been reported effective in numerous potential indications, study data are either too limited or not convincing enough to recommend the drug over existing therapies. tranilast has absolutely no fda approved indication and although it does exhibit antiallergenic properties, its off-label usage does not even include allergies. it is virtually off the market, being kept on the fda's orphan drug list for absolutely last-ditch-efforts for rare indications.
I've searched several sites for info on it and haven't found anything. It's also not in any of my med books. All of the articles I saw related to problems with the heart, kidneys, or diabetes. Nothing related to allergies. Try talking to your doctor or pharmacist about therapeutic doses for it.

hello gorgeous yahoo! ladies! does height matter to you in dating men, and if so, what is "too short" for you?

question for any ladies, 18-199, no "judgement" on answers, for a study on neurology/psychiatry and "perception issues"thanks, ladies!
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too short is shorter than I am. I am only 5 feet tall (exactly). it is kinda wierd to talk to guys who are shorter because I am so used to talking to taller people. it is wierd to look down instead of up.
my husband is only 5'9" or so. so he isn't too tall. but I like that!
of course it is a matter, i mean i dont want to date with someone too short:D I prefer it to be longer than 5", too short is: 10 cm for me:P
Hello
I like to think that I'm open minded, but I have dated only one man who was about 2 inches shorter than me. I often think of shorter men as having "little man complex" unless they show me otherwise.
I like to dress up and wear heels once in a while, and I can't imagine wearing them and towering over a short man, it seems out of balance for me.
I'm more comfortable with one that is at least 1" taller. Heels wouldn't make much of a difference
Too short makes a woman feel big and most woman like to feel protected and small in a mans arms. I also think it depends on the father, brother influences in your life.
Too short is 5'7" to me.
for me it does matter. tall men are sexier and they seem can protect me and give me a comfort. "too short" is below 170cm.
Too short for me is one who is shorter than me wearing 3 inch heels. So he's got to be at least 3 inches taller than me.
Yes, I think most women like taller men..too short would be under 5'5"

Hello Doctors...?

I am a male age 35, and have a problem, "My Feet Burn" from the bottom..It seems like some deficiency..please tell me whats Deficient and how can i improve and if medicine required please prescribe.
Thanx
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Are you diabetic? If you are it could be causing that and you need to see a doctor right away.
might be athletes foot, try remedies for this from your chemist
I don't think many docs really waste their time on here like the rest of us..they have important stuff to do.instead..look on webmd.com
Lots of things can do that. The most likely thing, is, as has been suggested, a fungal or other type of infection of the soles of the feet.As I said, there are many causes, mostly inconvenient rather than life-threatening. Why not go see a live doctor?
go to your bathroom your medicine is there!!
Its very common I mean here in Middle east. Try to apply Hennah
for cooling effect.

hello any member of AAPMR, who can share the SAE for residents with me( A resident from Pakistan)?

hi there, i am a resident of PMR from Pakistan.. i was looking for the resident SAE s but people from AAPMR tell me that i have to pay 25$ which i cannot afford..so if a kind hearted physiatrist helps me out i will be deeply obliged
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i think you can afford the $25.00, think of it this way spend it now and think of it's return when you are a doctor.
The letters mean nothing to me what do they stand for?
Ask a Jew !!

Helium voice?

Why does our voice change pitch when we breath helium? are there side effects for doing it too often?
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the reason your voice increases in pitch is because the helium streches your vocal cords and makes them move faster than usual. It isn't good to do it too often as it can make you a bit light headed.
The high voice is produced because your vocal cords are vibrating in an atmosphere much less dense than air. Lack of oxygen is the only harm. Helium is nonreactive.
helium is lighter then air ..and yes its just like huffing any other gas besides oxygen
Inhaling a small amount of helium temporarily changes the quality of a person's voice; however, caution must be exercised as helium is an asphyxiant, meaning the health problem you might encounter from inhaling helium is oxygen deprivation, which can be very serious. This will only happen if the helium displaces all the oxygen from your lungs. As long as you don't breathe only helium, that is, if you take a few breaths of air after exhaling the helium, there should be no problem.It is a common misconception that Helium's effects on the voice are related to its density. The real explanation is slightly more complicated. Because Helium is monoatomic (earth's atmosphere consists of over 95% diatomic molecules), its adiabatic index differs from that of air. This means that the speed of sound in helium is faster, and sound of the same frequency has a longer wavelength compared to in air. This difference results in the vibrational modes of the larynx corresponding to higher frequencies, and thus a higher pitched voice. An audio source which does not rely on a resonant air cavity (such as computer speaker) will not change pitch in a Helium atmosphere.
The high voice is because helium is lighter than air, therefore the vocal chords don't have as much resistance when speaking.
Long tern affects come from the tank. If you suck it straight from the tank, sometimes even from balloons, you can get the metal shavings from the inside of the tank in your lungs. they are microscopic, and can cut your lungs, along with the fact that more metals in your body are a cause of Alzheimer's, but if you use antiperspirant you will probably get it anyways. I say just have fun! We all have to die sometime!
After hydrogen, helium is the second lightest element and the second most abundant element in the universe, created during big bang nucleosynthesis and to a lesser extent from nuclear fusion of hydrogen in stars. On Earth, helium is primarily a product of the radioactive decay of much heavier elements, which emit helium nuclei called alpha particles; it is found in significant amounts only in natural gas, from which it is extracted at low temperatures by fractional distillation.First detected in 1868 by French astronomer Pierre Janssen as an unknown yellow spectral line signature in the light of a solar eclipse, helium was separately identified as a new element later that year by English astronomer Norman Lockyer. Its presence in natural gas in large, useable amounts was identified in 1905. Helium is used in cryogenics, as a deep-sea breathing gas, for inflating balloons and airships, and as a protective gas for many industrial purposes, such as arc welding. Inhaling a small amount of the gas temporarily changes the quality of a person's voice; however, caution must be exercised as helium is an asphyxiant.

heavy bags causes postural scoliosis or kyphosis?

children in the age of 4-10yrs carry heavy bags in schools and due to it they get sinal deformities.so i want to ask whether they get postural scoliosis or kyphosis
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thats true.
i saw a report on the news one night and they were talking about the effects a heavy school bag can have on children. and they said that it is one of the main causes of postural scoliosis but it also depends on what type of bag it is and how they wear it. so if the backpack is down low on their back it will force them to lean forward to balance it out. if they are wearing a one shoulder bag then it will cause them to lean to the side. they said that the best way to wear a bag is in the middle of the back. not too high but yet not too low.
heavy burden doesn't harm kids, but adult person as well.
as long as the bags is too heavy that the bone of kid can carrym it would have bad impact to the kids, it could bend the body structure.
The back bone won't get straight.
of course they do! also by their position at the desk while writing or reading, or in front of a pc. i've had scoliosis as a kid and it takes hours and hours of special gymnastics to ameliorate it.
as far as carrying bags is concerned i would recommend carrying them on the back properly anchored to both shoulders, not just on one.this avoids a lumpy back and neck..if not, they should at least switch hands regularly to avoid diformities of their back
yes it can happen, The only way to avoid it is :
-getting ur kid to pack bag at night daily,
-to avoid books that are not required,
-binding of books with plastic binding so that the weight of cardboard binding is avoided
-good rucksack type bag that are more long than broad and not "bata" type bags which are more broad than long
I'm not certain,but let me ask my son,..Igor.
Hi there !The answr is a strong "YES".!
if .. it is done persistently..constantly .. regularly..and continuously. but the chances for that is very rare ..right ? what do you think ?best wishes.

heartburns about a month now.its not the first time.?

except medication what can i eat to be "relieved"??
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Take Prilosec OTC. You have to take it everyday for 2 weeks but it works really well. I used to have really bad acid reflux and I took it and now I don't have it anymore. Also try to stay away from really spicy foods.
eat less, eat less fatty foods, it will probably solve it.
Get checked for duodenal ulcer or reflux esophagitis. Why keep suffering and asking here instead of getting help?
water with a little baking soda
I think u need medical attention. Probably u are undergoing some stress. Eat a lot of fruits to get more vitamins into ur blood,rest a lot more and do less tedious jobs.
Hi-
Long term 'heartburn' needs to be checked out. There are multiple causes.
E.Pilorus infection
Gastric Reflux
Stress
refered pain from other organs
cardiovascular problems
dietary intolerance(s)So, get a diagnosis that makes sense, get a 2nd opinion if you need to. then post again.It's important to determine what is causing the heartburn, as different reasons will require differetn treatments- some of these things changing your diet does NOTHING for.
the papaya has a natural enzyme for digestion/indigestion. you can also buy in tablet form at health food stores and some grocery stores..

Heart Question!?

If epinephrine is used on people during cardiac arrest would using an epipen on someone help them if they were having a heart attack and the ambulance or hospital was over twenty minutes away.
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No! Epinephrine is used in cardiac arrest, not a heart attack. Epinephrine is a sympathomimetic - a beta adrenergic receptor agonist. What this means is that epi will increase the heart rate, increase the blood pressure, increase the force of contractions, irritate the heart, and increase the oxygen demand of the heart. When someone is having a heart attack, the last thing we want to do is cause the heart to work harder.Now, in cardiac arrest, the heart is not working at all (okay, that's not necessarily true, but for our purposes here this is a reasonable explanation). By administering epinephrine to a patient in cardiac arrest, we are stimulating the heart and increasing the chance of converting it back into a viable rhythm.
I would only ask a cardiologists this. I would hate for you to get some bad life threatening situation information. Get real medical advice and don't listen to anyone else. This is a big issue!
I agree, you should probably consult a doctor about this to get a more reliable answer. However, I guess if the person is prone to/ likely to have a heart attack and they have an epipen, they should instruct their family memebers/ have a card on them explaining what to do if such an attack occurs. If it's anything like having an alergic reaction to a bee sting and going into anaphylactic shock, then using the epipen could save their life until medical help arrives.
firemedicgm gave the correct answer. "Possible" meds to be given in the event of an MI while awaiting the ambulance include aspirin and sublingual nitroglycerin not EPI
but you would have been uncosncious, and epinephrine may not be useful in a heart attack; it's only useful when the heart stops beating and needs it to restart the heart
Epinephrine is used in cardiac arrest to make the heart more susceptible to electric shock, which converts the heart back to a viable rhythm.Without knowing the heart's rhythm at the time of arrest, it would be unwise to give epinephrine.You would be better off learning CPR and supporting the person that way. Knowing where to find an automatic external defibrillator might also be a good idea.

Heart Failure?

How could you categorise the effects of heart failure on skeletal muscle dysfunction, i.e structural changes, metabolic pathways.
What headings could all the changes be placed under. Im writing a project and need to place each individual change into its own grouping.
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I found this..but don't know when it was updated last..
http://cpmcnet.columbia.edu/news/in-vivo.this is done on rates.I don't know .I hope it would be helpfull
http://www.medscape.com/medline/abstract.this is the most recent I found.."Vascular rarefaction in peripheral skeletal muscle after experimental heart failure "
http://ajpheart.physiology.org/cgi/conte.good luck
i dont think there r any structural changes in skeletal muscle
but since O2 delivery is hampered there is more of anaerobic cellular respiration leading to mild lactic acidosis causing fatigue %26 weakness

heard artificial saliva can be prepared at home. can any one suggest?

it's for my dad who had to undergo 40 radiations on neck which resulted in the dysfunction of salivary glands
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Yes but you need some natural to get more artificial saliva
nope but i suggest googleing it
I dont know what if salivary glands are dysfunctional. But if one chews rubberband one can secreat lot saliva in mouth
it's too expensive.
i think your father need more doze of vitamin c daily.
Well saliva has many healing and amazing attributes like the latest I know of is it will aid and enhance the distribution and absorption of insulin in the human body. This is like almost a miracle for some diabetics. But where does the saliva come from? It comes from the desert Gila Monster! Amazing and true!
So check out the FDA web site for assistance. and check out what clinical trials might be available and of possible vaue.
There are over-the-counter products you can purchase, like Salivart.

Heard a news story the other day about people 'boiling' over-the-counter drugs to get a date rape drug -true?


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not sure about this but i know you can use cold medicine to make meth. thats why you cant just buy it now.
no, but tell me the anwser at maxxruby@yahoo.com

Healthy volunteer research studies?

where is the best place to find information about participating in a clinical research study?
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try http://www.jalr.org
Just Another Lab Rat!this site has links to all the major clinics and even a mobile site for cell phones.
Hartfordresearch.com
Hilltop research

health problems two years after visiting a third world country?

Ok well i went on vacation to a country called El Salvador. During my stay there the windows were open in the villa i was staying and there were slums across the street. I had insomnia and I developed a chronic upper respiratory infection and i was given some kind of antibiotic.Now its a few years later and i seem to be experiencing strange symptoms possibly unrelated like chronic tension type headaches that grow worse on waking up early i feel like im being ripped from sleep and my head is hurting with a throbbing ache. I seem to have xerostemia or dry mouth alot of the time. My saliva is often sticky. On my tongue in my mouth there is tiny white nodules that have grown in thickly like a paste but the doctor says its not oral thrush. I constantly have dry eyes and I have to rub them to move moisture into them. My muscles seem to be sore most of the time even if i dont exert myself. I got a blood test done and my monocytes are extremely high and lymphocytes are low. Please help
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serves YOU right..what did you expect.
Um, I'd see a DR on this one. No one can diagnose you over the Internet.
I'm not a doctor. It would seem the most sensible course of action for you would be to see a tropical disease specialist. There certainly are infectious agents in most of the tropics, some will make you slightly ill, others can be life threatening. On a more optimistic tone, since this has taken the better part of two years to develop it may not be all that serious. But get it checked out.
Ask your doctor for a referral to a collegue who might be more knowlegable about tropical diseases.El Salvador (and most of Central America) is NOT a third world place. A not very wealthy second world place, sure, but NOT a third world place. If you don't wanna ask your doctor for a referral, contact your county public health department -- they are aware of health problems throughout the world, and have direct ties with the CDC. Were you in San Salvador or out in the countryside? Lots of questions like that. We were in Costa Rica and Guatemala about the same time, but I know they are "richer" second or even first world countries -- just neighbors.Good luck.
You need to see a hematologist%26#92;oncologist asap.

health management after surgery?


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Just follow the Dr's orders to the letter; and watch those pain pills! Take a vitamin if you like. Stay balanced; it will pass.
Postsurgical infection by drug resistant bacteria, such as Enterobactor, MRSA are becoming a threat to the hospitalized patient. Handwashing with soap and water by the medical personnel will reduce such infections to some extent. Don't entertain the visitors and well wishers for a certain period. If there is epidemic (virus fevers such as Chikungunya, dengue fever) in the locality, please take special care not to contract such illness.

health hazard of telecommunication towers?


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They could fall down on you and hurt you.
Yes they cause cancer
They emit the types of radiation that can be extremely damaging in terms of causing cancer, and other nasty stuff.
Harmless.
They kill countless thousands of night-flying birds which fly into them. The birds navigate by starlight, and mistake the lights on the towers for stars.

head injury and DAI and/ or alzheimers?

I am Looking for scientific proof regarding the relationship between head injury and DAI (Diffuse Axon Injury) and or alzheimers
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The best place to find the current research on this is Medline (www.medline.com). Put in the keywords for what you are looking for, and download the abstracts. There is a lot of research on the relationship between stroke, head trauma, and AD.
ya

Haw are Lasers used in the world?


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Theres too much it can do! I think the world is using mostly lasers for surgeries now because it is safer and more precise.We use lasers for corrective eye surgery, to get rid of hair on our body permanently.and now theres liposuction with lasers!Its used widely for cosmetic surgery.Other uses are for reading bar codes, for laser tag games, virtual games, and to read discs and cds. Its limitless!
to correct vision
Laser eye surgery and operations
obtic firbes
to cut materials e.g wood cutting laser
to cut diamonds and metals
Um, laser guns battles, CD's, eye surgery, DVD's, computers, presentions by business men, shot outs, blinding ppl, annoying teachers.the list just goes on. :)
Reading bar codes more than anything.
Reading barcodes, Laser tag, Corecting vision, And sometines even surgery.
cd players use a laser, they're actually a lot more common then most ppl realise
Optics
Cutting some of the hardest substances such as Diamonds with great precision.
Surgeries of all kinds like skin , eye .
Used to read information
Used to transfer information.
Used in weapons technology
Used to measure distance , speed etc
Lasers are used surgically, to remove unwanted hair, to stop bleeding. But if you want other answers, post this question in a category other than "medicine".
To measure exact distance within millimeters between the moon and the Earth.

having sex without the circumcision of penis is a gud thing or not?


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Actually, the uncircumcised foreskin shields the tip of the penis from everyday friction with clothing, etc, which tends to desensitise it.
Thus, the uncircumcised penis is often a lot more sensitive, making sex a rather more intense experience.
Some men find the stimulation is actually too much, leading to discomfort or premature ejaculation, though this is not the case for the majority.
Indifferent.
for a girl its weird to see it, itll make them more comfortable if it was circumsized, but if you can live with it and be comfortable with it then she will too.
It is not a good thing at all because the penis will be too long and the women will not enjoy the sex which both of them should have enjoyed.
Quite apart from the aesthetics, I understand that women who have a circumsized partner are significantly statistically less likely to develop cervical cancer.
This is a rather complex question involving medicine, asthetics, social customs, etc. In order to give a proper answer, you will have to define what you mean by "gud". I assume you mean "good" but good in what way?From the point of medicine, there is some evidence that some women are more succeptable to cervical cancer if their husband has not been circumcised. Additionally, the uncircumcised penis, when not kept hygienic can harbor numerous bacteria between the glans and the prepuce to which the female will be exposed to when she has sex with an uncircumcised male who is not fastidious in regard to his penis.From the prospective of social customs, a woman of eastern descent or of an eastern religion would be reluctant to have sex with an uncircumcised man because it would be proof to her that he was not of the same value standards and beliefs as her. As an example, the Jewish religion requires that the male be circumcised at a prescribed age. If a man has not been circumcised, it is evident that he is not Jewish and would not likely be acceptable as a mate for a devout Jewish woman. From such a standpoint, sex with an uncircumcised man would not be a good thing for this woman.Aesthetically, beauty is in the eye of the beholder. In modern society, it is generally accepted that the circumcised penis is more asthetically pleasing. One hundred years ago, the practice of circumcision among the general population who was not of an eastern religion was not commonplace. The average man was uncircumcised, therefore, the penis was thought to appear "normal" in its uncircumcised state. At that time, sex with an uncircumcised male was the norm and the beauty of the penis was not dependant upon circumcision.If, by good, you mean does either the female or the male derrive more or less pleasure from the uncircumcised penis, I believe the answer is both provide the same sensation to the female. The male, on the other hand, may derrive more sensation from an uncircumcised penis. This could result in a greater incidence of premature ejaculation but I am not aware of any study supporting such an assumption.In any event, sex between consenting, loving and committed adults is a good thing whether the male is circumcised or not.
I cannot answer, having never been circumcised. I'd like to address the point raised about cervical cancer. Studies have shown an increase in CC among those women who have predominantly (exclusively) had sex with uncircumcised men. I've always understood that if a man takes pride in cleaning himself and his little friend that this would mitigate the causes for this happening.
Very good, way better actually in my opinion!
it depends.if you feel you want to be healthy or not..you see..males that DONT get circumsized are at a high risk of getting an infection than males who aren't circumsized..now if IIII were to have sex with a male who WASNT circumsized i would feel.uncomfortable.so i would say no
My partner is uncircumcised. I have had others who were circumcised. I do not find that sex feels any better or worse with circumcision. As long as the man keeps himself clean it is fine, other wise with uncircumcised you would be more likely to get a bacterial infection.

having muscle tremors in the abdomen region, upper legs and buttocks. What could this be caused by?

When im in bed i feel like there is a flickering of small muscles in my lower abdomen. Also odd muscle spasms in small muscles in my butt. I am also having slight abdominal pain in my lower right abdomen region.
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you might want to find a doctor. right lower abominal pain could be apendicitis, you might just have exercised to hard but if not muscle spasms can be from bacteria, some toxins, or some stress issues
It could just be your muscles relaxing from whatever you were doing that day, especially if youve been working out or going to the gym.But um, your appendix is on the right side of you abdominal region, so if there is a possibility you could have appendicitis, see your doctor.
And if it still keeps on after awhile, you might want to be checked out anyway XD
Muscle twitching can be calcium deficiency. The pain in the right lower quadrant could be more serious situations involving the liver or another organ. See a doctor to be on the safe side.

Have you visited http://www.bisa.in?? A bioinformatics resource?


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No, I never click on spam
no
i just did whats it about? science
no i have not but i guess i will if it makes you happy
no and stop spamming mr. fucky mcfuck!
i thought i would hate you for sending me to some crappy web site but it could come in handy in the future since i am a microbiology major hopefully i will remember the site.

have you taken valiums regularly?

some people i know say that they use it when they have pms..but isnt it to be used regularly, like once a day? how effective is it? thanks :)
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No I haven't.
No, I have not
No
valium isnt something to mess around with, its not advil, you cant just take it whenver you like
These girlfriends of your; where are they getting this valium from? I can assure you that a doctor would never prescribe valium for PMS. Don't mess around with valium. It has its uses, but it also can have some very negative consequences. And especially if you are young, like a teenager, you have absolutely no business using this for simple PMS.
No, I certainly would not take such stuff, for it is quite addicting. I knew someone who did. He died young. Tell your pals this stuff is not something for PMS.
Valium is not meant for PMS.But yes, there was a time when I (a man) did take it regularly and no, I did not die young. It does affect short-term memory, though. Avoid it if you can.

have you seen a more pessimistic doctor more than this one?

http://www.erbook.net/moreqanda-erdocq_p.I've never seen someone like him, don't you think he's SO pessimistic? and he's overwhelming everything?.
I've heard that being a doc is the most satisfying job, I've seen lots of doctors and 99% of them are happy with their jobs, ER docs say they like their job so much because they can be with patients more than other docs, and ER doc have less work hours than most of other practitioners.
http://forums.studentdoctor.net/showthre.
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I work in the medical profession and have worked closely with ER doctors and other doctors, too and sadly, what this person is saying is the truth. Doctors get sued for some many stupid reasons that they have to protect themselves in many ways to even continue practicing. They also get stiffed a lot of times on their bill. Sure they make good money, but would you like to wait to be paid 246 days for a service you performed on a Medicare patient. That's what the pay schedule is in my state right now.Yes, it is a pessimistic view, but I bet you he started out as they all do, with a good, happy heart and has been burned so many times that that happy spirit has dimmed.
what exactly is the question

have you heard of iranian doctors ?

well.they've done something for the first time in the world . do you know what is it ? (i know)
it's healing .. .
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Have you heard of Iranian Presidents?
well.he's insane!
yes Are man midonam chiye ona tonestan bimaraye ghate nokha shodaro darman konan.:D
I met one years ago. it was a woman doctor. there, they called them SAVAK. She met also Roland, who had to perform an immediate operation of the specialization of that doctor. She was the most happy about it. It was a trepagnation with tools and drills. she was right. In Iran, she was making them buzzing. After Roalnd trepagnation. She buzzed for a long period until she died of cancer a couple years ago. Unfortunately, It was not Roland who was her doctor for her cancer period of earth time. when she died she felt immensively grateful of her being treated in Qu茅bec r茅gion of canada for both her trepagnation and her cancer. She always say, thanks to Roland. And Roaland would answer: nothing to it.

Have you heard of "practice pap smears"?

CNN reported that teaching hospitals allow residents to practice giving pap smears to women while under general anathesia. How can this be ethical?
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It's not ethical.Current medical ethics guidelines require explicit written consent to perform a pelvic exam under general anesthesia. I also don't know any nurses or resident physicians that wouldn't immediatly turn in an attending physician for pulling a stunt like that. In fact, my med school class was specifically told to immediately report any such activity to the department chief. To be fair, it is sometimes medically necessary to perform a pelvic exam under anesthesia, but in all cases this will be discussed with the patient and written consent must be obtained beforehand.Unfortunately, in the old days "practice" pelvic exams did indeed happen. The reason is that when a person is under general anesthesia their muscles are completely relaxed, and it's much easier to palpate the ovaries and uterus. This was once seen as a way to teach young physicians or medical students how to properly perform a pelvic exam. I'm not sure how widespread this practice ever was, but it definitely did happen. Fortunately, with the push for improved patient's rights and autonomy over the past 20 years, this practice has been abandoned.Part of the HIPAA act guarantees you the right to a copy of your medical records. Further, if you can prove this happened you can definitely sue (and win). The problem is that no physician is going to document something like this in your medical record. You might start by getting a copy of your records and talking with your doctor. If you aren't satisfied with the response, most hospitals have a patient's advocate with whom you can file a formal complaint. These people often do a good job of investigating complaints and may help resolve the problem. You should also be aware that the hospital keeps a detailed log of all personnel who where in the OR that day, so it's always possible to track down anyone who might have seen anything happen. If you reach the stage of dealing with a patient's advocate, you should definitely ask whether they have spoken to the other people present in the OR that day. If all else fails, you can always hire an attourney.
no, that is not ethical
Are they playing Doctor again ?Silly kids!
never heard of it. but i wouldn't volunteer. lol
No, just the real pap smears are normal and ethical
I go door to door offering free pap smears. Its my hobby.
Never heard of practice pap smears. Does that mean they do not give you the results? As far as practicing is concerned how do you expect a resident to learn? They have to learn somehow. Why doyou think its called PRACTICING medicine? Do you really think you're surgery is always being done by the head surgeon you spoke with? SURPRISE you are wrong oh so very very. If it is any type of a teaching hospital you will NOT be guaranteed of that. BUT you will be billed at the head surgeons price. The public in general has no idea of how and what goes on in the medical world.
Did CNN specify whether or not they got the woman's permission first?If not, I can see it happening. Dated a few nurses and one doctor over the years, heard plenty of stories about what hospitals get up to that outsiders don't know about and are probably better off not knowing, lol.
any link to this cnn report?
NO BUT THE NEXT TIME THEY OFFER TO PUT ME TO SLEEP I WILL SAY NO THANK YOU, THAT IS TOTAL WRONG
I have heard of this happening in the past, but have never seen it done. Yes, it is considered unethical.In your case, your boyfriend is probably right and it didn't happen.(1) Orthopedic surgeons would have absolutely no interest in practicing pap smears. Ob/Gyn's might be a different story..(2) Pain inside the body is often referred (not localized to the exact site of irritation). Women who have vaginitis can experience pain with urination. Conversely, women who have cystitis (inflammation of the bladder) can feel pain in their vaginas. It seems perfectly reasonable to me that irritation from a Foley in your urinary tract could cause pain in your vagina.(3) I recall an instance in which I was inserting a Foley and a surgeon who was watching me mistook the woman's vagina for her urethra. He stopped me and pointed, and I shook my head and proceeded to put it in the right hole. It is entirely possible that someone could have mistakenly violated you with the catheter (they would have realized and corrected their mistake when they didn't get any urine output).

Have you filled out an organ donor card? If you haven't, why not?

If you haven't filled one out yet, and you are medically able to do so, please fill out one now. You can search it up on the internet and print out one for free.
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I'm an organ donor, and what they don't use I'm donating to science.
trust me, the way I abuse my body, putting my organs into a needy person will only kill them quicker not prolong their life.
I don't share.
Some people do not do so for Biblical Reasons. the bible says to abstain from all forms of blood. That could include Organ Donating.
I don't have human organs.
Done, years ago
I have.Well when I'm dead.I won't need them anymore.Aww take em now, hell I don't need em!but yup I'm an organ donor.
What's it gonna hurt, eh?
I am an organ donor. And incidentally, a Christian with no moral compunctions against donating. If I recall correctly, the "abstain from blood and things strangled" passage dealt with eating things.
I am an organ donor!
Some states let you do it when you renew your drivers license.
I have a card filled out.. for no reason of course. I'm 20lbs overweight and I smoke.. so no one is going to want my organs.. and my eyesight sucks.
I have one filled out for my 1 and 4 year old boys. Should anything ever happen to them, I would like to know that another parent didn't have to see their child die for lack of a donor.
in my county all of us are organ donors, unless you tell your doctor opposite.

Have you ever thought you were going to fart but actually ended up crapping in your pants?


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here i sit broken-hearted
tried to ** and only farted
yep and what a mess it was
it happens to everyone who has a large intestine.
ROFLMFAO!! YES!!
no but one time I was fighting my roommate and he said "hold on hold on" like he though the was going to fart and he ended up totally crapping his pants. It was funny but really gross
yea but more often i try to fart and like my * gets almost painfully hot but i dotn actually crap but it fels like it did its so weird i hate it..know what that is anyone? if so IM me death_cab_driver_5005@yahoo.co.
No, but the underwear has been soiled. I think, in part, that is WHY underwear should be worn. tossed the grundies and went on with my day.
Sharting. It's a universal phenomenon.
lol next time just go to the bathroom and fart.. Better to be safe than sorry..
Why did this happen to you? bet it makes a mess!

Have you ever known an impaired: physician? How common is this?


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That is very common in Indonesia, they are believed to be better than normal physician. Personally i havent tried but have alot. Almost all suggest that impaired physician tend to be better in many ways, all the can say tht even though they r impaired, they are gifted for healing others..weird but true.
Personally, I have not been subjected to an impaired physican (at least to my knowledge).Physicians aren't God - they're human beings.Anyone could be impaired though - either from lack of sleep, using medications or drinking before going on the job. They could also be mentally impaired from a mental illness.
To the best of my knowledge M.D.means mentally defective!
Just kidding. Sorry about that yes they should know how to
keep healthy,however, do to hazardous work conditions they are always close to contagious and infectious diseases. I've seen then get ill at times and everyone dies eventually!
try mentally deficient or demorallized oh hech forget it!
u should remember one thing that physicians are also normal human beings an not god's or any supermans..

Have you ever had any corticosteroid shots?

I have Plantar fasciitis and my doctor has told me I may need these shots to take the pain away. I am worried as when I read up on it I learned that the shots are painful.
If you have had them for the same complaint can you let me know how you were afterwards please. Many thanks in advance.
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yes i have had them in my hip,s the doctor will spray some freeze before the injection i wont lie to you as it did hurt a bit but after 2-3days you will feel the benefit from the shot and feel a lot better, i have to have this done every 3mths and my hip feels fine
yes
I had cortisone for bursitis.
I don't know about pain but I've heard that they can destroy muscle?
Yes, I had to have one in my thumb, because I had trigger finger
and had to get a shot in my thumb joint. Now i can move my thumb with out any pain. The shot stung for a second but after it I was fine.
I had the shots-and yes,it is painful when you get them. But it eased the ongoing pain I was suffering,so well worth it.

have you ever had anthrax?

school
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Sure I have a few of their CD's.. Oh the disease.. No sorry
yea and its bad for u mmm'kay
I have not. It is rare, in my country, AFAIK. I think I may never see the organism, in my lab, either. (I am a microbiologist.)IIRC, it is called "Wool Handler's Disease". That may help you find people most at risk.
Thank God, no!
no

Have you ever had an experiment of seeing something or being in a place, which, you had seen it in a dream?

And if you had,what do you think about it's reason?
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When I was about 12, I dreamed one night that my father came in early from work and told my mom to pack up a lunch, he was taking the rest of the day off, and we were going fishing! We all piled into our truck and headed out. On the way, my dad stopped to pick up a friend who was walking along the road with a fishing pole over his shoulder. He jumped into the back of the truck and when we approached the turn off to a windy little road, he knocked on the back window and told my dad there was a real good fishing hole about 2 miles in but we'd have to walk a little ways to get there. Dad decided to try it. When we got to the end of the track there was a little log cabin, kind of falling down a bit. Behind the cabin was a storage shed and a tree with an old tire tied to it that we kids all took turns swinging on. Mom woke me up for school before the dream was over and I thought no more about it until the following saturday, when my dad came in early from work and announced that he was taking us all fishing! This was a rare event for us and I immediately remembered my dream. Everything happened as I have just described it. After we had picked up his friend, I told my dad about the dream because I was feeling a little creepy about it by then. He laughed at first but after I described the road and his friend knocked on the window when we got there, he wasn't laughing anymore. As we went along, everything was right where I said it would be and nobody could explain to me how I came to know these things. I had never been there before. We all had a good time and nothing happened to any of us but it was such a welcoming little place that when I thought about it in later years, I had the feeling that someone or something had just wanted a bit of company and so sent me a dream. We returned to the spot many times over the years and always caught our limit there.
I was dreaming about that I was in a class. The next day I was exactly the same spot where I was. And what's the experience? Deja Vu.
Yes. I think it's mathematical probability. If you dream often enough (which we do), then you're bound to have a dream match up with reality at some point.
yup. ud feel like more like deja vu. it is something that trigger one or more of senses that signals that we've been there or have done that where most it are coincidence. like what causes you to dream chocolates, because when you are awake you craved for that. and once you had it, its all coming back to u now.
experience, you mean.?dejavu.sometimes i confuse dreams and reality.the point is, usually when dreams and experiences match they're about ordinary day to day stuff that have a high occurence probability.if they don't then your psychic.:)
YES!! You would NEVER understand.
I've had deja vu(s) too, but I've never tried to have an experiment on it (yet).
wen i come across sum thing .i feel i saw that in my dream ..usually things which donot matter .few months back i was sittng in my class room..sum one came n talked to me .i realised i knew wel before what he was going to talk ..though it was not very important wat he spoke ..i knew i saw that im my dream .i dont kno how but it happendmany of my frends joke abt me .they call me psychic !
hee hee hee.
I BELIEVE OUR SOCIAL STRUCTUTRE RELATES TO THAT AS DEJEAVUE , IF THANKS THE CORRECT SPELLING, AND I DO THINK THAT WE ALL HAVE THAT I HAVE BEEN HERE BEFORE FEELING, IT SEEMS TO ME LIKE A 7TH SENSE THAT WE DON'T MAYBE KNOW HOW TO USE OR CONTROL, IT CREEPS ME OUT WHEN THAT HAPPENS AND THE HAIR ON MY ARMS STAND ON END! CAN YOU IMAGINE HOW PSYCHICS MUST FEEL?
Yes, many times, when the 'dream' or 'vision' appears before the life experience.
I don't really know how to explain it. I call it de'ja vu, but really don't know what it is. One of my examples is' when I was a young girl - grade 6, I walked into the room where we had to pick out a casket for my Grandpa. I recognized the room with great detail, and yet I had never been there before---- It was over 300 miles away from where we lived, and as a young girl- I certainly didn't 'hang out' at funeral homes. This type of experience has happened many times throughout my life, and still is in my adult life. Not all experiences were from sad times- some are from happy times
Yup. My first trip into Penn. (trucker) I crossed into penn @ night, and went to sleep. Had nightmare where I was driving and fell asleep at the wheel. In it I drove off the Highway, and launched the truck into a tree filled gully. Next morning, I came upon the EXACT terrain. Trees, road, everything was identical. I then came to the curve in my dream (and reality) only to see guardrail damage exactly where I left road in my dream. I'd never been there before.
I've no idea what the cause was. Clairvoyance? or maybe a psychic "echo"?
It's called deja vu
it`s just the state of mind.or coincidence
DEJA VU !
Time Lapses !

Have you ever got dizzy or the shivers from a from doing something random?

I was playing a video game and I had this cheating idea I never though of and I was think "ha! too good to be true" and i got dizzy. What's up with that? Is that why some people faint? They see something unbelievable and then they pass out? It feels new to me because I never experienced it before. Have you? Name one experience like that. Maybe it was something you did that made you get dizzy, like me.
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Take better care of yourself
Caffeine and prescription pain meds often give people the "shakes" or make you dizzy if you get up too quick.

Have you ever been so embarrassed that..?

you can feel the nerves in your spinal cord tense and tingle? I have before and it feels so weird. My face flushed and blushed.Physiogically, what is going on? Does it have to do with feeling the ACh or NO neurotransmitter in the spinal cord, if so, why?
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When you are scared or embarrassed, your body releases chemicals that effect different parts of your body that cause different sensations. It's O.K. you are just human. When you think back about it in the future, you will probably laugh about it.
Your brain is a powerful thing!
Years ago I worked at a gas station and observed a good looking woman trying to figure out how to use the gas pump. So, I proceeded to go outside and upon approaching her I said with out hesitation "would you like me to pump your A** for you" OMG!! I was so embarrassed but she just laughed and said "well you are working so it would be a bad time for you to do that to me". She became a regular customer from that day forward.
Yes I feel that all the time.its so annoying. I have no idea why, but I'm with you in that I don't like it.

Have we stopped evolving?


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In a way, yes.. being that we are at the top of the food chain and don't have any struggle to survive, We have hardly changed in hundreds of thousands of years. We have grown taller though.
500 years ago the average man was 5' 3"
No.
Are you talking about YOU, YOUR COMMUNITY or YOUR COUNTRY?
I have dont know about you lot tho, lol.
Evolution is a SLOW process. It is so slow that we don't see or realize how we are evolving. Obvious signs of our evolution are changes in our height and weight and the fact that we have adapted to environments and environmental change.
there is no evolution. but other meaning of evolving is improving right. it depends. trust me there's no evolution. where is now the msising link? don't u believe that there is God. oka proof, why do all things are in order. ur eyes, heart , the sun the moon, how they work.
As a matter of fact NO!.
You might then ask why don't we find our hands sprouting an extra finger!
Well it may in the future.provided we have time.
The evolution procees spans over an indefinite time. It takes thousands of years to bring in fruitful results.
It doesn't take place in a jiffy!
Who knows! The present day man might turn out something ugly in the next 1000 yrs!
No, in fact theory says we are evolving faster than at any time in our species鈥?history.Evolution occurs due to many factors, but the primary factor is different reproductive success between different individuals. The larger the difference in the number of offspring left by the most and least successful organisms the higher the rate of evolutionary change.For most o the history of our species reproductive success was fairly narrow. Regardless of wealth, social position, race or anything else most people would see just two children survive. The difference between the least successful people ( 0 children) and the most successful people (probably no more than 4 living children) was tiny. And because of social expectations very few people had no children the difference for the 99% of the population was probably less than 2 child per couple.Today the difference is huge. Many couples are choosing to remain childless while many others are having 7 or more surviving healthy children. That means that the rate of evolutionary change is in theory 3-4 times higher than ever before in our history.%26gt;%26gt;%26gt;%26gt; being that we are at the top of the food chain and
%26gt;%26gt;%26gt;%26gt; don't have any struggle to survive..While I am glad you don鈥檛 need to struggle to survive I suggest you consider for a moment the 2/3 of humanity that do have to struggle to survive.%26gt;%26gt;%26gt;%26gt;%26gt;We have hardly changed in hundreds of thousands of
%26gt;%26gt;%26gt;%26gt;%26gt; years.We have changed beyond recognition in hundreds of thousands of years. Just 130, 00 years ago we were so different that we were a separate species. Don鈥檛 you think that is a fairly significant change?%26gt;%26gt;%26gt;%26gt;We have grown taller though. No, we have actually become slightly shorter.%26gt;%26gt;%26gt;%26gt;%26gt;500 years ago the average man was 5' 3"That is NOT an evolutionary change. It is entirely due to environmental factors.
Individuals don't evolve; only populations do. And no, we haven't stopped evolving compeletely. Though we're pretty close because selective pressures on existence have been greatly reduced becuase of modern health care.

have there been any people born without navals?


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The umbilical cord (which connects to the navel) is necessary for sustenence during fetal development. Therefore if one did not have a navel, he would not survive.
Doubtful
Can't happen. That is the only thing keeping the fetus alive. So there would have to be some sort of umbilical attachment somewhere on the body. However, its possible to look like you have a very unnoticeable navel.but that is just random.
its not possible, unless you believe in creation in which case Adam and Eve wouldn't have them
You mean human people? Only if there's been any cloning I haven't heard about. The navel is formed when the umbilical cord falls off the baby. The umbilical connects to what feeds the baby while its in the womb. So I doubt if anyone's been born without it.
No, only on TV. There is a new show called Kyle XY, and the main character is found naked in the woods. He doesn't have a navel (in billboards adversting the show, he his shown lifiting up his shirt to reveal this fact; also seen in link below)
Some had no navals, but only because they were landlocked and had no access to an ocean.
It is not possible to be born without a naval. The umbilical cord supplies the nutrients and oxygen needed for the fetus to grow and removes wastes that can be poisonous if not removed. However, it is possoble that the naval could be found in a different spot than the belly in the case of some birth defects (I don't know of any, but it could happen as long at it connected veins and arteries of the fetus to the placenta).
Kyle XY..
On TV.
Stop watching too much tv and get out more. =)
Adam and Eve.
yeah, all the time, they are everywhere.

have scientists successfully implanted stem cells into a human?

I've been working on a paper, and I want to know if scientists/doctors have actually tried to implant non-specialized embryonic stem cells into the human body.
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Clinical trials of re-implanting isolated 'adult' stem cells have been undertaken. A number of these studies have been directed at repairing damaged myocardium after a heart attack by infusing purified adult bone marrow derived and other stem cells.Other studies where recipients are infused with stem cells derived from umbilical cord blood have been used to successfully treat children with various disorders.At present, there have not been reports of implantation of embryonic stem cells into humans.
search www.pubmed.gov

Have any humans been cryogenically frozen in time successfully?

I thought i read an article about this on Y! news about 2 weeks ago, am i incorrect?
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Define 'successful'. Plenty of people have been cryogenically frozen Walt Disney syle.But if success also involves bringing them back to life afterwards the answer is no, no one has ever been sucessfully frozen and revived.
No but simpler organisms such as bacteria have been succefully flash frozen and re-heated (again in a fraction of a second) and survived.
Plenty of people have been frozen successully, it's the "waking up" part that doesn't work yet. ;)
in tissue culture labs, the cell lines are frequently frozen in Liquid Nitrogen for years n r revived 'satisfactorly' (i say so cos iny fraction of cells die). The success rate is significantly high.Ofcourse when it comes to organism as whole my guess is as good as others'PS: I have heard similar story with some animal models like sheep n goat which were frozen for 10 yrs..dont have the follow up.

Have American drugs companies gotten out of hand?

Are they controlling the way that medicine is practice? Is every patient waiting for that super pill to make them healthy?
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American medicine before the invention of Penicillin was mainly nutrition. Working at a hospital I see medicine pushed by drug reps. Some of these medicines are based on the idea of the sugar pill. If you believe it will work it will. Here is a classic senario for you that happens all the time at the hospital. A elderly patient comes in with a cold or a cough. Instead of doing cultures and finding what is the best drug for them they give a broad spectrum antibiotic such as rocephin. This knocks out their normal flora of bacteria in their intestines giving room for C. Diff. to become the predominate bacteria. This causes diahreah and the patient comes back for dehydration and feeling really sick because of this bacteria. Vancomyacin is then prescribed to knock out C. Diff. It does to an extent but then your normal flora of E. Coli end up mutating to Vanc Resistant Ecoli. This is not a neccessarily a bad thing since it is not a problem while it stays in the intestines. But by this time the antibiotics have caused yeast infections such as thrush and what not and you are very sick. The doctor ends up having the patient cathiterized and they develope an Urinary Tract infection with the VRE. They then develope Sepsis and end up dying. The catch 22 is that if they had not been prescribed the Rocephin this would not have happened, but the drug companies have come up with a "List" of drugs that should be given to any patient presenting to the hospital with any symptoms of pneumonia, such as a cough. It is called "core measures". If they don't prescribe these medicines they are looked down upon by the hospital AND drug companies even though these can ultimately end up killing the patient.
In an answer. YES
"Follow the money"
It's like this, wouldn't you charge the most you could get for something you made. Gasoline %26 stamps are just two items that will keep going up as people continue to use them and pay for them at that price. So that said, Yes they are in control because people need and pay for the products. They will continue giving doctors subsides. The MONEY talks. Doctors will continue pushing pills. Due to the costs of malpractic insurance and goverment taxes, doctors need more money to up keep there way of life. Instead of cuting back there expences, they for sake there morals and prescribe a pill for everthing. So, yes patients have been trained to believe that a pill will solve all ills and I can not remember when was the last time I was just prescribed to stay home and rest. Due to this fact, antibotics are getting stronger and less effective.
Drug companies Are Definitely OUT OF HAND! They advertise on tv likes it's a candy. It is sickening. They are controlling the way medicine is practiced by being involved in the government, buying out the medical colleges and trying to put out of business all the small doctors that still believe in natural healing first- the doctors that tell you to eat an apple, etc.
People have gotten lazy and think that medicine will heal them, when in fact it doesn't. It is much easier to pop apill then to change the way you live. Usually once you start depending on 1 pill you need another pill and another, etc. It is all about how you eat and how you live, excercise, etc. But this is too hard for us, some of us unfortunately are lazy.
We have gotten spoiled and don't remember that food actually comes from nature and not the food store and that health comes from how we treat %26 respect our bodies not taking medicine that later on is being pulled b/c they now did extra testing and realized the medicine is not good.

Has Xango been medically proven?


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there may be a clue on the xango website.*These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA. This product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease.thats a no then :)the science isn't barmy but we don't know yet how much these substances can help and if they do have no idea how much or which might be helpful.. If you like the taste fine but in general you are better of sticking to a balanced diet with a wide range of fresh fruit and veg! :)
I prefer 7-Up.
proven for what?
probably not but mango..
now thats a NICE fruit!
eat it some time. Good 4 everything.
 


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