Health - 31 August 2007

If you have Aids and you stop having sex, Aids will still be in your system. If you are an alcoholic and you stop drinking, alcohol will no longer be in your system.

Besides that, most diseases have medication to treat the disease. What do you do to treat alcoholism, take medication? No, you stop drinking, that's how.

A word that is commonly found in the definition of disease is "involuntary". But when you drink alcohol, that is voluntary, not involuntary!

I also believe that many alcoholics will say that they have a disease because that takes some of the responsibility off them so they don't have to be responsible for their actions.

What do you think?

2007-08-31 09:06:51 · 9 answers · asked by john 1 in Other - Health

is anyone else out there just absoultley sick to death of the enormous pressure out there for teenage girls to be thin...
and the sad sad truth is i am one of them.... i think about food so much... and eat so little... i force myself to work at the gym to the point where i want to collapse... im so tired and sick of this thin-thin obssession that hovers over the minds of teenage girls....
I am a healthy weight... but i compare myself to everybody elses body... and i just want to stop it and i want to be HAPPY with me... but then again its ME who is obssessing.... but sometimes i want to disappear...
who else feels like this? any advice welcome

2007-08-31 09:06:30 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Diet & Fitness

These circles appears on his arms; forehead, legs, thghs and back. Some he says they itch and other times he never know they are there.

2007-08-31 09:04:03 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Skin Conditions

do u have to go to doctors for ur ulcer?is there home remadys to get rid of it or make it feel better?also does anyone else feel like barfin alot cuz of the ulcer. i feel so sick cuz of mine.i cant get to the doctor today and my ulcer hurts so bad i want to barf and that pains back and i just got a sharp pain in my back.what can i do thanks.

2007-08-31 09:01:23 · 3 answers · asked by ~~~~ 4 in Pain & Pain Management

Ive been have this wite stuff coming out of my vagina for a while and some times its liquid but sometimes it comes out in big clumps. am i going to have my period soon?

2007-08-31 09:01:21 · 3 answers · asked by Mrs.NICK.JONAS!!!! 1 in Women's Health

Like when my husband offered me a cheeseburger I took a bite and it didn't feel right and then my body didn't take it to well my stomach was bubbly and I got gassy....Does this mean that the fast food is that bad.. I've been clean of fast food for 1 month now and going strong..

2007-08-31 09:00:56 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Diet & Fitness

2007-08-31 08:53:02 · 12 answers · asked by bob j 1 in Men's Health

in the past 6 days ive been taking one dose of Provera to get my period and then start on Trinessa (Birth Control Pill) to regulate my periods every month.. and for birth control.. but last night i had an accident with my boyfreind and this morning i had to take the morning after pill.. i have to take the 2nd dose at 9pm. but i also have to keep taking a dose of Provera for 4 more days at 10pm. Will each medicine lose some effectiveness because of taking more than one medication at a time?

2007-08-31 08:51:59 · 0 answers · asked by Javier 1 in Women's Health

could this be an internal hemorriod?

2007-08-31 08:51:46 · 1 answers · asked by Elizabeth J 1 in Pain & Pain Management

please give me ssome tips or suggestions on how to stop

2007-08-31 08:51:20 · 13 answers · asked by johny b 1 in Men's Health

I have a cold( sore throat and sniffles) and tommarows the first day on the job. Does anyone know how i can get a little better??

2007-08-31 08:47:37 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Allergies

2007-08-31 08:43:37 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Diet & Fitness

If a woman has breast implants doesn't it make it really hard for the scanner to pick up on any breast tumours? I used to work in a breast cancer unit and the scans from the women with implants were impossible to read because you couldn't see if there was a tumour there or not.

Do you think that (overall) this would mean that women with breast implants were more likely to die from breast cancer as it would be harder to diagnose?

I'm not a professional but I'd be interested to hear from anyone who is any knowledge of this?

thank you

2007-08-31 08:42:53 · 5 answers · asked by Loralei 2 in Cancer

hey i was wondering what its called and what the verb of putting it on is.

thank u

2007-08-31 08:42:16 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Health

and if so , was it bad enough to come off?

2007-08-31 08:41:51 · 3 answers · asked by Krislinatin 1 in Injuries

I am really sick and in a lot of pain. when I got this bad a few month ago, my doctor perscribed me with Tylenol that has codeine in it. I never took it, because I hate drugs and whatnot and I know you can take codeine just for a high which I didn't want to happen.
Am I going to be really out of it if I take one? How does it feel? and what happens?

2007-08-31 08:39:55 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Health

that are still reasonably priced?

2007-08-31 08:39:43 · 1 answers · asked by truckinguy 2 in Other - General Health Care

It's effect on BP, heart, and kidneys.
Thank you in advance.

2007-08-31 08:39:26 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Heart Diseases

My hubby comes home from work everyday and drinks 2-3 glasses of wine a night. He says there is nothing wrong with it, and that Europeans do it, and it is just fine.

But I think he is ADHD, and uses the alcohol to relax. The doctor said he is too old to take ADHD medications, since most people his age have learned to cope with the nervousness. So he refuses to do anything.

His whole family is hyper and nervous, and going to their house is insane. His mom starts drinking wine at 4, but doesn't stop until 9. His grandmother is an alcoholic and nuts. His dad only drinks occasionally. The whole family grew up drinking with dinner, I believe.

Should I be worried about him? I do admit I come from a family that NEVER drinks so maybe I am overreacting? When does someone become an actual alcoholic?

2007-08-31 08:33:38 · 9 answers · asked by lefttheroom222 4 in Other - Health

2007-08-31 08:27:30 · 7 answers · asked by sweetnuthinz06 2 in Injuries

Hi, well I just got a travel brush, and my dentist recommends that I use it at school, and I agree with him, I most definately do not want food stuck in my teeth.

But where can I brush them in a place, where people won't hear, they'll think I'm a freak!

I just want to have clean teeth...! I don't want any plaque marks or anything like that when they come off!

2007-08-31 08:27:09 · 16 answers · asked by <3 2 in Dental

My girlfriend used the morning after pill after our condom broke on july 15th, she had her period by july 22nd, but has not had one since. from what i understand, her cycle was supposed to start over on the 22nd (of july) but it is now august 31st and she hasn't had a period since the one she had july 22nd. is this a side-effect of the morning after pill?

2007-08-31 08:26:29 · 1 answers · asked by Anonymous in Women's Health

should i somehow not eat? anything, a sandwich, sends me soaring. when i inject prescribed insuline doses of 43u lantus at night and 12u humalog plain with meals. no help these days. very little anyway. i seem to be growing immune to insulin. i suspect the insulin on ignites my appetite. i cannot go to bed (3 a.m.) without a cheeseburger. i struggle with insomnia and hungar. any very serious input will be appreciated. this is no joke.

2007-08-31 08:24:10 · 30 answers · asked by JIM 4 in Diabetes

Do any of the groups studying different types of cancer or other diseases really want to find a cure? If they did, they'd all be out of jobs. Aren't they just trying to develop drugs to treat the symptoms?

2007-08-31 08:20:20 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Diseases

2007-08-31 08:14:59 · 6 answers · asked by lili 1 in Cancer

a pedometer is a step counter you wear all day long. Can you really lose weight walking 10 000 steps a day? I mean, I walked over 6000 steps today just from around the house, grocery shopping, and walking my kid to school. I mean, if you aren't working up a sweat , then can you really lose weight. Approx. 2000 steps is a mile

2007-08-31 08:12:17 · 55 answers · asked by Cutie 3 in Diet & Fitness

It starts with an M. I cant remember. My girlfriend cant either. Please help.

2007-08-31 08:11:54 · 11 answers · asked by runcollin23 1 in Women's Health

2007-08-31 08:11:27 · 1 answers · asked by Debbie W 1 in Women's Health

2007-08-31 08:10:13 · 5 answers · asked by bootylicious 2 in Infectious Diseases

i am 28 and depressed....chemical imbalances run on my mothers side of the family.......even when i think i should be happy i am not inside......i am a little overweight because i find myself eating for comfort....please let me know what you think or if you have suggestions

2007-08-31 08:09:32 · 4 answers · asked by johnny r 2 in Mental Health