Medicine - August 2006

If a doctor thinks you have something wrong.. why do they do every other test first? Why don't they test you for the thing they think is wrong with you.. instead of wasting time testing for other things.. THEN test you for the thing they think is wrong?

EX: If a doctor thinks you have.... ALS.. why don't they test you for ALS? Why do they test other things.. and THEN test for ALS???


Makes no sence to me. Each illness has it's specific diagnostic tests and differential diagnosis. Why would they waste time ruling other things out when they could test for the suspected illness?

2006-08-10 01:33:37 · 18 answers · asked by Imani 5

Is Paul going to pass this semester?
Are Gopi and him going to become offical?

2006-08-10 01:30:06 · 12 answers · asked by 0_0 4

give some details

2006-08-10 01:06:12 · 12 answers · asked by Naren G 1

I suffer from degradation of the L/L5 disc

2006-08-09 23:37:02 · 3 answers · asked by Alia N 1

2006-08-09 22:49:49 · 10 answers · asked by Rabia A 1

Stem cells have cured diseases today but there are others that could be resolved. Which one has the most potential and why?

2006-08-09 22:06:03 · 11 answers · asked by Bob 2

I am a post bac student going back to school to fulfil the medical school requirements. I have taken ONE year of both biology and inorganic chemistry and I have credit for physics. My BA was in Economics so I have plenty of courses in English, Math and the humanities already. I am taking the MCAT in a week and want to apply to schools so I dont lose a year. My question is can you be accepted into medical school while still short on Organic Chemistry? I will take it well before Med School, and I am a very good GPA since I have been back in school (GPA=4.0). If anyone can help that would be great, thanks...

2006-08-09 19:57:40 · 4 answers · asked by footlover213 1

I really know very little about the topic, but feel we are approaching the problem completely wrong.

Some of my ideas include:
1. Cutting off resource distribution (through blood vessels or other methods) to cancerous cells, essentially starving them.
2. Chemically neutralizing the "message" that tells cells to undergo cell division.
3. This one is way beyond us, but I wonder if we could ever engineer a virus to attack cancerous cells, since they would easily work on a molecular level with the DNA.
4. Triggering cell suicide somehow based on the time it takes them to divide
5. A few more that I currently consider to be unlikely...


Does anybody know where I can study more about this, and does anybody have any more ideas?

2006-08-09 19:28:05 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-08-09 15:57:20 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-08-09 15:35:11 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

or is it like done phsycologicaly where they tell u it works... and thats what ure brain takes on and thats why u go to sleep after the pill........ and what happens when u take the pill and it works and all the sudden u stop, can u get back to sleep without using it?

2006-08-09 15:18:22 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

What's the most interesting and valuable thing that you know?

2006-08-09 13:49:42 · 6 answers · asked by C O 2

I read that you have to have 4 years of college before beginning medical school, what are you supposed to major in in those first 4 years of college??

2006-08-09 13:42:11 · 2 answers · asked by ? 4

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.

2006-08-09 12:28:47 · 12 answers · asked by pumpmar 2

Can they still practice with special documentation in other states (like Texas)?

2006-08-09 12:20:06 · 2 answers · asked by Max S 1

2006-08-09 12:18:52 · 14 answers · asked by pumpmar 2

2006-08-09 10:07:59 · 4 answers · asked by Florida_guy123 1

The drug caused me severe muscle tightness before losing consciousness.

2006-08-09 10:05:17 · 4 answers · asked by rescueingyouisfun 1

how much does it depend on the time you spend at your college, I mean will I have to study at home for long times? because I simply don't have more that two hours a day to study.
should I forget about a medicine degree?

2006-08-09 09:38:44 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous

think you might have a certain thing wrong with you, then perform all these other tests to rule out other problems before testing to determine that you have the problem they thought you did in the first place? Sounds scammy to me, money grubbing doctors.

2006-08-09 09:22:02 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

what if the man is 43 and five nie and weighs 135

2006-08-09 08:23:12 · 8 answers · asked by teddy s 2

As my country is facing crisis of population explosion, I feel I must contribute in fighting with it . Being a surgeon , In all odds In last 16 yrs my achievements without mortality n morbidity along with research work in the field of male sterilisation are -
Total sterilisations (Male n Female)- 175,000
Highest no of operations in a day - 816
Highest no of operations in an hour 101
Highest no of operations in a year 24,968

2006-08-09 08:16:14 · 10 answers · asked by lalit 1

I mean, they ought to do good for someone, right?

2006-08-09 07:35:21 · 5 answers · asked by Jake 'N' Shakes 3

I am intrigued by why a man & woman fall in love.It is very difficult for to find similar people,the kinds we may fall in love with.But how is it that we fall in love of often in spite of our diffences,Does our brain supress rational thinking.Is there a scientific explanation to attraction.

2006-08-09 07:30:52 · 6 answers · asked by Serendre2 1

what shoul i do?is it a normal sense for homosexual person?plz answer scientifically

2006-08-09 07:30:04 · 14 answers · asked by isb 1

Considering that primate and insect's adaptability is superior.

2006-08-09 06:38:50 · 1 answers · asked by William M 1

would he get alcohol posioning?

2006-08-09 06:17:54 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-08-09 06:08:19 · 3 answers · asked by julestheory88 1

i weigh 110 and i only took 1 about 3 days ago

2006-08-09 03:36:19 · 8 answers · asked by sugar_kitty 2

like if it has sand loged in its throat what do you do? no bad answers l am a farmer l own 39 chickens 3 horses and four ducks

2006-08-09 03:24:45 · 8 answers · asked by Cassandra C 2