Medicine - November 2006

what are "naked" RNA strands or RNAi drugs
and stripped-down viruses

They are related to RNAi treatment

2006-11-22 17:31:52 · 1 answers · asked by Ria 1

2006-11-22 13:56:22 · 0 answers · asked by dysfunctionalyMe 3

2006-11-22 13:05:05 · 6 answers · asked by robertski83 2

Hello
I am taking a b-complex sublingual liquid. It contains 1.7mg riboflavin, 20mg niacin, 2mg b-6,1200 mcg b-12, and 30 mgs pantothenic acid in every 1 ml. dropper. I started slowly and have worked my way up to 1 full ml. per day, which isnt alot. I take it for energy, and it somehow has been helping my panic attacks too. My question is, how much is too much? I am average weight for my height. I heard that if I take to much, that I will just pee it out. Is this true? Are there any bad side effects of taking too much? Could I just slowly increase and find a happy medium?

2006-11-22 12:45:00 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-11-22 12:30:35 · 5 answers · asked by osunumberonefan 5

For about two months now, I randomly shake. To others, it looks like a bad cold chill, but for me, it is painful and embarassing. I am afraid to see a physician, because, like I said, it just looks like a cold chill.

My "shake" is violent, odd looking, random (I'm not cold), and extremely painful.

Any idea what's going on here?

2006-11-22 12:11:05 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

Where does the lymphatic system start from, i know it involves the spleen, tonsils and thymus but where does it actually begin and if u lose ur spleen (since it does so much) how does ur body compensate

2006-11-22 11:48:34 · 0 answers · asked by Anonymous

I just heard a National Public Radio piece on prion diseases.

I learned a lot.

First I had no idea it was a protein misfolding (alpha to beta) disease (as I always thought prions were a form of viruses), and secondly when the protein combines with other normal proteins, the normal proteins are twisted out of there alph configuation to become beta sheets. How fascinating!

My question is this. If I were injected with an extract from a cow that was known to have Mad Cow Disease, would this prion disease be passed to my children (assuming I had no previous genetic defect predisoposing me to prion diseases), or would it end with me, dispite the fact that I fathered children while I was carried the prion.

This wasn't made clear to me in the NPR piece, which really dealt with a predisposing prion disease.

Thanks for your thoughtfull responses!!

p.s. I always respond to the best answer.

2006-11-22 10:34:01 · 11 answers · asked by dumbdumb 4

Hi, I have a few Qs :
1. is legionella encapsulated?
2. germinal centres contain small but critical no. of dendritic cells as well as B cells?
3. does germinal centre remain active and clearly visible for years after initial antigen challenge?
4. are the only critical mechanisms of T cellls in destruction of pathogens: killing of virus-infected cells and helping B cells make Ab?

please explain/site some web
thanks in advance

2006-11-22 10:29:09 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

I'm 20 years old and I'm not underweight.

2006-11-22 10:13:55 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

Has anyone taken Wellbutrin XL? When you first started it were there any major side effects?

2006-11-22 10:12:29 · 4 answers · asked by TrofyWife 4

Does anyone know the actual importance of chromatin structure, and how its important in transcriptional regulation. Plus if any one knows any good sites i can read about this add those as well. Thanks all

2006-11-22 10:10:18 · 3 answers · asked by twisted_elegance 1

2006-11-22 09:55:32 · 1 answers · asked by 1vn t_choine 3

I'm presently taking Wellbutrin XL 300mg daily and don't feel like it does the job. But...I know Effexor is hard to quit taking once you've started. Is it worth the "addiction?"

2006-11-22 09:02:33 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

The pill that was meant for women as birth control now don't take this as if I have taken one or someone i know was thinking of it or i was thinking of it b/c i'm not i was just WONDERIN what would happen one of those questions that sticks with you

2006-11-22 08:39:28 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

While working in the nursery at the hospital for my clinical rotation one day we gave an infant a dum dum(the candy) to lick on prior to performing a circumcision. I was told that its used as a form of pain management and that it had something to do with the sugar in the candy. Can anyone explain how this works to block pain sensation?

2006-11-22 07:12:35 · 5 answers · asked by sweetc_82 2

2006-11-22 05:46:06 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous

Collegues or medical people let me knoew about ISOKINETIC device enoug for 1 page......

Coz i can't find any good website or info definition,indications, contraindications, parmeters, & anything useful!

If you help me, I promise you to choose your answer as a BEST ANSWER:)

2006-11-22 05:44:19 · 2 answers · asked by Perfect_Human 2

2006-11-22 05:37:43 · 5 answers · asked by Ivaan 1

Please help!

2006-11-22 04:35:21 · 8 answers · asked by L.A.U.R.E.N 1

please !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

2006-11-22 01:37:41 · 6 answers · asked by TANMAY B 1

We have a different health care system in Canada, where if sick we call the doctor and the expense is paid by the government. How, is it where you live? If you must pay out of your own pocket do you delay medical care? What does a person do who has a serious stroke and must pay? Please share your experience.The reason I am asking is I have noticed many people ask questions about health care concerns that I feel they should just take to their doctors, but if they have to pay it may be a hardship.

2006-11-22 01:36:45 · 4 answers · asked by angel 7

2006-11-21 18:30:19 · 5 answers · asked by anuragmaken 3

2006-11-21 17:19:02 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-11-21 17:03:35 · 4 answers · asked by star 1

If I wanted to request an exam to test for drug use, which test would be the best one to request: hair follicle exam or urine analysis? Which one would find something even if the person hasn't taken the drug in some time?

2006-11-21 16:41:46 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

Every sense i had my son, who is 18 months old now. I have had upper discomfort in my chest around my ribs and really it kinda feels like maybe in my lungs. I though at first that i might of pulled a muscle somewhere in there so i went to the doctor and they told me nothing was wrong with me... Well it didn't go away so i went to one hospital which they said the same thing, so i have literally went to every hospital within a 45 min drive, all together i have had blood drawn which they said they tested for blood clots, i've had 3 ekg's and they said my heart was fine, i have had x rays on my lungs and they said there was nothing wrong with them either and eventually said that it was anxiety so they put me on medication for that well the discomfort has never went away so i stoped taking the med's and now i think that there just over looking something because i'm young... I'm only 21... What does anyone think is wrong with me?

2006-11-21 15:21:12 · 4 answers · asked by Ash 3

I watched a movie that other day where this guy got scalped in this movie and was woundering if like a piece of bone was taken off the top of the skull exposing the brain, would your brain even be able to function, or would you not live long? See I don't know what would happen.

2006-11-21 10:53:06 · 10 answers · asked by stealth5033 3

I have a protruding disc in my back (between L3 and L4). My Dr origionally perscribed tylenol 3, but I was only allowed to take 6 a day. It didnt even to seem to cut the pain at all. Or barely at all.. Today she perscribed Tawlin. I read a artical that says this medication can actually cause pain. Is that what is going tohappen to me? Am I going to be in more pain than I already am? Any answers will help!!

2006-11-21 10:42:16 · 3 answers · asked by debilee66 2

2006-11-21 10:31:16 · 1 answers · asked by Doug M 1