Medicine - April 2007

I know they can be used to detect diabetes etc, but exactly how are they used and how do they work? The idea of musical tones affecting the human system is utterly fascinating.

2007-04-28 21:09:00 · 5 answers · asked by cawthy180 1

I am curious. For those of you who are doctors, how do you feel about answering specific, patient-related questions on the internet? Does this constitute a doctor-patient relationship? Could saying, "You could have X disease," be interpreted as diagnosing someone? Could saying, "You should try X treatment," be interpreted as giving medical advice? Would it make a difference if you were paid to answer questions?

Of course, I believe that this is a great forum for sharing knowledge and helping people, and I would hate to discourage people from doing so, but I do wonder if you feel that it is improper in any way.

2007-04-28 19:59:53 · 8 answers · asked by vegan 5

What are they generic for? I'm pretty sure that 349 is vicoden. what is 387?
thanks

2007-04-28 16:29:20 · 3 answers · asked by stickyicky 1

2007-04-28 14:26:53 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

Recently I underwent a heart surgery and now I am taking pills that reduce my blood pressure. I need to take these pills in different dosage depending on where my blood pressure is. What is a quality brand and where can I purchase this blood pressure measurement device? Thanks.

2007-04-28 14:14:05 · 3 answers · asked by mdigitale 7

I have hard time to understand how the kidney function and I just want to know for my class...

2007-04-28 13:53:34 · 1 answers · asked by AD 1

hey... i had been admited in hospital yesturday for gastritus.. they dignosed increased accounts (sgpt n all ) and gave me an antibiotic injection (cipro) which had an infection on me, then they gave me an anti allergy and gave me folxy.... then i don't know what happened, i had a mark on my hand and they thought i tried to hurt myself, and they shifted me to the physcatric ward and then i got out yelling at them... now they gave me augmenton (antibiotics) which i m afraid would lead to severe gastritus.. i wanted to ask if i should take them.. also they reffered paracetomol for pain.. should i take it??

i live in pakistan and i went to the biggest hosp in my city... but i don't trust them as there are news on tv and everywhere about stuff they do to their patients etc. like they killed a patient suffering food poison .. etc etc

2007-04-28 06:33:38 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous

my friend does not have a computer and would never be brave enough to ask this himself or go to a doctor and get charged 200$ and get possibly no good info and I told him about this place on how great you're answer's can be and said go for it so please no rude comment's, this is serious!

he say's that after taking a pooh and wipes, he sometimes has little dab's of Blood, this has been going on for month's and yet he never has any pain and no more than some dabbs, what's going on?

thank's

2007-04-28 05:45:44 · 15 answers · asked by the_peg_rox05 2

Has anyone been on this particular combination of drugs before?

2007-04-28 04:32:25 · 3 answers · asked by tinkerbell227637 2

2007-04-27 23:18:35 · 5 answers · asked by College Student 2

What do you think about gene therapy?
And once it becomes available to the public, is it ethical to use it to alter genes in your future children, etc. ?
What uses are ethical and what uses are unethical?

2007-04-27 15:50:04 · 3 answers · asked by dolly m 1

please specify all the subjects and if can give an reason

2007-04-27 15:10:33 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

Wouldn't that be interesting? Like a heart cell following the beat of a new cloned cell, the the exact part of the brain of someone whose already mastered calculus could be copied and put in MY head!
Hey, if you teach a worm to say, jump through a hoop, then chop it up and feed it to another worm whose never been trained, the worms who eat the body will develop that skill instantly.
I think anythings' possible.

2007-04-27 15:07:16 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

What are some of your concerns?

2007-04-27 14:16:29 · 17 answers · asked by WoShiLamer 2

My grandmother is 78 years old, is diabetic and hypertensive. 3 1/2 weeks ago she had a colonoscopy and in the process they perforated her colon. In the time that it took to perform the emergency surgery to close her colon her stool was leaking into her abdominal cavity and organs, etc. From this her body went into a state of shock where her lungs collapsed, she had kidney failure and had to be resuscitated. She has been in the hospital for 3 weeks and counting. She has been entubated two times and was on dialysis but that stopped about a week ago. She is now also beginning to grow some type of fungus on the lower part of the incision they made to perform the post operation and on on her vaginal area, I’m assuming this is from the areas not being exposed and are always moist. My family is considering a mal practive lawsuit but I wanted to know whether or not this is even and option.

Thank you in advance!

2007-04-27 08:51:44 · 10 answers · asked by KD 1

citalopram and carbamazepine??

2007-04-27 05:47:08 · 7 answers · asked by Kitty 2

I take 800 mg Ibuprofen for cramps. I was going to take it while I was on the phone but I got caught up in the conversation and now I can't remember if I took one. Stupid, I know. lol But my question is, if I already took one, would it hurt me to take another one? I don't think I took it already but don't want to take any chances on dying or something. lol Thanks!

2007-04-27 05:01:21 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

According to Kevin Trudeaux's new book, how does one reset the hypothalamus specifically for weight loss?

2007-04-26 23:31:28 · 2 answers · asked by Tish S 1

this is in line with Human Anatomy and Physiology

2007-04-26 22:50:01 · 0 answers · asked by giftedman88 3

i have glasses and i`m 15 years old so i usually blame them , but what else can it be...cancer..migrene...something!

2007-04-26 20:55:01 · 9 answers · asked by kvcreom 4

2007-04-26 18:05:54 · 3 answers · asked by Pruitt 2

I am going to be starting to take Lexapro tomorrow.. I am worried about gaining weight. Is the weight gain caused by these meds caused because you feel better and tend to eat more? I don't understand the weight gain aspect.. what causes it.. is it in the pill that changes your metabolism or ??? any personal experiences on it would be appreciated. Thanks.

2007-04-26 17:04:41 · 43 answers · asked by babyger71 3

I once heard it was just 10% - is this true?

2007-04-26 16:20:16 · 3 answers · asked by The Kiss 1

Yes, I know lots of folks say that it works on pain; but here's my take: I work for an acupunturist and have found that he doesn't use needles as much as acupressure. This has led me to believe the acupressure (a kind of massage) is actually what's helping his patients rather than needles. Basically, he knows that and only uses the needles if a patient requests it.

2007-04-26 16:06:03 · 5 answers · asked by adrift feline 6

Any one out there heard of PKD or have it them selves?

2007-04-26 14:13:30 · 1 answers · asked by sarajane 2

2007-04-26 12:47:36 · 9 answers · asked by lisa R 1

If you had a choice between a DO and an MD

2007-04-26 12:40:21 · 3 answers · asked by brewers07 2

The American Academy of Environmental Medicine was pioneered by a Chicago Allergist-board certified, more than 50 years ago.He has written several books re the impact of our environment-both food and air on human health.His name is Theron Randolph M.D. His research has been basically ignored by the mainstream medical establishment in favor of drugs.Why bother over what causes the disease--just try to squash symptoms-and forget about side-effects.In Canada-a doctor-Abram Hoffer PhD-M.D.also did groundbreaking research on schizophrenia with a simple vitanin-Niacin-as a preventative and even a cure for early onset M.I..As with Dr. Randolph-mainstream Medicine ignores his findings.
One famous person-an actress-Margot Kidder was cured of her Bipolar with Orthomolecular Medicine.
It is a shame that our culture based on greed propagates misleading information to benefit drug companies.Dr. Andrew Weil who also was a pioneer of Integrative Medicine ia also a true American hero........v152

2007-04-26 11:19:28 · 2 answers · asked by Jennifer Morrison 2

For reconstructive surgery, doctors will sometimes remove the fibula (the slender bone in the lower leg) to use the bone. Apparently, this bone isn't really needed as the Tibia can do the job alone in the lower leg. Could they remove one of the bones in the lower arm (ulna or radius) in the same way or would this have a detrimental effect and, if so, why? Why does removing the fibula not cause problems?

2007-04-26 09:53:34 · 7 answers · asked by Cpt. Willard 4

i am led to believe that the grey/white colours of a black and white x-ray represent fluid and dark colours to represent tissue. is this true? also, can you use x-rays to study tissue, especially isolate dead tissue from normal tissue?

2007-04-26 09:38:08 · 6 answers · asked by dbamansour 1