Medicine - October 2007

I am torn between going into forsenic pathology or tramua surgery. Surgeons make more in general then regualr attending doctors do plus I like the fact that you don't have to deal with b.s like people coming to you for stupid stuff like the cold or a headache (E.R. doctors do) but the resdiency is longer and by the time I finish a average resdiency 4 years I'll be 31-32 ! any med students, or MD's out there? please give me some advice.

2007-10-26 19:03:36 · 3 answers · asked by Sunnydelite 2

Simple language and maximum detail would be very appreciated.. thanks!

2007-10-26 18:32:27 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

I recently heard about a supplement known as potassium Iodide. I read about where it was given to people who could have been exposed to radiation. Somehow it helps to purify your body of certain types of radiation and pollution. I gave it a shot just to see what it would do. I know you have to be careful in taking this supplement so I went lower than the maximum dose and I didn't take it for more than 3 days straight. It really helped alot! It made a world of difference! So much so, that many people are saying that I should have my thyroid checked to see if there is a problem there. Because after taking the Potassium Iodide my world is totally different! I sleep better and I am much more calm and relaxed and no even half as wired as I used to be. Overactive Thyroid is a problem in my family. My mother, my grandmother, Aunts and Uncles! Just about everyone has had a thyroid problem in my family. Potassium Iodide is part of the ingredients found in thyroid medication if I remember right.

2007-10-26 17:46:58 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-10-26 17:29:17 · 5 answers · asked by Kendra B 1

There are so many different causes, and categorized by fail platelet production, or fail platelet survival... What I want to know is how to diagnose the cause.

2007-10-26 17:01:31 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous

I have a condition which caused my body for many years to over produce epinephrine. I'm now being treated, but I don't feel the same as I used to. Is it possible that this could have caused brain damage, even if I wasn't taking a drug, and the drug was being produced by my own body?

2007-10-26 16:59:52 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-10-26 16:55:14 · 7 answers · asked by ♥FABULOUS♥ 2

I'm doing a research project and the topic is overdosing with vitamins and minerals. We all know that that's bad, because vitamins act as catalysts and work with enzymes involving your metabolism. But no matter where I look, even in the medical encyclopedia, there is little or no detail as to WHY this is bad or what exactly the overdose does in your system.
any ideas? Sources would be greatly appreciated for further reading. =]

2007-10-26 15:34:11 · 6 answers · asked by linzayy 1

is it possible to do a brain transplant if you died?
in other words, put the brain into a live body...and youd be you with all the same knowledge and memories just into a different body?
i know the brain needs oxygen....so once it is removed, cant u hook it up to an oxygen machine or something until the operation is ready?

2007-10-26 14:19:02 · 20 answers · asked by Andrew Z 3

Two day ago I went to the hospital and the doctor asked me to take a regular blood test due to an stomach pain I have right now and when I saw the needle I closed my eyes, but when I opened them again, I saw a red spot in the finger of the girl who took my blood test. Now I’m really scared again because I think it was blood. I got so scared that I while I was waiting for the results; I had to ask her if it was blood but she said it was only ink from a red marker. I didn’t see the red spot again because she was wearing gloves but she wasn’t wearing them when she took my blood. This idea I have is probably a bit sick but I believe that the girl could have used her blood to infect me with HIV. Is this possible? Can somebody do something like that? Should I take another blood test in three months time? Or am I just being Paranoid???

2007-10-26 13:25:44 · 8 answers · asked by KIKO_Ivan 2

I found half of a blue pill in my house and i need to find out what it is. The last part of the name is 'son' but i cannot find anything. Where can i go to figure this out?

2007-10-26 10:14:41 · 4 answers · asked by Justin O 2

the corset can cause damage for the hymen ???? or any damage 4 my body???

2007-10-26 08:09:33 · 3 answers · asked by ????? 1

Is it possible, for eg: in cases of mentally challenged children, to stop the onset of puberty medically?

2007-10-26 06:54:30 · 6 answers · asked by Frodo B 1

I was on Paxil 10mg's for a month and had some side effects so the doctor switched me to Lexapro 20mg's. He said they were the same type of drug so switching wouldn't cause problems. Well a few day after I switched I started getting chills and felt really crappy. I've since cut my lexapro down to 10mg's(20 seemed too strong) and feeling better. Anybody else had this happen? I think the doc was full of !@#$

2007-10-26 06:49:18 · 2 answers · asked by bizzie 2

Please state your references if possible, thanks.

2007-10-26 05:53:02 · 1 answers · asked by BoRN 2

Could you physically die from being in high levels of pain?

2007-10-26 03:21:15 · 7 answers · asked by Devolution 5

i'm having one done today how is it done?does it take long?

2007-10-26 02:44:52 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

If your ldl cholestrol (good) is 88 is that too high and can you bring it down without medication?

2007-10-26 02:02:09 · 6 answers · asked by Rubyee2 1

2007-10-25 20:10:38 · 14 answers · asked by BURNMA 2

2007-10-25 19:47:09 · 5 answers · asked by mmmsquare 2

But... I'm sure its not sclera...

2007-10-25 19:09:27 · 3 answers · asked by Ammu 2

2007-10-25 17:13:03 · 1 answers · asked by Anonymous

in "dependent body region", or "dependent lung"? Thank you.

2007-10-25 17:00:23 · 2 answers · asked by Sword 1

I am a senior in high school and I applied to Juilliard.
I am a singer and actress and it is my dream to go there.
But my another dream of mine is to be a doctor.
So is it possible to graduate from a fine arts school like Julliard and then get accepted into medical school and become a doctor?

2007-10-25 16:52:38 · 8 answers · asked by Davis 1

Survival of a group of breast cancer patients is 100 at year 0, 100*X at year 1, 100*X*X at year 2, 100*X*X*X at year three and so on to year 10. How do I find the nth year survival?

2007-10-25 15:30:14 · 2 answers · asked by Richy 2

figure out what organ system each organ belongs to :
brain, heart, kidney, stomach, skin, lungs, muscles, skull, and small intestine. and if you don't feel like writing it out, can you give me a website with the WHOLE answer please?

2007-10-25 13:59:11 · 3 answers · asked by watever~ 3

We did NOT even consider the codine in it and now we're worried that he's going to fail the test. It was literally only a half of a pill. Does anyone know anything about common drug screens and how much codine it would take for a positive result?

2007-10-25 11:24:03 · 7 answers · asked by LJ 4

those round transparent container

2007-10-25 09:47:22 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous

if medics could acheive brain transplants from one body to another - would the patient be a totaly different person?

2007-10-25 09:11:56 · 23 answers · asked by pl_welch 2

2007-10-25 08:36:23 · 8 answers · asked by itai d 1