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Is long-term use of ear plugs harmful?
I wear ear plugs while sleeping every night. Is such long-term use of ear plugs harmful in any way?
I have been doing so the past 5 years without any noticeable problems or effects.
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How do you monitor possible Lyme disease after a treated infection?
A patient was diagnosed (through blood tests) with Lyme Disease after a tick bite and treated with first oral and then intravenous antibiotics, apparently successfully. The patient saw the physician the day after the rash appeared; diagnosis took…
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Why not induce vomiting after accidental pills intake?
I've read that one should not induce vomiting after an overdose of pills. The only reasonable explanation I found is that
caustic substances may damage the esophagus (does not apply here)
the vomit may be aspired in the lungs
While the second…
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Does skeletal muscle injury cause hypertrophy or atrophy?
In the following diagram from the Love and Bailey textbook I see that injury causes a decrease in hypertrophy due to a decrease in the expression of IGF-1. Here Love and Bailey consider a skeletal muscle model.
But in Robbins and Cotran (diagram…
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What are the effects of hyperglycemia
My father is a type 2 diabetic. He has always had a bad diet, but even since his diabetes came on about 20 years ago he has only really cared about preventing hypoglycemia (low blood sugar) instead of hyperglycemia (high).
This makes sense, since…
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How does a breeze cause irritated nose and throat?
The question popped in my head as to how a breeze (let's say one from a ventilator or ACU) can cause irritation in certain respiratory systems (e.g. nose/throat).
I haven't really found a suitable explanation by Google-ing?, so I came here to ask…
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Has the (in)famous J-shaped curve with regard to alcohol consumption and life expectancy been finally disproven?
Firstly: I am aware of the other question: Is moderate alcohol consumption beneficial for maximizing life expectancy?
Nevertheless, this question dates to 2015, and the recent campaign of medical authorities against alcohol consumption in any…
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Why is there no toxoplasmosis vaccine?
I assume there is some misunderstanding on my part about the vaccine-creation-process and which factors play a role in it.
Below is my current understanding.
About toxoplasmosis:
Toxoplasmosis is a disease that can infect both humans and cats. It…
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Are there current studies about long term development of WPW in children?
Our daughter was diagnosed with Wolff–Parkinson–White syndrome (WPW) at zero weeks age in April 2014.
I found a very interesting study from 1990 that talks about the long term development of WPW. It can be summarized as:
Among those whose…
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After a dog bite, why are vaccines given in multiple injections rather than a single injection containing multiple vaccines?
When a dog bites a person, why is it necessary to take about 5 injections or needles? Why not just one big injection?
Do they all have the same medicine? Or does each one have its own medicine?
Is the time between them important? I see on the…
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Breakthrough bleeding and antibiotics
Can antibiotics cause breaktrough-bleeding? Should birth-control pills be stopped when taking antibiotics?
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General Population Low Vitamin D Levels
In the answer to Is it advisable to wear UV protected swimsuit that covers arms and legs for skin protection to an outdoor swimming pool? by @Anko, it was stated that you can get enough vitamin D from a few minutes sunlight and this is supported by…
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What foods count towards 5 a day?
5 a day is where it is recommended that you should eat 5 servings of fruits and vegetables every day, similar to 'an apple a day keeps the doctor away'.
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Most things count, but apparently potatoes are excluded and I can't find a…
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Anodized aluminum, skin contact, and health risks
Are there any health risks from wearing a watch made of anodized aluminum? Will aluminum get into the body through the skin?
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If a human is irradiated, how contagious are they?
If a human is exposed to radioactive materials but later they are removed from their body, does the human remain capable of contaminating others? Is there a decay curve for the risk of contagion, possibly correlated with the half life of the…
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