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How to stop or even reverse cavities?
This is not a question that requires any knowledge of dentistry. All I ask for is your personal experience.
What do you in case of a cavity and don't want to go dentist because you fear the side effects of drilling?
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How is the eye score interpreted?
I recently called my Optometrist to get my eye score so that I could buy my own glasses from the chemist. I was expecting to get a "+2" or "+1" or something like that but instead they gave me something complicated for each eye starting with "175/".…
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What does "prognostic significance" mean exactly?
I am trying to more fully understand a pathologist report and do not know what "Prognostic Significance" means.
Example...
Estrogen Receptor
Result: 80% positive
Prognostic Significance: Favorable
Reference Range: > 1%
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Does Benadryl (=diphenhydramine) lead to tolerance? Can I use it to help with sleep?
I am an insomniac and all the sleep medications that I've been prescribed have eventually had no effect on me -- I built a tolerance to them. It's a dangerous thing because I don't want to take lots and lots of all sorts of sleeping pills to get to…
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How much alcohol intake is required to trigger withdrawal?
Daily heavy alcohol users frequently experience a withdrawal syndrome if they suddenly stop drinking. I’m pretty confident that 2 standard drinks per day is rarely enough to trigger withdrawal, and those who drink 8-10/day almost always experience…
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how does alcohol damage the brain?
I am constantly reading about how alcohol affects mostly the liver and secondly other organs and body functions as well as causing vitamin deficiencies, but I did not find much information about the brain.
Could you elaborate on how exactly alcohol…
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Parkinson's Disease and Pesticides
Recently, one of my relatives, who is a farmer, got diagnosed with Parkinson's Disease.
He is 45 years old and has no positive family history.
One of the doctor told us that the occurence of the disease could be explained by his daily exposure to…
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How safe are backboards?
I have heard a fair amount of talk recently about how safe the long spine boards frequently used by EMS personnel after falls and car accidents are. How many - if any - studies have been done on this?
If there have been studies done on this I would…
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What are the possible health consequences of using whitening strips?
Whitening strips are very thin, virtually invisible strips that are
coated with a peroxide-based whitening gel. The strips are applied
twice daily for 30 minutes for 14 days. Initial results are seen in a
few days and final results are…
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Can oversleeping be harmful to overall health?
Is it worse than undersleeping, especially for healthy development? Does it have any benefits? I would like to know both physical and mental effects (or diseases?).
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When someone with glaucoma sees rainbows around lights, what exactly is happening physically?
People with open-angle glaucoma sometimes see halos or rainbows around bright lights (e.g. headlights at night), but not always. Glaucoma results in elevated intraocular pressure and thence pressure on the optic nerve, so it doesn't surprise me…
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What topical applications can assist wound healing and prevent scarring?
I have used vitamin E to help prevent scarring. Are there any other topical applications that can assist wound healing and prevent scarring?
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Long-term effects of lens removal as the vitreous ages?
In a case of pediatric cataract surgery where the lens was not replaced, there is no lens to serve as a barrier between the aqueous and the vitreous. I once asked an ophthalmologist what keeps them from mixing together in that case -- are they of…
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Can mechanical keyboards alleviate the pain of RSI (vs. regular keyboards)?
I have read in some places that mechanical keyboards alleviate the pain of RSI (vs. regular keyboards).
E.g.:
http://techshift.net/5-reasons-why-you-should-buy-a-mechanical-keyboard/
5 reasons why you should buy a mechanical keyboard
[...]
The…
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Rationales behind the order of applying the torso straps of a Kendrick Extrication Device
The French team first-aid guidelines define that the torso straps of a KED should be fastened and secured in the following order: middle, low, top.
(This order seems to be the same in other countries, like Ireland, where the straps are placed in a…
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