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Do some psychiatrists/psychologists still treat severe depression with electric-shock-therapy (ECT)?
About 9 years ago, my cousin in California confided in me that she was still undergoing electric-shock-therapy for her severe depression. I was sure this form of treatment was on it's way out of the medical practice, but she said she still had…
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Prevent hair loss and best food for it?
Can any tell me that how to prevent hair loss, and which foods are best for hair growth? Also, can anyone tell me that which foods should take on which time?
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Should eating before bedtime be avoided if someone wants to lose weight?
I have read many contradictory articles regarding eating before bedtime for someone trying to lose weight. Here some…
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Do the broken mercury thermometer causes any health problem or poisoning?
While using a mercury thermometer if it breaks and the mercury content in it is accidentally swallowed will it cause poisoning? and will it cause any long term effects or side effects on the body of the person swallowed it?
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Does fasting improve your immune system even when you are already having some infection?
I am one of the self-motivated activists who run some groups to answer various misconceptions about science and try to fight against ignorance, pseudo-sciences and blind faiths. I was recently asked by several participants about fasting as a…
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Is eating straight sugar ok, as long as I eat it with fiber?
According to a quick Google search, a mango has 46 grams of sugar (primarily fructose).
Now from what I understand, eating fruit isn't an issue, primarily because of the fiber that slows the sugar absorption process.
So eating the mango, which has…
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Are water only fasts healthy? Can they cause headaches or other medical problems?
I have been using the below fasting protocol that I'd like to use for intermittent fasting -
Fast duration - Sunday night (10-11pm) to Tuesday morning (4:30am)
Consumed during fast - Only water (2-4L) and black sugarless tea/coffee (2-3 cups).…
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What probiotics work for irritable bowel syndrome, according to Genome Medicine?
According to the Chicago Tribune, a study was published in the journal Genome Medicine that indicated that some probiotics work for irritable bowel syndrome (IBS):
In a study published in May in the journal Genome Medicine, the researchers narrowed…
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Is early morning sunlight as good as evening sunlight for health?
There are several references which say that early morning sunlight would give the best benefits (like this and that). This comes from the common consensus that most of the harmful rays, at that time, are filtered out by a thicker portion of the…
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Can you measure insulin resistance?
I want to know whether insulin resistance can be quantified. If so, does this quantification allow us to compare different individuals? Does it allow us to compare insulin resistance in one individual at different moments in time or under different…
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What are the natural and healthy ways to increase blood sugar?
Some relatives of mine have low blood sugar. Doctor told them to eat table sugar whenever they get a feel of low blood sugar.
AFAIK table sugar is not good for health.
What are the natural and healthy ways to increase blood sugar?
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Heart size growth after heart transplant in children?
I am wondering if they perform a heart transplant to a kid around 10 years, do the heart size increases over the years?
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What influences vaginal odor?
Some women have an unpleasant vaginal odor. This can sometimes influence their sexual activity.
What influences this vaginal odor? Eating habits? Use of tampons?
What can be done to limit this vaginal odor?
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How do anti-gas remedies work?
There are medicines for gas that you can give to children. How do they work? They are sold (in the US) over the counter indicating they are of low health risk, but are there any issues if to much is consumed?
Update I was not aware that there may…
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Difference in pain perception between women and men?
Recently, I joined my wife for the delivery of our first child.
At the end of the delivery, I told the midwife "that looked pretty painful". And she replied to me "it's painful for a woman, so you can imagine how painful a man would find it!" She…
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