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Is there some kind of guard you can wear on bottom front teeth to protect gums?
Imagine foods that require you to really sink your teeth into and can't be broken into small chunks like a tough big piece of barbecue meat.
There must be some kind of mouth guard that has teeth on it that you can wear over front bottom teeth to…
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Can pathogens be transmitted from smelling something?
Long story short, when visiting neighbors the other day, a young child playing outside in the lawn stepped in some fresh animal fecal matter, and not knowing what it was, ended up taking off their shoe and put it within about 2 inches from their…
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Will using fluoride-free toothpaste eventually lead to tooth decay?
I've been using fluoride-free toothpaste for about a year now:
https://www.desertessence.com/store/natural-tea-tree-oil-neem-toothpaste
While I'm not necessarily averse to fluoride - at least when used topically on the teeth - I'm skeptical of the…
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cigarette vs exhaust gas
People always associate pollution to cars, but as a frequent biker, I don't really smell anything from exhaust pipes for all 'recent' cars.
When a car passes me, I can always know by the smell if the driver were smoking or not (and I systematically…
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Do dosage directions refer to the amount of medical product or to the amount of active ingredient of it?
I have a package of Daktarin oral gel, and want to decide what quantity to take. I have trouble understanding the leaflet. The box says that each gram of the gel contains 20 mg of the active ingredient, miconazole.
Under the third heading in the…
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How valid is the amyloid hypothesis in the causation of Alzheimer's disease?
I have researched this topic and found conflicting opinions towards the amyloid hypothesis in causing Alzheimer's disease. How valid is it?
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What are the health benefits of consuming smaller meals more often throughout the day?
My friend is on this diet where he has 6 small healthy meals rather than 3 big healthy meals. He says it is healthier to eat the same meals spread apart throughout the day. Now to avoid comparing Apples to Ice Cream, let's say the 3 meal diet and…
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Is setting your alarm for a long duration at a lower volume a good way to ensure you wake up in light sleep?
I usually set my alarm really loud so that I will definitely wake up. Usually that is accompanied by disorientation, headaches, etc. However, I read about 'completing the sleep cycle' and that it allows for more fulfilling sleep, along with easier…
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Why is medicine used to treat symptoms which are our body's way of telling us something is wrong?
If symptoms are our bodies way of saying that something is wrong and needs to be attacked/fixed, why do we take medicines to suppress our symptoms? Doesn't that negate the point of having the symptoms?
This questions is geared towards more mild…
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Delayed vaccination: effect on the immune system
While researching child vaccinations, I found (and will presume was sufficiently verified by the WSJ) that the typical 5-6 vaccines given to a child contain only 150 antigens, while the child's body is exposed to a number of antigens on the order of…
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Why is saliva smelly?
Why does saliva smell only out of the mouth, and not as long it is still inside? What role do oral bacteria play, and which ones?
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How long does it take for the vagina to return to the way it was after giving birth?
After giving birth vaginally, how long does it generally take for the vagina to return to the state it was before?
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Modern treatment of bronchitis
On the internet there are dozens or even hundreds of medicines claiming to help if you have bronchitis. But is there a modern and tested approach to treating this illness? Or has nothing really changed here during last 30-40 years?
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How is it determined that someone died from "air polution"?
I saw this question on another Stack Exchange site, and wondered, how do they even know that one person in China died from "air pollution"?
How do these studies that lump millions of people into categories know how to classify the deaths? Do they…
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Excessive sweating of hands/feet: what is it, and how is it dealt with?
What are the reasons for hands and feet that appear to sweat an abnormal amount?
Here's a bit of information, to explain what I mean with an "abnormal amount":
visibly seeing the moisture on hands and feet (there doesn't seem to be a pattern as to…
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