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How can cognitive decline be accurately measured in physicians?
The average age of physicians in the US is increasing, and there is ample evidence that cognitive impairment increases with age, as well as do adverse patient outcomes. It has been suggested that physicians of a certain age undergo periodic…
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How does the rare cancer mucinous carcinoma respond to radiotherapy?
Mucinous carcinoma is a rare type of cancer. It starts in the main cells of mucus, called mucin. Although this type of cancer can develop anywhere, it’s most common in your breast.
[ Cleveland Clinic]
I am looking for experimental data on the…
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Why does the BRAT diet recommend toast instead plain bread?
The BRAT diet is commonly used when a patient has diarrhea:
Cleaveland Clinic: What To Eat When You Have Diarrhea
Your food and drink choices can help ease diarrhea symptoms and get
you back to feeling normal.
Bananas. Starch in the fruit can help…
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Can an IPS panel in a monitor help relieve eye strain?
Working as a programmer, I have problems with my eyes. I am using eyedrops, but that does not help. Up till now I always worked with LED monitors a colleague told me that I could try one with an IPS panel. Is it possible that a monitor with an IPS…
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Best type of flu shot
This October I am going to new Doctor who is close to my home. Old Doctor passed away.
I went to CDC website and it lists many type of flu shots
http://www.cdc.gov/flu/protect/vaccine/vaccines.htm
In general:
What type of vaccine would be good for…
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Do kidney donors eventually undergo glomerular hypertrophy in their kidneys?
Quoting a line from Robbins and Cotran Pathology,
"Renal ablation FSGS, a secondary form of FSGS occurs as a complication of glomerular and non glomerular diseases...striking examples include unilateral agenesis"
Well since unilateral agenesis is…
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What exactly is inflammation?
If I get stung by a bee, I'll have inflammation in that area. But I've seen inflammation mentioned in the context of the whole body.
What is this invisible inflammation, and how can its presence be detected in absence of symptoms such as a skin…
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What are survival rates of male patients in stage IV throat cancer that has metastasised to the lower pallet?
The patient is receiving a combination of radiotherapy and chemotherapy. The surgery to remove the cancerous throat tissue was not entirely successful as the surgeon discovered that the cancer had metastasised to the lower pallet. The patient is…
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Mixed martial art fighters, and "not having a chin"
I am far from an expert in the medical sciences, but there is conventional wisdom that as an athlete in combat sports gets knocked out (concussed or otherwise) for the first time, it opens the floodgates to him/her being knocked out more and more…
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What determines whether an influenza virus causes the flu or a cold?
It's mentioned in many places, such as Mäkelä et al. (1998) that Influenza viruses are among the many viruses that cause the Common Cold (other viruses include Adenoviruses, Rhinoviruses, Coronaviruses, RSV, etc.).
Now, Influenza viruses are already…
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What's involved in an extraction of palatally impacted teeth?
I have two impacted teeth (some combination of premolars and molars) that are on my palate. They are fairly close to my "normal" teeth: generally, the only impact of them on my everyday life is a slight pressure I sometimes feel on the sides of my…
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Does flu vaccine contain aluminium hydroxide adjuvant?
I know that some vaccines contain aluminium hydroxide as an adjuvant.
Do common flu vaccines contain aluminium hydroxide too?
If yes, are there flu vaccines without aluminium hydroxide?
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Are diet soft drinks really a healthy alternative?
I am wondering about this because I drank a diet coke the other day, it had no fat, no sugar, no calories... Is it actually healthy to drink?
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Why do herpes virus infections (apart from chicken pox) resolve without dermatological sequelae?
OK, first, needed research and a bunch of other articles.
I've seen hundreds of cases of recurrent HV infections (labialis, zoster, etc.) uncomplicated by secondary infection, some of which looked horrific. But never, ever have I seen scarring as a…
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Are these eyeglass prescriptions the same?
I recently had two eye exams done at two different facilities (one ophthalmologist and one optometrist). I received a prescription from each, and I'm curious if they agree with each other.
One prescription says (for each eye):
-4.00 : +0.75 x…
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