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How much brushing time is needed to get a toddler's teeth clean?
I brush my toddler's teeth 2x per day with a tiny amount of toothpaste as recommended. We use a standard kids toothbrush, not an electric one.
We sing the ABC song while I'm doing it, to keep her entertained and to develop a ritual so she gets a…
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Are there health risks associated with dropping to very low fat levels, as athletes often do?
Even lurking just a bit on fitness communities shows that people often talk about single digit body fat levels.
Intuitively, this does not seem to be a 'normal' state of the body. People with such low fat levels do not necessarily seem healthy on…
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Why would a junkie have a grand mal seizure during withdrawal?
On the television show Fear the Walking Dead, one of the main characters is a heroin addict. After a couple of days without heroin, he goes into intense withdrawal, and either has a grand mal seizure or pretends to. His family is used to his…
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Does the "Dawn Phenomenon" of blood sugar apply to non-diabetics?
I bought myself a $15 blood sugar testing kit the other day because I've been experiencing some health things that are rare for me such as migraines (I rarely have had headaches my entire life) and a couple of other things that could be…
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Why do some vaccines have only a short protection span?
Why does the rabies vaccine have only a limited longevity of around 2 years (source: immunize.org), while the hepatitis b vaccine has a longevity of more than 25 years (source: CDC)?
In addition, if one gets more booster shots, does that increase…
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Are there actual cases where a placebo prescription or fake treatment has improved the patient's condition? I need one or two disclosed cases about it
Placebo prescriptions or fake treatments work for people who believe they are ill, and it can actually improve the patient's condition.
Are there actual cases where a placebo has improved the patient's condition? Most of the cases will be private,…
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What are the most common sources of added sugars?
I am also interested in removing as much added sugar from my diet as possible, however I am unfamiliar with what constitutes an added sugar when I look at an ingredient label.
Other than the ubiquitous HFSC (High fructose corn syrup), what are the…
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Effects and side effects of artifical oxytocin
I have heard that oxytocin
improves mood drastically,
is secreted in the body during certain activities,
can be synthesized artificially,
and the artificially synthesized oxytocin can be consumed
Does consumption of artificially synthesized…
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Is sexual desire after a vasectomy diminished?
Wikipedia indicates:
Some studies have found that sexual desire after vasectomy may be somewhat diminished.[4][5]
But the references [4] and [5] are quite old. Have more recent studies converged on whether sexual desire after a vasectomy is…
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How long does it take for the COVID-19 antibody to disappear?
I saw a news article says; 90 days after the infection with ncov19, several patients had no detectable antibodies in their bloodstream. This seems to be one of their evidence that immunity against ncov19 does not last long.
However, as mentioned in…
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For what definition of "significant" is it true that "99 percent of [Covid-19] infected people have no significant illness from it"?
Hoover-affiliated physician Scott W. Atlas wrote:
More importantly, it was never a policy goal to eliminate all cases of COVID-19. That is impossible, unnecessary and illogical, when 99 percent of infected people have no significant illness from…
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What is the Fatality Rate of the Common Cold?
During COVID-19, we've heard many comparisons between SARS-CoV-2 and the Flu, especially in terms of the case fatality rate (CFR). Currently, the Flu is thought to be around 0.1%, and according to the latest CDC estimates (as of 2020-05-28),…
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Why are antibodies not used as treatments for infectious diseases?
It seems like human monoclonal antibodies would be the ideal treatment for any serious infectious disease.
Unlike vaccines, they don't depend on having the immune system recognize the right epitope, and
Unlike chimeric antibodies, they wouldn't be…
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Is there a graph over time of Covid-19 test positivity rate in the US?
Back in mid-April some commentary/news was that the US was not doing enough testing as evidenced by the test positivity rate:
America’s 20 percent positivity rate is disquieting. The U.S. did almost 25 times as many tests on April 15 as on March…
the gods from engineering
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Why is prothrombin time not used to monitor the effects of heparin?
Unfractionated heparin (UFH) is an anticoagulant that main works "by inactivating thrombin and activated factor X (factor Xa) through an antithrombin (AT)-dependent mechanism".
Prothrombin time (PT) is an coagulation assay that measures the…
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