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What is the difference between inflammation and irritation?
I wonder what the difference is between inflammation and irritation, especially in the context of tendinopathies.
My understanding based on MedlinePlus and Wikipedia is that inflammation is one kind of inflammation.
I sometime see the two terms…
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What is the cheapest or more accessible way to measure day-to-day hormonal activity variation on a patient?
Let's say I have 24/7 access to a patient and I would like to record a complete profile of his/her hormonal activity throughout a period of time.
I'm interested in the raw data. I want tons of qualitative and quantitative data to study and rearrange…
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Can the daily recommended Dietary Reference Intake be satisfied over a longer timespan?
Take a nutrient, such as calcium. According to Wikipedia, the RDA (Recommended Dietary Allowance) for an average healthy 44-year-old male is a daily intake of 1000mg of calcium.
Suppose you consumed, over a week, 7000mg of calcium. On average, you…
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"Uterine Disease" in 1880
In genealogical research, I have found a woman in the 1880 US Census in the Institute for Women and Children in New York City.Her illness is listed as "Uterine Disease". The Women's Medical College was affiliated with this hospital. The patients…
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Is there any clinical evidence supporting or infirming the usefulness of stem cell therapy to treat a lateral epicondylopathy for humans?
I have read some claims about the usefulness of stem cell therapy to treat a lateral epicondylopathy.
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Innovative treatments that include stem cell therapy, supplements, growth factors and platelet rich plasma are injected into the…
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Have T-cell receptors been engineered on viral capsids for targeting cancerous cells?
As explained in the answer of another question, a difficulty of cancer therapeutics is the delivery of the therapeutic to only the cancerous cells, which need to be identified among healthy cells.
The T-cell receptor (TCR) can identify cancerous…
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What safety precautions should I take after spilling isopropyl alcohol?
My 16 year old son accidentally spilled about 200 ml of isopropyl alcohol over a large area on my carpet. The problem is it covers a large area and it smell very bad there. The room is about 100 sqft . This is 50% isopropyl alcohol.
What can I do…
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Coagulation problems in blue babies
What coagulation (blood clotting) problems may the patients with congenital cyanotic heart disease (blue babies) have and how are they treated?
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Cold spray vs cold gel vs ice pack vs ice bath for tendinopathy
How do cold sprays, cold gels, ice bath, and ice packs compare when treating a tendinopathy?
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Do opioids lower pain thresholds across the board?
I was told by someone who should know (as they must manage post-operative pain) that opioids lower a person's pain threshold, period. I had never heard that before, and I was doubtful that the statement was correct.
As someone who studied the…
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Using inequalities to determine numeric QALY values
I hope this question is on-topic here. It is related to a paper published in PharmacoEconomics. It is related to medical sciences, but also to economics and statistics. I did not find an appropriate tag.
This paper describes a protocol for…
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Detecting a medical emergency based on the symptoms the patient presents
Are there standard rules or references for deciding whether a patient has a medical emergency, based on the symptoms the patient report? Are those standard rules international?
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I am in Germany and no health expert, but a data scientist…
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Why are the radiation doses of dental CBCT scan in mGy/cm2 rather than microsievert?
I asked my dentist the radiation dose of a CBCT scan and the machine gives the data in mGy/cm2.
I was rather used to interpret radiation doses in micro-Sivert because this unit takes into account the sensibility of the body tissues and not only the…
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How do dermatologists make a differential Diagnosis between Psoriasis, Parapsoriasis and Skin Lymphoma in an otherwise healthy person?
It seems to me, from the following Google Images search, that the dermatological symptoms for Psoriasis, Parapsoriasis and Skin Lymphoma are quite similar, excluding a certain type of Psoriasis named Reverse Psoriasis or Inverse Psoriasis1 which is…
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Can mold in a building cause fatigue?
Pretty much what the title says, can mold in a building cause fatigue?
I've been working with the same company for almost 11 years. The first 2 and a half years I was at another building until they moved my department to another one. My health at…
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