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Could a high TSH level mean a problem with the pituitary gland?
When our physician suspects we might have a problem with our thyroid he sends us to check the TSH level in our blood. If there is a lot of TSH in the blood it means that the thyroid can't work quickly enough to process all of the TSH meaning that we…
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What study materials can a layperson use to gain a deeper understanding of lung cancer?
I am an outsider to the medical sciences, yet now in desperate need of knowledge to help a family member with lung cancer navigate the difficult medical system in our country. I would like to develop the knowledge to be able to read up on, and have…
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Can you prevent skin tags?
Skin tags, formally known as acrochordons, are small pieces of flesh that protrude from your skin.
You’ll know it’s different from a wart or mole because of its pedestal base. Warts are flat on top and go deeper into the skin, but a little ball of…
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Is it possible to test for anomalous color vision on common screens?
I googled some online tests that should test color vision problems. But then it got to me that any picture is rendered through the same 3 color pixels. Thus it seems - if one perceives the red pixel differently than the green pixel, that person will…
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What abbreviations for pill types are there, and what do they mean?
Looking through my prescription history, the first time I was prescribed a particular drug the label said "20 Mg Tab Auro". The second and third times it said "20 Mg Tab Nort". What's the difference?
In addition to "Tab Auro" and "Tab Nort", my…
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Difference between having severe social anxiety and Social Anxiety Disorder
I am sorry if this question seems offensive in any way: I am asking truthfully because I do not know the difference in diagnosis.
My question is by which criteria social anxiety disorder is diagnosed as opposed to just being a generally (very)…
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Why is it recommended to record the highest peak flow result and not an arithmetic mean average?
Asthmatics are encouraged to keep a peak flow dairy, which records the scores of their peak expiratory flow measured twice daily; once in the morning and once in the evening. They are instructed to take the measurement three times and record the…
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Does walking daily cause knee joint damage?
Now a days, doctors suggest to do brisk walk atleast 30 minutes daily, but I have seen few older people who undergone knee surgeries which I think is because of walking more than others.
If it is not because of walking, how a person who did not walk…
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To what degree does tactile stimulation affect muscle tone?
Hard to find the appropriate board for this, but I'm after an answer from a neuro-perspective.
A Naprapath once tested the tone of different muscles concluding that I was, quoting, (globally) "hypertonic". My question(s) specifically regards this…
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Can common cold really be lethal?
In the news reports after the murderer of John Allen Chau on the Andaman Islands, I have several times read that common cold could kill this tribe, for example in this AFP-report:
Fears that 21st century diseases as mild as the common cold could…
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Immunity of indigenous tribe
After reading about the American missionary killed on North Sentinel Island, I realized I'm not sure how to answer the following question. One of the reasons anthropologists advise avoiding the remote island is to spare the Sentinelese tribe from…
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Lesion of the Nn. fibulares
The N. fibularis communis splits at the Caput fibulae into two separate branches. While the N. fibularis superficialis innervates the muscles in the Compartimentum cruris fibularis, the N. fibularis profundus innervates the Compartimentum curries…
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It is well known that cigarette smoking makes Crohn's disease worse. Is it the nicotine or the toxins, or both?
It is well known that smoking increases both the severity and frequency of flares in people with Crohn's disease.
What is not clear is whether that is due to the nicotine or the thousands of other toxins in cigarette smoke.
A cursory search only…
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What are the limits on the amount of pathogens that a body can be immune to at any given time?
Before the seasonal flu vaccine was recommended for all healthy adults, people in developed countries might get vaccinated against on the order of 10 different pathogens and develop immunity for some more via natural exposure.
Now the same person is…
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What is the blood pressure within the right ventricle?
The circulatory system can be divided into two cycles, a pulmonary circulation and a systemic circulation. As the right ventricle only needs to supply the lungs with deoxygenated blood, the muscle is much weaker.
Furthermore, because 10% of the…
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