What is likely to be the underlying cause of my nosebleed?
As far as I remember, I did not have many nosebleeds when I was a teenager. But since 10 years ago, when I was 24, I first started to have nosebleeds which are usually spontaneous, I cannot remember...
View ArticleDiastolic vs pulse pressure
For an average individual the medical community seems to suggest a healthy resting systolic blood pressure of no more than 120 and diastolic blood pressure no more than 80 and a resting pulse pressure...
View ArticleIs the brain the only one asleep ?
Hello all. While sleeping; is there any other functions in a human that also go to 'sleep' ? Or is it only portions of the brain ? The production of cells, the healing processes that may be...
View Articleis there any scientific evidence that working overnight is bad for health?
I have a job offer that requires working overnight and there is no shift, so practically I can only sleep in the daytime. I have been hearing a lot of opinions that working overnight is really bad for...
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Cancer Vaccines
Recently I read an article in The Guardian about cancer vaccines. Do you think these vaccines are likely to be on the market available for patients within this decade? Cancer and heart disease...
View ArticleHow does a placebo work?
I think it's safe to assume, on this site, that we all agree that the placebo effect is real, and that it depends on deception. By which I mean our subjective expectation of the effectiveness of the...
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Is ketone IQ legit?
Hello, Has anyone tried Ketone IQ? I'm checking it out at this website here:...
View ArticleWhat are some cases (if any) of people coming back from the dead?
I am looking for cases (if any) where patients were pronounced dead by doctors and then came back to life. Are there any such cases? I am not looking for cases of near-death experiences.
View ArticleBlue light harmful - pseudoscience or legit?
I'm sure you've heard these claims as well, about the harmfulness of blue light emitted by computer/smartphone screens. If I have it correctly, there are two sources of supposed harm: 1. disrupts...
View ArticleSix in Ten in US Have Chronic Disease - is CDC correct?
This CDC stat I saw recently in a news article was a bit of a shock. https://www.cdc.gov/chronicdisease/index.htm "Six in ten Americans live with at least one chronic disease, like heart disease and...
View ArticleMetronidazole - shouldn't we be concerned that the question of carcinogenic...
Perhaps my search of the literature has been inadequate, but as best as I can tell, the situation with metronidazole is that it was conclusively demonstrated to be carcinogenic in animals, genotoxic...
View Articleis 2% considered to be safe or risky?
From the medicine or clinical point of view, if a medicine will result in adverse effect for 2% of patients who take it, is the medicine considered to be safe, generally safe, very safe or risky? I...
View Articlewill our body remove foreign object by itself if not treated?
If there is a wound which is contamined with a small amount of foreign objects e.g. cotton, tissue paper or metal shrad, etc, will our body remove it on its own if not treated. What is the steps or...
View ArticleUndergraduates writing a non-clinical systematic review paper in the...
Hello forum community, As a pre-med/pre-science student, I have found that reading literature, writing reflectively on the content in summary, and being able to synthesize data and findings to...
View ArticlePet therapy?
I woke up with a dull headache today. Coffee didn't affect it, paracetamol too. Neither breakfast nor pool. Later, I pet my dog for 10 minutes, and the headache gone. Just like that. Coincidence or a...
View ArticleJust a “funny” story about my experience in the hospital
A year ago, I was admitted to the hospital with acute pancreatitis; the heavy doses of painkillers they gave me caused me to develop a bowel obstruction, which resulted in a perforation. Fun times as...
View ArticleNatural of dog food, which is better?
I don't do this to my dog. But I wander if cooked meat is better for your dog than dog food. We all know processed meats are "bad" And if you think in a technical sense, dog food is processed. So, I...
View ArticleNuclear power sources abandoned.
This video describes how the use of an RTG to keep warm in the wilderness resulted in their deaths. The harrowing thing is the number of orphaned sources just in the USSR state of Georgia... 300 were...
View Articleare all omega-3 fish oil more or less the same?
Different brands, different packaging, different marketing terms, different prices, but are they more or less the same?
View ArticleIs it a sign of immune system problem?
I had been coughing for three weeks, but I had no fever and no other symptom so I tried not to see a doctor or take a medicine, I avoided cold drink and fried food, I drank mostly warm or hot water,...
View ArticleExpired anti-biotics
Does anybody have any info on whether antibiotics are safe, long after the use-by date? I'm talking about tablets or capsules that are stored at room temperature in comfortable dry conditions. Last...
View Articleis reflected sunlight bad to eye health?
We know that direct sunlight is dangerous to eye without any doubt. It's also widely said that reflected sunlight is also damaging, within a fraction of second. But I also find an ophthalmologist,...
View ArticleWill there ever be cure for Covid or the flu?
I'm wondering if there will ever be anti-viral drug or treatment for Covid or the flu? I hear one of the problems with Covid or the flu is it keeps changing all the time so I don’t know if a...
View ArticleTesting if vaccinated ?
Hello all. Vaccines administered to infants, if have no records or have been lost by parents could be an inconvenient. Is there a simple test to confirm if someone as infant received a vaccine ?...
View ArticleAre the negative effects of antibiotics on male fertility permanent?
I was shocked to find recently that there is apparently a lot of animal and some human data showing that antibiotics have a negative effect on male fertility. Given how serious this is, I couldn't...
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