Medical Science

This is kind of an idiotic question, and I really don't belong on this forum as I'm only fourteen and have next to no knowledge of Science, but is it possible to see a certain kind of color blindness using something, or to erase color blindness? Because someone I know sees green as yellow and yellow as green and I want to see what they see, or for them to see normally. I know there's EnChroma glasses they can wear to, I think, correct their vision.. but I don't know. Sorry if I sound stupid..

The pyloric sphincter opens to allow the chyme, the partly digested food into small intestine from the stomach. Suppose a person ingested a balanced meal of carbs, proteins and fats equally with some micronutrients. Body starts to absorb carbs from the saliva itself and the suggestion will continue in the small intestine. Fat has to be digested in the small intestine. But proteins need to broken down into the amino acids by the HCL acid secreted in the stomach. What will happen to the partially digested carbs and the undigested fats in the acidic medium of stomach. Will they just sit tight and wait, till the proteins are fully broken down, or will they (c…

Hello everyone Let me be brief: APA guidelines report most statistics (all except for the confidence interval, CI) in italics: mean M, standard deviation SD, p value p, t, ... So what if I introduce my "own" statistics with their abbreviations, following these guidelines? Would I also put them in italics? E.g. gross tumoural volume, GTV or GTV? Tumour-to-brain ratio, TBR or TBR? Positive likelihood ratio, LR+ or LR+? Sensitivity, SN or SN? ... ? I know contents are more important, but aesthetics (and consistency and corectness of layout) of a document/book/thesis have major implications on the way I do or do not enjoy reading it. Thanks! Function

Hello everyone's, I come here anticipating an argument I will inevitably have with my very religious in-laws once my fiancé and I decide to have a child. I can foresee us arguing about whether or not my future child ought to be circumsized. Are there any real health benefits for having this surgery done? Besides the small hygiene benefits? Or isn't it a purely religious practice that somehow caught on to be the norm? I see it as unnecessary and cruel.

Here's a randomized double-blind study on the effect of distant healing (DH) on a population with advanced AIDS syndrome. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1305403/ So, is this evidence of nonlocal, spooky action at a distance in living systems? (aka biological nonlocality) Here's a review of the scientific evidences I found so far: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4654780/

Smoking being a tough habit to get rid of, the smoker must take the abundant Help to quit smoking. He must choose the right method for quitting smoking suitable to him. There are a number of methods to quit smoking. One among them is the nicotine tapering method. Nicotine tapering is also known as nicotine fading method. In this method the smoker reduces smoking gradually and finally gives up smoking completely on a particular quit date. The principle behind this method is that the lesser the amount of nicotine in the body, the lesser is the smoker addicted to cigarettes. As he gradually reduces the number of cigarettes, his addiction to nicotine also reduces and it be…

Someone I know has showed interest in a certain nutritional supplement brand, and I have included an example of their marketing material below. I have the feeling that they might be more marketing than science, or that there might be nothing proprietary or special about their product. I have not included any links or brand names to avoid potentially breaking any terms of use. Could someone more knowledgeable that I am evaluate the following statements: " Finding a Better Way to Deliver Vitamin C to the Body's Cells Ultimately, a cardiologist introduced him to the concept of "liposome encapsulation technology" (LET). Although the technology had been used by researchers…

I am a senior in High School, as well as a biotechnology student. I have done extensive research on telomeres and the possibility of removing the Hayflick Limit entirely. In a very close vain, I have done much searching through cybernetics and bionics. This leads me to a question I struggle with " Is it possible to bit-by-bit replace the human body with bionics, leaving only the brain". We have been able to create synthetic neurons and connect bionic limbs to where other limbs used to be. I also struggle with the indefinite problem with aging within the brain and if you could recreate that in the same way. If you have any input at all it would be much appreciated.

A glance at any official health bodies advice will show that we are entreated to eat more healthily, take more exercise and reduce stress. Presumably, there is some reasonable evidence that these factors play a relatively significant role in disease formation and response (otherwise, one would presume they would not be within the remit of such organisations). In what little opportunity I've had to read primary research on medical testing, however (I'm a statistician, not a biologist), I've not come across any attempt at stratification for these factors. If one is, say, testing the response to a new medicine, presuming these factors will promote recovery in your te…

I have heard that one reason hydrogenated oils are added to certain foods is that is extends shelf life if effect by reducing oxygenation of the ingredients. Could not the need for such treatment of the oil be reduced or eliminated by packaging the item in nitrogen or some other appropriate gas? It would seem easily done to purge the air and add the inert gas as a final step in the manufacturing process.

I would like to know if glucuronolactone (a energy drink ingredient) is a potential hallucinogen. Thank you

Hi, I am wondering how vagus nerve influence heart beats.The problem is,that I do not understand why vagus nerve irritation makes atrial extrasystoles.Because as I know,vagus nerve inhibit heart rythm. So how is it? What is the mechanism by which vagus or parasymphathetic causes extrasystoles or premature beats?If I irritate vagus I inhibit rythm,not even to make more beats.......Sympathetic irritation gives more logic to cause extrasystole,but parasympathetic??? Thanks for answers and sorry for my english.

You might have heard of it, the devil's breath, schopolamine. If you haven't there's a documentary on Vice on YouTube that discusses the effects of the drug. Now I'm still studying chemistry and haven't had time to get very deep into it yet, nor neurology yet. I'm getting to it, anyway, so here's my question, to the best of your knowledge are the claims valid? For those who don't know, the drug supposedly kills you in even moderately high doses, but in sufficiently low doses inhibits activity in the frontal or prefrontal cortex rendering the victim unable to refuse commands and unable to form memories of the interval of time in which they are under the drug's effe…

Not really a concern. Caffeine is a diuretic.

Dividing Droplets Could Explain Life’s Origin - Researchers have discovered that simple “chemically active” droplets grow to the size of cells and spontaneously divide, suggesting they might have evolved into the first living cells. A very important concept in the search for where life came from. https://www.quantamagazine.org/20170119-active-droplets-cell-division/

Many drugs reduce the symptoms of a disease or injury. This causes you to feel better but doesn't it slow down the healing process in your body? When you take something like Brufen to reduce pain and inflammation, doesn't your body then thinks it's less sick then it really is, which causes healing systems to be less ignited? When you have an injury during sporting, people often add ice to the injured part. By adding ice, you slow down the blood stream and metabolism. Doesn't this inhibit the body from reacting like it has to?

The newest diet/biohack craze is intermittent fasting. What are your thoughts about it being used to help cure diabetes? This doctor says he has personally coached diabetics through IF, and cured them of their diabetes almost completely.

Greetings to all, Just joined this forum today. Perhaps someone can help me answer a question that I've been pondering for more than a decade. Here it is: The human eye is much like the lens of a camera, telescope or microscope. An image, as it passes through the lens, is projected onto the retina upside down and backwards. It is the brain's job to sort out and make sense of the image entering through the eye. Most doctors agree that newborn babies see everything upside down for a "period of time" - but no one really knows for how long. Since gravity determines "up" and "down", wouldn't the baby have to be able to at least hold it's head up to begin to sort things …

Hello, I am not sure if this is the correct forum for these question but I have a feeling. At least this seems to be a place with a lot of smart people, which always is a great start. I want to start off by saying that I have been a stutterer for the most of my life (I am 18) and now it is significantly bad. I noticed that the whole last year was totally stutter-free but this year, it has turned bad once again. The stuttering does not differ when talking to strangers, family, doing presentations at Uni or talking in general - I stutter equally in each situation. However, I do not stutter at all when I am alone or talking to my pets. In fact, I have a youtube channel …

When do you think will repair of a damaged retina be possible and with what technology? Asking this as a ROP (retinopathy of prematurity) survivor... one with very poor eyesight. I can barely see a human from 100 meters away (and they appear really really tiny) I can't properly recognize facial features from 10m away (I can recognize people though) and I can't read normal books except from a few cm's away. Most of my field of view is in my right eye, my left eye is even weaker and I can't read anything with it (it is not blurred but I still can't see). No medical intervention for my condition is currently available.

Hey all, I'm aware that this is not a drug forum and that drug related questions get frowned upon at times, but this is a question to which I want an honest answer from experts in the field, based upon empirical evidence, previous research and existing literature and not some pothead answer who's knowledge is based on street myths. I got sick a month ago, and two weeks later was diagnosed with infectious mononucleosis. I'm not sure if it's done the same way here as it is in other countries, but with me they tested for the amount of white blood cells in my body, which was found to be thrice the normal amount (I remember the number being 29000, I believe the unit wa…

I spend alot of my time sitting in college and the bus etc everyday since starting college and am losing my six pack. My brother recommended using an exercise ball as a chair to work my abdominal muscles at home. What are the advantages and disadvantages of using an exercise ball as a chair over say getting a standing desk??

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Is pain a warning to ourselves that we should not overstress certain parts ? -Say pain in a foot- is a warning to need to rest, lay down, be gentler in use of such foot, or worse conditions will develop ? Or a dislodged articulation; or a cactus spine stuck in the flesh... or... Physicians prescribe pain medicine so the -foot- pain is not felt and keeps you walking/running/abusing the ailment... but is ignoring the nature sign of 'need to rest' and worse conditions can easily develop ? Can pain medication promote worsening by masking/ignoring a symptom ? Does it make sense ? When I asked that to a doctor pushing me for pain killers, his jaw dropped and ignore…

Does anyone have links to studies done about the difference in body functions during analgesia? I have looked on multiple search engines and nothing comes up.