Medical Science

I know most all medication have side effects but why is that the case. I thought medication works similar to lock and key analogy it binds to that receptor. If that the case why do most all medication have side effects.

I've been asked to help save a mauled cat (stable ATM - I've cleaned and debrided the wound with saline, cleared back some pelt, and applied vetericyn as a hydrogel over the gaping wounds - she's now sleeping and doesn't seem febrile). The veterinary option doesn't work for the cat's owner, and I have enough basic medic skills that I offered (reluctantly) to do what I can. Two big openings which suggest canine upper and lower jaws coming in and ripping out some hunks. Looks like the visceral peritoneum is intact, with skin and fascia torn away. Emough missing that it would need either a very tensioned purse string suture or some kind of graft (clearly beyond me). The…

As titled; anything relevant lately that you believe ? scirus.com died years ago; ojose.com is complex to navigate; any other you may suggest ?

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 night I had a horrendous toothache, I was nearly hopping round the room, I was downing Ibuprofen but it hardly touched the pain. In desperation, I dug out some old drugs that never got used, and I found a bottle of antibiotics that looked brand new, and I had written " for toothache" on the label. I would have used them, I was that desperate, but I looked at the date, and it was 2002 !! Even so, I was in so much pain, I was hovering on the verge of taking them, but I r…

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 was thinking, why not read them meat instead of dog food? Obviously cook it first to get rid of dangerous bacteria. and give them a blend of veggies. And give them some variety so they don't eat bacon every day. So the question is, Dog food, or meat?

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 health in the long run. In fact, is there any scientific evidence or study which suggests that it is possible? Or is it solely an unproven belief?

A friend of mine has been taking the progesterone only pill due to having issues with periods but it hasn't helped so the doctor recommended her the contraceptive implant instead. As both are just progesterone delivery devices I was wondering is there a way of monitoring the progesterone levels via PdG testing and a smartphone app while she is taking the pill to determine if maybe a personalised mini Pill dosage adjustment would work instead. Most of what I find online in relation to PdG testing is just about trying to get pregnant should this work in theory?

Please move to a deserved place; perhaps the lounge if convenient. Like 50 years ago I heard as some evil storyfact. Rock salt (NaCl) bullets or filling shot shells with it causes the wound will never heal. Is that a myth ? Just curious.

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 vaccines ‘ready by end of the decade’ Exclusive: Pharmaceutical firm says groundbreaking jabs could save millions of lives https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/apr/07/cancer-and-heart-disease-vaccines-ready-by-end-of-the-decade

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, whom I believe that it's verified, suggesting that there is no risk from diffuse, reflected sunlight. According to the link below https://www.aao.org/eye-health/ask-ophthalmologist-q/is-reflected-sun-light-dangerous What's going to be true? Is there any risk if I stare at the reflected sunlight from car for a few seconds?

Hello, Has anyone tried Ketone IQ? I'm checking it out at this website here: commercial link removed by moderator I asked them for their nutritional information and they gave me this: No carbs, no fat, no protein... just 10g of ketones per 35ml. The fine print also says it contains 2% other ingredients. I don't recognize any of these. It is said to give you energy. Does this make sense given the ingredients listed above?

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 believe this isn't more widely known and I was even more shocked at how little human data there is, again, given the seriousness. Does anyone know whether these effects are permanent? From the review I'm currently reading, it seems the effects usually last a long time post-treatment (weeks or months) and whether they are permanent or not is usually not answered due to how short the followup is. But certainly, the effects will usually still be present many weeks post-tr…

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 ? From what I know, when we reach adulthood we do not have a card telling what, when, where. Memories from parents may not be reliable either. Is administering to adults vaccines meant for kids a risk ? A record card would have to be mandatory to keep with youngsters documents for life. Is there such global proposal/initiative placing copies at several locations ? Particularly you. Do you know now as adult, what vaccines you received since birth; do you have a…

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 in humans in vitro and in vivo and "reasonably anticipated to be a human carcinogen" and in spite of this, the drug continues to be in wide use with seemingly no urgency to run a study to settle the question of its carcinogenic potential in humans. Am I missing something or is this insane? You can maybe say there's no evidence of carcinogenicity in humans, but absence of evidence is not evidence that it's not carcinogenic, not if adequately powered, well designed st…

Different brands, different packaging, different marketing terms, different prices, but are they more or less the same?

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, took some vitamin supplements and ate only good foods, but I wasn't able to stop the cough or relieve at all, until I took a medicine last night, bought in a nearby grocery store. I wouldn't say I have recovered totally but A LOT better, for the first time, over the last three weeks. Is it normal or does it imply that my immune system is weaker than other normal and healthy adults'? Does it also imply that vitamin supplements or good foods don't actually help one's health? As …

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 found and in the USA one source is lost everyday. Most people wouldn't know what was happening anymore than the three men who found this one. Radiological sources like this are used in hospitals to generate x-rays and other radiations. The number of people and the effort required to just pick and and remove this orphaned one source is incredible but the idea of how many such sources might be lying around, not just in junkyards or near military bases but left abandoned in the …

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 you might imagine. I also happen to be a diabetic, which presented some issues. They didn’t allow me to eat or drink for two weeks (talk about a crash diet), and when I was finally able to put something besides ice chips in my mouth , I learned they had nothing in the way of diabetic friendly fare. Essentially they you ordered whatever and they just shot you up with enough insulin to compensate. I mentioned that to the doctor, and while he agreed with the waste…

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 known effect?

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 identify knowledge gaps and develop "research-able" questions are fundamental to the thinking required in medical school and beyond. In fact, I have written two successful grant applications in the materials sciences which apply the same rules. My question here, anyhow, was directed to synthesizing a review paper for the biological or biomedical sciences (I feel less experienced/underqualified to write a clinical review paper that's meaningful). I understand what goes into…

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 mechanism of such process?

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 know that there may not be an absolute answer to this question but I just want to get some generally accepted thoughts or opinions.

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 circadian rhytm Apparently, the blue light is of a color emitted by the sun, so if you use your computer/phone late at night, your body gets the impression the sun is out and this disrupts the circadian rhytm. 2. damage to some part of the eye The other claim I think I recall hearing is that the light actually does damage to some part of the eye. This may seem highly dubious at first blush, since we're exposed to blue light from other sources a lot and if…

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.

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 medication (sugar pill) we're given. But a recent (small) study, in which the patients were told that they'd be given a sugar pill, the results were almost the same as deceptive trial; one of the patients suffering from severe IBS, was medically trained and knew a sugar pill would have no medical benefit, but she took them anyway; not only was her IBS symptoms gone, but when she ran out of pills, the symptoms returned almost over night. Anyone care to take a stab at…