Recently I was treated at the emergency room by a P.A. who also had a Ph.D in Emergency Medicine. They called him doctor but he wasn't an M.D. so I'm kind of curious as to what a Doctor/P.A. makes. I also want to know the pros/cons of becoming a doctor in the medical […]
Look UP, put the lens on the white part of your eye, gently close your eye and move it around until the lens settles into place on the cornea. Touching your cornea directly is uncomfortable, at ideal. The sclera (white part) is much less sensitive.
Answer: I’m not an expert or anything but I […]
Recently a lot of prescription drugs have been switched to over the counter.
What makes companies decide this?
Answer: Good question. The only reason I have the ability to come up with is that a prescription drug becomes a candidate for over the counter availability if it is used for a non-chronic condition that’s relatively easy to […]
Is it really supposed to do anything positive for me? I'm skeptical, but my mother really believes in stuff like this.
She states the magneticness of it is supposed to help me if I'm sore or stressed or something
Answer: As far as I know, there is no good evidence suggesting those bracelets have any health […]
I want to be a Surgical Physicians Assistant and go to the UAB. They do not require you have experience but come on out of 350 applicants they only selected 35 for this program every year. I graduate with my associatesin Arts and Sciences next spring and I want to go to and […]
I had to get the TDAP vaccine (the tetanus whooping cough) vaccine and hepatitis b booster, as well as a tb skin test this day.
They gave everything to me in my left arm. That arms is very tender and sore now. I’m also experiencing on the left side a sharp chest pain occasionally. […]
I'm 17 and take extra strength over the counter tablets every day, i have done for about 2 months because normally it takes me hours to sleep and i need as much sleep as i can get. I know you arent make to take those tablets each day, but i cant stand having to cope […]
Does anyone know of any studies involving cholesterol and fat intake, along with a minimum required fiber intake and resulting changes in lipid panels?
With a daily required intake of at least 40 g of fiber, 10 g of which must be soluble and fat intake of 50 g a day (20 sat,15 mono, 15 poly) […]
My boss told me that if you take vitamin B1 it's supposed to prevent you from getting bitten by mosquitoes. Has anyone else heard this to be true?
Answer: Yes, I heard this. Unfortunately, it has been shown to be untrue, or at least, only minimally effective.
okay, if a cell is place into a hypertonic solution- is the osmotic preasure higher in the cell or the solution?
Answer: ok.. a hypertonic solution means that its highly concentrated!!!
And in this case thre is more solute outside of the cell than inside the cell.. thus the is a concetration gradient for solutes to […]