For the past couple of months, on and off, I have been doing weight lifting exercises and I discover that after my workout, as well as the next day, i will release lots of foul gas, say once every 15-20 minutes and the smell is worse than normal.When I stop exercising, the gas disappears. I'm a pretty healthy dude. I eat properly before and after my workouts. The foods I eat before or after I workout, aren't ridiulcously high in fiber or glucose, so I don't think it's from the food? Is it too much stress that I'm putting on my body? I dunno. I see much more stressful workouts from others at the gym. Anybody experience this?
Answer:
an alternative could be that during your workouts you are swallowing air. chewing gum and drinking from straws causes swallowing of air, as well as possibly your workout routine. pay attention and see if you can pinpoint it.
The only way for gas to come out is for something to go in. That means that yes it is the food you are eating that is causing it. Many, many foods cause gas, not just the ones you might think.
Saturday, October 24, 2009
formula pls?
if a physician prescribed 4gm of aspirin to be taken daily, how many 5 grain tab. should the patient take each day?
Answer:
1 gram = 15.4323584 grains.4 gm = 4 (15.4323584) grains.
Divide the results by 5.
wtf is a gm?.gram? no way a doctor says to take 4000mg of aspirin, niether would they say to take 4 mg
The (regular) 5 grain aspirin tablet is 325 milligrams.
This would represent 12 tablets per day.
This dose would normally be given as two tablets every four hours.
Or as on a prescription ASA gr. X Q4H.
Answer:
1 gram = 15.4323584 grains.4 gm = 4 (15.4323584) grains.
Divide the results by 5.
wtf is a gm?.gram? no way a doctor says to take 4000mg of aspirin, niether would they say to take 4 mg
The (regular) 5 grain aspirin tablet is 325 milligrams.
This would represent 12 tablets per day.
This dose would normally be given as two tablets every four hours.
Or as on a prescription ASA gr. X Q4H.
Forign Languages?
Ok so basically, i want to be a doctor when i grow up. But i also want to learn languages. Like right now im 16 and im going to costa rica this summer for a month to help learn spanish. But once i begin college how would i be able to learn a new language just living in america?
Is there anyway i could do both, without taking away from my schooling once i go to college. I mean like, the only way to actually learn a language is to live in the country... How can i make this work?
Answer:
What about taking language classes in college? Or you can study abroad (I spent a semester in Costa Rica). Good luck and have fun in CR!
In order to become fluent, pick up slang and sound like a native speaker you will need to be in a native speaking community or country, however you can learn a language anywhere. You do need to occasionally use the knowledge in order to retain it. Most medium or large cities will have some type of community set up around whatever language you are trying to learn. Search the net, you'd be surprised what type of activities there are - french language dinner parties intended to help people who are trying to lean the language, for example.Additionally most universities will have activities, clubs or other resources for temporary immersion environments, at least for the more popular foreign languages. I have also seen some residence programs at schools where the residents of a particular rooming house all sign an agreement to only use a specific foreign language within the house.Just a few examples. Really the best thing to do would be to ask the department head for the language you want to learn at whichever university you decide to go to. They should be able to let you know what's available at that school.
Either take a spanish class in college... or use Rosetta Stone if you can afford it. However, make friends with fluent spanish speakers in order to learn the slang. Personally I would learn by just making friends who are fluent in spanish, and learn from them while they are speaking.
Both are possible. I am a neurosurgeon, and as you are probably aware, neurosurgery is one of the most hectic superspecialities of medical sciences. However, I am fluent with four languages in addition to English and am busy with the fifth one now. I have found that the best way to go about it is to buy a language-learning kit (these are available as CDs plus books) and start learning from it. You can get one or more of your friends motivated into doing the same. As you all progress, you can all start conversing in that new language in bits and pieces and increase the amount. I have found that you can do wonders with this. The CD will give you the correct way to pronounce the words and the book will show you how it is written. The conversations will make you fluent and confident. For me, it takes about a year to become fluent in a new language. Suppose it takes a year for you and your friends to acquire fluency, you can all then plan a 2-week trip to the place where that language is spoken. It gives a real high.All the best.
Is there anyway i could do both, without taking away from my schooling once i go to college. I mean like, the only way to actually learn a language is to live in the country... How can i make this work?
Answer:
What about taking language classes in college? Or you can study abroad (I spent a semester in Costa Rica). Good luck and have fun in CR!
In order to become fluent, pick up slang and sound like a native speaker you will need to be in a native speaking community or country, however you can learn a language anywhere. You do need to occasionally use the knowledge in order to retain it. Most medium or large cities will have some type of community set up around whatever language you are trying to learn. Search the net, you'd be surprised what type of activities there are - french language dinner parties intended to help people who are trying to lean the language, for example.Additionally most universities will have activities, clubs or other resources for temporary immersion environments, at least for the more popular foreign languages. I have also seen some residence programs at schools where the residents of a particular rooming house all sign an agreement to only use a specific foreign language within the house.Just a few examples. Really the best thing to do would be to ask the department head for the language you want to learn at whichever university you decide to go to. They should be able to let you know what's available at that school.
Either take a spanish class in college... or use Rosetta Stone if you can afford it. However, make friends with fluent spanish speakers in order to learn the slang. Personally I would learn by just making friends who are fluent in spanish, and learn from them while they are speaking.
Both are possible. I am a neurosurgeon, and as you are probably aware, neurosurgery is one of the most hectic superspecialities of medical sciences. However, I am fluent with four languages in addition to English and am busy with the fifth one now. I have found that the best way to go about it is to buy a language-learning kit (these are available as CDs plus books) and start learning from it. You can get one or more of your friends motivated into doing the same. As you all progress, you can all start conversing in that new language in bits and pieces and increase the amount. I have found that you can do wonders with this. The CD will give you the correct way to pronounce the words and the book will show you how it is written. The conversations will make you fluent and confident. For me, it takes about a year to become fluent in a new language. Suppose it takes a year for you and your friends to acquire fluency, you can all then plan a 2-week trip to the place where that language is spoken. It gives a real high.All the best.
forensics of skeleton?
a skeleton was found in a wooded are. it was brought to a forensic medicine laboratory for identification. the first thing the coroner did was determine the age, sex, and possible the size of the person. what was examined in order to get this information?
Answer:
Age, Stature, and Sex:
Usually, examination of the pubic bone, sacroiliac joint, amount of dental wear, cranium, arthritic changes in the spine, and microscopic studies of bones and teeth narrows the age estimate.
Estimation of stature can be narrowed by measuring one or more complete long bones, preferably a femur or tibia. If stature estimates are based on incomplete long bones, less confidence can be placed in them. This measurement of the maximum length of the bone can then be plugged into a formula based on race and sex to produce an estimate.
The sex can be determined by x-rays and comparative measurements of various bones of the body. These bones could be that of the cranium, radius, ulna, scapula, clavicle, humerus, etc. and the more bones that are available, the better for more accuracy. Bu the pubic bone is the most reliable sex indicator in the human skeleton. Female sciatic notches are wider than those of males, and there are also shape differences between the sexes. In males, the greater sciatic notch tends to be narrow and U-shaped. In females, it is comparitively open, with a lower width-to-depth ratio.
Someone checked the skeleton's driver's license :)
A medical examiner can be able to determine the gender of the skeleton by the dilation of the pelvic bones. The age and size can be determined by the growth of certain bones such as the radius or tibia. Additionally the race can often be determined by facial features.
When bones or skeletons are found, they are taken to a forensic laboratory for examination. The job of an anthropologist, a forensic scientist specializing in the area of bones, is to examine the bones, to possibly deduce the gender, age, height, race, as well as medical history and manner of death.
Select one of the following topics to read more:--%26gt; The basic task--%26gt; Growth rate--%26gt; Gender--%26gt; Height--%26gt; Bone defects
The Basic Task Top^
The first step an anthropologist takes during the examination of bones, is to find out whether the bones are human or animal, as sometimes certain animal bones will resemble that of human bones. Once this has been determined, the next step is finding the age of the bones by noting the growth and decay that has occurred in the bones.
Growth Rate Top^
Teeth that have or have not grown can also reveal the age of the skeleton, as young children will have not lost their milk teeth and at the age of 18, wisdom teeth first appear. During the teenage years, bones become thicker and larger and fuse together in a process known as 'ossification'. Ossification occurs in 800 points of the body and is the best guide to revealing the age of a child's skeleton. An example of ossification occurs in the arms, where at the age of six, the two bone plates form at either end of the outer forearm (radius).
* Comparison of a 5 yr to a 60 yr old skull. Photo courtesy of Valeri Craigle and the Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library
At the 17 in males and 20 in females, the lower bone plate and the radius fuse together and soon after, the upper bone plate and radius fuse together. The bone in the body that finishes growing last is the collarbone, which ceases growth at 28 years. In the bones of the elderly, degeneration begins to occur. Anthropologists will look for tiny spikes that start to appear on the edges of the vertebrae, the wearing of teeth due to age and joints that show signs of arthritis. All of the bones in the body will deteriorate with age.
Gender Top^
When determining male and female in a skeleton, anthropologists look at the skull and hip bones, as there lie clues to the sex of the skeleton. The skull has three points in determining gender. These are the ridges located above the eyes, the bone situated just below the ear and the occiput, the bone located at the lower back of the skull. The latter two bones are muscle attachment sites, all of which are more prominent in men, indicating greater strength. The difference in hips is very obvious, as a man's hip are narrower and a women's hips are wider, being built for child bearing. However there are smaller differences in other bones, which anthropologists rely on when there is no hip or skull bone.
*The space between the hips of a woman are much larger than that of a man. Photo courtesy of Valeri Craigle and the Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library
Height Top^
Determining the height of a skeleton involves reassembling the skeleton and measuring the length of significant bones. By adding 10-11cm or four inches onto the bone length, it accounts for the missing tissue and muscle. If parts of the skeleton are missing, certain individual bones are used as a height guide. The longer the bone is, the better and more accurate the estimate will be, so the femur is measured first. The human height measures roughly two and two thirds the length of the femur, though it also depends on the race and sex of the skeleton.
Bone Defects Top^
Disease, injury and birth defects are also revealed in the bones. Birth defects such as spina bifida, some infectious diseases, poor diet and cancer can all be damaging to the bones. In the case of injuries, broken bones and mended bones are easily visible and because they are so easily visible, mended bones can reveal identity. Work and hard labour leave damage such as occupational arthritis, which visibly changes the appearance of affected joints. The skeletal remains of someone who has died a particularly violent death are evident in the bones. Bullet wounds leave round holes, sharp weapons cause chips to be taken out of the bone and fractures in the bones also suggest forms of violence. Distinguishing between fractures that occurred before and after death is difficult, but there are some clues that are helpful. For example, the bones of a deceased person break differently compared to the bones of a live person and healing at the edge of a fracture indicates injuries during life.
* The wire left in bone to repair a fracture may give away the unknown identity. Photo courtesy of Valeri Craigle and the Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library
Answer:
Age, Stature, and Sex:
Usually, examination of the pubic bone, sacroiliac joint, amount of dental wear, cranium, arthritic changes in the spine, and microscopic studies of bones and teeth narrows the age estimate.
Estimation of stature can be narrowed by measuring one or more complete long bones, preferably a femur or tibia. If stature estimates are based on incomplete long bones, less confidence can be placed in them. This measurement of the maximum length of the bone can then be plugged into a formula based on race and sex to produce an estimate.
The sex can be determined by x-rays and comparative measurements of various bones of the body. These bones could be that of the cranium, radius, ulna, scapula, clavicle, humerus, etc. and the more bones that are available, the better for more accuracy. Bu the pubic bone is the most reliable sex indicator in the human skeleton. Female sciatic notches are wider than those of males, and there are also shape differences between the sexes. In males, the greater sciatic notch tends to be narrow and U-shaped. In females, it is comparitively open, with a lower width-to-depth ratio.
Someone checked the skeleton's driver's license :)
A medical examiner can be able to determine the gender of the skeleton by the dilation of the pelvic bones. The age and size can be determined by the growth of certain bones such as the radius or tibia. Additionally the race can often be determined by facial features.
When bones or skeletons are found, they are taken to a forensic laboratory for examination. The job of an anthropologist, a forensic scientist specializing in the area of bones, is to examine the bones, to possibly deduce the gender, age, height, race, as well as medical history and manner of death.
Select one of the following topics to read more:--%26gt; The basic task--%26gt; Growth rate--%26gt; Gender--%26gt; Height--%26gt; Bone defects
The Basic Task Top^
The first step an anthropologist takes during the examination of bones, is to find out whether the bones are human or animal, as sometimes certain animal bones will resemble that of human bones. Once this has been determined, the next step is finding the age of the bones by noting the growth and decay that has occurred in the bones.
Growth Rate Top^
Teeth that have or have not grown can also reveal the age of the skeleton, as young children will have not lost their milk teeth and at the age of 18, wisdom teeth first appear. During the teenage years, bones become thicker and larger and fuse together in a process known as 'ossification'. Ossification occurs in 800 points of the body and is the best guide to revealing the age of a child's skeleton. An example of ossification occurs in the arms, where at the age of six, the two bone plates form at either end of the outer forearm (radius).
* Comparison of a 5 yr to a 60 yr old skull. Photo courtesy of Valeri Craigle and the Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library
At the 17 in males and 20 in females, the lower bone plate and the radius fuse together and soon after, the upper bone plate and radius fuse together. The bone in the body that finishes growing last is the collarbone, which ceases growth at 28 years. In the bones of the elderly, degeneration begins to occur. Anthropologists will look for tiny spikes that start to appear on the edges of the vertebrae, the wearing of teeth due to age and joints that show signs of arthritis. All of the bones in the body will deteriorate with age.
Gender Top^
When determining male and female in a skeleton, anthropologists look at the skull and hip bones, as there lie clues to the sex of the skeleton. The skull has three points in determining gender. These are the ridges located above the eyes, the bone situated just below the ear and the occiput, the bone located at the lower back of the skull. The latter two bones are muscle attachment sites, all of which are more prominent in men, indicating greater strength. The difference in hips is very obvious, as a man's hip are narrower and a women's hips are wider, being built for child bearing. However there are smaller differences in other bones, which anthropologists rely on when there is no hip or skull bone.
*The space between the hips of a woman are much larger than that of a man. Photo courtesy of Valeri Craigle and the Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library
Height Top^
Determining the height of a skeleton involves reassembling the skeleton and measuring the length of significant bones. By adding 10-11cm or four inches onto the bone length, it accounts for the missing tissue and muscle. If parts of the skeleton are missing, certain individual bones are used as a height guide. The longer the bone is, the better and more accurate the estimate will be, so the femur is measured first. The human height measures roughly two and two thirds the length of the femur, though it also depends on the race and sex of the skeleton.
Bone Defects Top^
Disease, injury and birth defects are also revealed in the bones. Birth defects such as spina bifida, some infectious diseases, poor diet and cancer can all be damaging to the bones. In the case of injuries, broken bones and mended bones are easily visible and because they are so easily visible, mended bones can reveal identity. Work and hard labour leave damage such as occupational arthritis, which visibly changes the appearance of affected joints. The skeletal remains of someone who has died a particularly violent death are evident in the bones. Bullet wounds leave round holes, sharp weapons cause chips to be taken out of the bone and fractures in the bones also suggest forms of violence. Distinguishing between fractures that occurred before and after death is difficult, but there are some clues that are helpful. For example, the bones of a deceased person break differently compared to the bones of a live person and healing at the edge of a fracture indicates injuries during life.
* The wire left in bone to repair a fracture may give away the unknown identity. Photo courtesy of Valeri Craigle and the Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library
for what indication would a patient be on both?
liothyronine and levothyroxine?
Answer:
Both are thyroid hormones: T3 and T4 respectively. The approved indications are the same for both drugs: thyroid replacement/supplement in low-thyroid states (hypothyroidism), for pituatary TSH suppression, and as diagnostic agents. If you are on both, ask your endocrinologist why not one or the other.
Doctors tell me I'm both sexy and the cute girl next door type. So my answer is yes, you can be both!
Answer:
Both are thyroid hormones: T3 and T4 respectively. The approved indications are the same for both drugs: thyroid replacement/supplement in low-thyroid states (hypothyroidism), for pituatary TSH suppression, and as diagnostic agents. If you are on both, ask your endocrinologist why not one or the other.
Doctors tell me I'm both sexy and the cute girl next door type. So my answer is yes, you can be both!
For what condition could a short peripheral catheter (IV) be left in place for longer than the CDC recommends?
CDC says 72 hours (according to my book at least). The question on my homework says there's some condition what could make it okay to leave it in place longer. It also wants me to list what is required of the nurse caring for a patient that has a catheter (IV) in place longer than CDC recommendations.
Answer:
The general guideline is 72 hours and like all guidlines it is not set in stone. If for instance you knew this patient was not going to need it for more than one more day and it looked perfectly good, no infection, good flow through it then you can elect to leave it another day. Yes, if you know it's going to be another few days then go ahead and change it. The big thing the nurse is watching for are any signs of infection, clotting of the catheter and not flowing well.
I wouldn't know about the diseases that would make it OK to leave it in longer - I've always learned that if an IV was necessary for longer than 72 hours the patient should get a new one. About the caring for the nurse caring: clean it daily with, change the bandages that keeps it in place, and observe the skin around it for signs of infection (redness, is the skin warm or tender?).
If that iv went into the last good vein, you'd better not touch it until you have a new iv in place.The patient's doctor would need to weigh the risks of a central line in a patient with impossible iv access against the risk of leaving the iv where it is.Sorry, can't help you much with the nursing side. Just don't send a patient to my OR without an iv because the 72 hours was up. I'm serious.
If it's impossible to get another vein (bad veins), the person is going home or getting a central line soon, and IV access is absolutely needed.You would have to document who said it was ok and why.
Answer:
The general guideline is 72 hours and like all guidlines it is not set in stone. If for instance you knew this patient was not going to need it for more than one more day and it looked perfectly good, no infection, good flow through it then you can elect to leave it another day. Yes, if you know it's going to be another few days then go ahead and change it. The big thing the nurse is watching for are any signs of infection, clotting of the catheter and not flowing well.
I wouldn't know about the diseases that would make it OK to leave it in longer - I've always learned that if an IV was necessary for longer than 72 hours the patient should get a new one. About the caring for the nurse caring: clean it daily with, change the bandages that keeps it in place, and observe the skin around it for signs of infection (redness, is the skin warm or tender?).
If that iv went into the last good vein, you'd better not touch it until you have a new iv in place.The patient's doctor would need to weigh the risks of a central line in a patient with impossible iv access against the risk of leaving the iv where it is.Sorry, can't help you much with the nursing side. Just don't send a patient to my OR without an iv because the 72 hours was up. I'm serious.
If it's impossible to get another vein (bad veins), the person is going home or getting a central line soon, and IV access is absolutely needed.You would have to document who said it was ok and why.
For USMLE takers, Med students & doctors..help me out!?
I am planning to take USMLE, How can I prepare well for the tests %26 what should I expect?!
by the way. I've never taken it before!
Answer:
Hi, All depends in how much time you have to prepare for the USMLE step 1Make a schedule!! Its very important that if you start with a prepared schedule to stick with it from start to finish.Kaplan is a great resource, depends in how you learn. If you learn taking classes, then take a course with Kaplan or buy their videos. If you learn reading yourself, then buy the books.
Q-Bank is a most!! (from Kaplan)
First Aid is a most!!
They have usmle world (practice question) (much cheaper, but kaplan is better)
Try to do at least 50 question per day to practice.
Other resources are: BRS, and High Yield of every classes.The NBME offers a series of exams to practice. They have one for free and I think it has 150 questions. usmleforum.com and valuemd.com have a lot of inside from students from other countries. The exam is divided in blocks of 50 question (total of question is 350). You have 8 hours ( and 1 hour of break to eat :) and clean your mind between blocks)After the exam, RELAX!
Well I hope I can help you. Good luck with your exam. GBBye!
well there's only one way STUDY AND STAY AWAY FROM COFFEE, WHEN U CANNOT STUDY ANYMORE GO FOR A WALK, SLEEP.THEN STUDY!IT GOT ME THROUGH !
Yey! I'm taking Step 1 in February. Just study hard. After all, it's the most important exam you'll ever take in your medical career. Also, check forums on the internet. They'll have good advice on which books to study. Anyway, just study like your life depends on it. Good luck to us both!
If you go to studentdoctor.net there are a lot of helpful forums on taking the test and study strategies. One great way to prepare for it (in addition to reading First Aid and/or Step Up) is doing Kaplan practice questions through Qbank. Kaplan is offering a deal on their website where you can get 6 months of Qreview (which includes Qbank) for ~$500 - expensive but according to many, including myself, it's well worth it.
I have just taken the USMLE Step 1 last year and I am happy to share my experience with you.First, just to be sure, I hope you know that there are 3 part to the USMLEStep 1 tests your preclinical (1st and 2nd year) knowledge, most students take their Step 1 in July or August of 2nd year (right before clerkships begin).
Step 2 is two parts (clinical skills and clinical knowledge), there is also a Step 3.Since I have only taken Step 1, I am not going to talk about Step 2 and Step 3.The most important part of preparing for USMLE Step 1 is to work hard during your 1st and 2nd year of medical school. Know your lecture materials.I started preparing for Step 1 in the Christmas (of 2nd year). I signed up for an online question bank (see below for more on question banks), and began reviewing certain topics that I had found to be more challenging (e.g. Renal). By the time I began seriously preparing for Step 1 in April, I already had a pretty good grasp on those topics.Then I bought the First-Aid book, used it as a guide and went through all the organ systems one by one. I would skim through First-Aid, highlight the important stuffs and review the high-yield facts, then I would go back to my class notes (or sometimes review books, but not textbook) for things that I had forgotten. I gave 2-3 days per system, then I would sit down and do more online question bank until I got a reasonable score.Repeat this for all organ systems, then leave yourself a few days to do an overall review.Now, as for the online question bank, there are tons of them out there (Kaplan, USMLERx, USMLE Easy, USMLExchange, USMLE World, USMLE-1,2,3, etc.). They each have their own strengths and weaknesses. But I would suggest you buy two of these - Kaplan and USMLExchange.Kaplan is sort of the gold standard for Step 1 review. The questions are excellent and very similar to the real test in terms of format (may be a little bit harder than the real test). The interface is reasonably similar to the real USMLE testing interface, and it offers great performance tracking functions. The only downside is that it is extremely expensive. If you really can't afford it, I would try USMLEWorld (or just use the following one alone).USMLExchange is great because it does not require a subscription. Which means you can use it for as long as you want. This is the question bank that I signed up during Christmas for my "pre-review" process. It has tons of USMLE-style questions, also of outstanding quality. You can choose to review based on discipline or organ system. And if you choose the "multidiscipline" one, you will get some non-USMLE-style short questions ideal for a quick review. It also offers performance tracking functions and USMLE-style interface. USMLExchange is not expensive at all, currently it charges $10 for 400 questions and it uses a sort of pay-per-view system. If you can't afford Kaplan or USMLEWorld, I would just use USMLExchange. By April, when you begin your real Step 1 review, I would just reset the account by clearing all the saved performance, then you can keep track of your review process.One last thing, take the practice test at the real test center 1 week before the real exam to familiarize yourself with the environment. Do not study the day before the exam, just relax and stay calm.Good luck with your studying!
by the way. I've never taken it before!
Answer:
Hi, All depends in how much time you have to prepare for the USMLE step 1Make a schedule!! Its very important that if you start with a prepared schedule to stick with it from start to finish.Kaplan is a great resource, depends in how you learn. If you learn taking classes, then take a course with Kaplan or buy their videos. If you learn reading yourself, then buy the books.
Q-Bank is a most!! (from Kaplan)
First Aid is a most!!
They have usmle world (practice question) (much cheaper, but kaplan is better)
Try to do at least 50 question per day to practice.
Other resources are: BRS, and High Yield of every classes.The NBME offers a series of exams to practice. They have one for free and I think it has 150 questions. usmleforum.com and valuemd.com have a lot of inside from students from other countries. The exam is divided in blocks of 50 question (total of question is 350). You have 8 hours ( and 1 hour of break to eat :) and clean your mind between blocks)After the exam, RELAX!
Well I hope I can help you. Good luck with your exam. GBBye!
well there's only one way STUDY AND STAY AWAY FROM COFFEE, WHEN U CANNOT STUDY ANYMORE GO FOR A WALK, SLEEP.THEN STUDY!IT GOT ME THROUGH !
Yey! I'm taking Step 1 in February. Just study hard. After all, it's the most important exam you'll ever take in your medical career. Also, check forums on the internet. They'll have good advice on which books to study. Anyway, just study like your life depends on it. Good luck to us both!
If you go to studentdoctor.net there are a lot of helpful forums on taking the test and study strategies. One great way to prepare for it (in addition to reading First Aid and/or Step Up) is doing Kaplan practice questions through Qbank. Kaplan is offering a deal on their website where you can get 6 months of Qreview (which includes Qbank) for ~$500 - expensive but according to many, including myself, it's well worth it.
I have just taken the USMLE Step 1 last year and I am happy to share my experience with you.First, just to be sure, I hope you know that there are 3 part to the USMLEStep 1 tests your preclinical (1st and 2nd year) knowledge, most students take their Step 1 in July or August of 2nd year (right before clerkships begin).
Step 2 is two parts (clinical skills and clinical knowledge), there is also a Step 3.Since I have only taken Step 1, I am not going to talk about Step 2 and Step 3.The most important part of preparing for USMLE Step 1 is to work hard during your 1st and 2nd year of medical school. Know your lecture materials.I started preparing for Step 1 in the Christmas (of 2nd year). I signed up for an online question bank (see below for more on question banks), and began reviewing certain topics that I had found to be more challenging (e.g. Renal). By the time I began seriously preparing for Step 1 in April, I already had a pretty good grasp on those topics.Then I bought the First-Aid book, used it as a guide and went through all the organ systems one by one. I would skim through First-Aid, highlight the important stuffs and review the high-yield facts, then I would go back to my class notes (or sometimes review books, but not textbook) for things that I had forgotten. I gave 2-3 days per system, then I would sit down and do more online question bank until I got a reasonable score.Repeat this for all organ systems, then leave yourself a few days to do an overall review.Now, as for the online question bank, there are tons of them out there (Kaplan, USMLERx, USMLE Easy, USMLExchange, USMLE World, USMLE-1,2,3, etc.). They each have their own strengths and weaknesses. But I would suggest you buy two of these - Kaplan and USMLExchange.Kaplan is sort of the gold standard for Step 1 review. The questions are excellent and very similar to the real test in terms of format (may be a little bit harder than the real test). The interface is reasonably similar to the real USMLE testing interface, and it offers great performance tracking functions. The only downside is that it is extremely expensive. If you really can't afford it, I would try USMLEWorld (or just use the following one alone).USMLExchange is great because it does not require a subscription. Which means you can use it for as long as you want. This is the question bank that I signed up during Christmas for my "pre-review" process. It has tons of USMLE-style questions, also of outstanding quality. You can choose to review based on discipline or organ system. And if you choose the "multidiscipline" one, you will get some non-USMLE-style short questions ideal for a quick review. It also offers performance tracking functions and USMLE-style interface. USMLExchange is not expensive at all, currently it charges $10 for 400 questions and it uses a sort of pay-per-view system. If you can't afford Kaplan or USMLEWorld, I would just use USMLExchange. By April, when you begin your real Step 1 review, I would just reset the account by clearing all the saved performance, then you can keep track of your review process.One last thing, take the practice test at the real test center 1 week before the real exam to familiarize yourself with the environment. Do not study the day before the exam, just relax and stay calm.Good luck with your studying!
For those who r interested in medcine; what was the mental condition of Albert Einstein?
He had some type of mental disorder which one of its signs is intelligence in figures and equations..
i know the ans, but everyday i ask a question like this about medical condition of a celebrity .. which wasn't revealed to the public.. to make some life on this dull sector..
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He maybe was a savant. Which used to be called idiot savant but now the idiot part has kindly been removed. Maybe a high functioning autistic . Some have suggested aspergers of which he showed some tendencies but either diagnosis is speculative especially since it is a posthumous one and ignores documented traits that would indicate against aspergers but a very interesting subject never the less! In my honest opinion he was a GENIUS whom I greatly admire!
He had arspergers I believed.
He may have had some features of Aspergers. However, in order to make the diagnosis, he would have to meet suffcient criteria as applied by a knowledgable clinician, not by armchair shrinks posting on the internet."10 points goes to the first one knows the ans" presumes that you have information that allows you to determine veracity. What are *your* medical credentials? What sources from the peer-reviewed bioscientific literature do *you* rely on?
From what I understand, he had Asbergers Syndrome.
i know the ans, but everyday i ask a question like this about medical condition of a celebrity .. which wasn't revealed to the public.. to make some life on this dull sector..
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He maybe was a savant. Which used to be called idiot savant but now the idiot part has kindly been removed. Maybe a high functioning autistic . Some have suggested aspergers of which he showed some tendencies but either diagnosis is speculative especially since it is a posthumous one and ignores documented traits that would indicate against aspergers but a very interesting subject never the less! In my honest opinion he was a GENIUS whom I greatly admire!
He had arspergers I believed.
He may have had some features of Aspergers. However, in order to make the diagnosis, he would have to meet suffcient criteria as applied by a knowledgable clinician, not by armchair shrinks posting on the internet."10 points goes to the first one knows the ans" presumes that you have information that allows you to determine veracity. What are *your* medical credentials? What sources from the peer-reviewed bioscientific literature do *you* rely on?
From what I understand, he had Asbergers Syndrome.
for those who r interested in medcine:what was the rare disease of president Roosevelt?
10 points goes to any who gives me the best answer, i know his medical condition , but i ask a question like this everyday about a celebrity who suffered a certain disease , to make u enjoy this dull sector.. lol enjoy urselves!
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Guillain-Barré syndrome Background: In 1859, Landry published a report on 10 patients with an ascending paralysis. This was followed by a report in 1916 written by 3 French physicians working in the Sixth Army camp during the First World War; they described 2 French soldiers with motor weakness, areflexia, and “albuniocytological dissociation” in the cerebrospinal fluid. In this report Guillain, Barré, and Strohl carefully recorded and interpreted the tendon reflexes of their patients and became the first to recognize the peripheral nature of the illness. Further cases were recognized, and the identified syndrome was later named Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS). Historically, GBS was a single disorder; however, current practice divides the syndrome into several variant forms.GBS is a heterogeneous grouping of immune-mediated processes generally characterized by motor, sensory, and autonomic dysfunction. In its classic form, GBS is an acute inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy characterized by progressive symmetric ascending muscle weakness, paralysis, and hyporeflexia with or without sensory or autonomic symptoms; however, variants involving the cranial nerves or pure motor involvement are not uncommon. In severe cases, muscle weakness may lead to respiratory failure, and labile autonomic dysfunction may complicate the use of vasoactive and sedative drugs.Pathophysiology: Although the clinical syndrome classically presents as a rapidly progressive acute polyneuropathy, several pathologic and etiologically subtypes exist. Most patients with GBS exhibit absent or profoundly delayed conduction in action nerve fibers. This aberrant conduction results from demyelination of nerve cell axons. Peripheral nerves and spinal roots are the major sites of demyelination, but cranial nerves also may be involved.GBS is believed to result from an autoimmune response, both humoral and cell mediated, to a recent infection or any of a long list of medical problems. Its relation to antecedent infections and the identification of various antiganglioside antibodies suggest that molecular mimicry may serve as a possible mechanism for the disease. The antibodies formed against gangliosidelike epitopes in the lipopolysaccharide layer of some infectious agents have been shown in both necropsy and animal models to cross-react with the ganglioside surface molecules of peripheral nerves. Symptoms generally coincide pathologically with various patterns of lymphocytic infiltration and macrophage-mediated demyelination, depending on the subtype in question. Recovery is typically associated with remyelination. In a subset of patients, GBS is associated primarily with myelin-sparing axonal damage resulting from a direct cellular immune attack on the axon itself.The acute inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (AIDP) subtype of GBS is by far the most commonly identified form in the United States. It is generally preceded by an antecedent bacterial or viral infection. Nearly 40% of patients are seropositive for Campylobacter jejuni. Lymphocytic infiltration and macrophage-mediated demyelination of the peripheral nerves are present. Symptoms generally resolve with remyelination.The acute motor axonal neuropathy (AMAN) subtype is a purely motor subtype, which is more prevalent amongst pediatric age groups. Nearly 70-75% of patients are seropositive for Campylobacter. One third of these cases may actually be hyperreflexic. AMAN is generally characterized by a rapidly progressive weakness, ensuing respiratory failure, and good recovery.Acute motor-sensory axonal neuropathy (AMSAN) is an acute severe illness similar to AMAN except that AMSAN also affects sensory nerves and roots. Patients are typically adults with both motor and sensory dysfunction, marked muscle wasting, and poor recovery.Miller-Fisher syndrome (MFS) is a rare variant that typically presents with the classic triad of ataxia, areflexia, and ophthalmoplegia. The ataxia tends to be out of proportion to the degree of sensory loss. Patients may also have mild limb weakness, ptosis, facial palsy, or bulbar palsy. Anti-GQ1b antibodies are prominent in this variant, and patients have reduced or absent sensory nerve action potentials and absent tibial H reflex. Recovery generally occurs within 1-3 months.Acute panautonomic neuropathy is among the rarest of all variants and involves both the sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous systems. Cardiovascular involvement is common, and dysrhythmias are a significant source of mortality in this form of the disease. The patient may also experience sensory symptoms. Recovery is gradual and often incomplete.
POLIO! or GUILLAN-Barré syndrome Poliomyelitis, often called polio or infantile paralysis, is a virally induced infectious disease which spreads via the fecal-oral route. Franklin D. Roosevelt may have contracted polio in 1921. The unquestioned diagnosis at the time and thereafter in countless references was paralytic poliomyelitis. Yet his age (39 years) and many features of his illness are more consistent with a diagnosis of Guillain-Barré syndrome (an autoimmune peripheral neuropathy).After Franklin D. Roosevelt contracted polio, the disease took on a new image as Roosevelt's disease and helped recast the image of the cripple.
depression
Poliomyletis, if I've spelled it correctly, also known as infantile paralysis or polio. And it wasn't rare: both my parents suffered from it, though their cases were far less severe than Mr Roosevelt's. The disease was just about wiped out until some third-world witch doctors objected.
Guillain-Barré syndromeGuillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) is an acute, autoimmune, polyradiculoneuropathy affecting the peripheral nervous system, usually triggered by an acute infectious process. There are several types of GBS, but unless otherwise stated, GBS refers to the most common form, acute inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (AIDP). It is frequently severe and usually exhibits as an ascending paralysis noted by weakness in the legs that spreads to the upper limbs and the face along with complete loss of deep tendon reflexes. With prompt treatment with immunoglobulins and supportive care, majority of patients will regain full functional capacity. However, death may occur if severe pulmonary complications and dysautonomia are present.
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Guillain-Barré syndrome Background: In 1859, Landry published a report on 10 patients with an ascending paralysis. This was followed by a report in 1916 written by 3 French physicians working in the Sixth Army camp during the First World War; they described 2 French soldiers with motor weakness, areflexia, and “albuniocytological dissociation” in the cerebrospinal fluid. In this report Guillain, Barré, and Strohl carefully recorded and interpreted the tendon reflexes of their patients and became the first to recognize the peripheral nature of the illness. Further cases were recognized, and the identified syndrome was later named Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS). Historically, GBS was a single disorder; however, current practice divides the syndrome into several variant forms.GBS is a heterogeneous grouping of immune-mediated processes generally characterized by motor, sensory, and autonomic dysfunction. In its classic form, GBS is an acute inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy characterized by progressive symmetric ascending muscle weakness, paralysis, and hyporeflexia with or without sensory or autonomic symptoms; however, variants involving the cranial nerves or pure motor involvement are not uncommon. In severe cases, muscle weakness may lead to respiratory failure, and labile autonomic dysfunction may complicate the use of vasoactive and sedative drugs.Pathophysiology: Although the clinical syndrome classically presents as a rapidly progressive acute polyneuropathy, several pathologic and etiologically subtypes exist. Most patients with GBS exhibit absent or profoundly delayed conduction in action nerve fibers. This aberrant conduction results from demyelination of nerve cell axons. Peripheral nerves and spinal roots are the major sites of demyelination, but cranial nerves also may be involved.GBS is believed to result from an autoimmune response, both humoral and cell mediated, to a recent infection or any of a long list of medical problems. Its relation to antecedent infections and the identification of various antiganglioside antibodies suggest that molecular mimicry may serve as a possible mechanism for the disease. The antibodies formed against gangliosidelike epitopes in the lipopolysaccharide layer of some infectious agents have been shown in both necropsy and animal models to cross-react with the ganglioside surface molecules of peripheral nerves. Symptoms generally coincide pathologically with various patterns of lymphocytic infiltration and macrophage-mediated demyelination, depending on the subtype in question. Recovery is typically associated with remyelination. In a subset of patients, GBS is associated primarily with myelin-sparing axonal damage resulting from a direct cellular immune attack on the axon itself.The acute inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (AIDP) subtype of GBS is by far the most commonly identified form in the United States. It is generally preceded by an antecedent bacterial or viral infection. Nearly 40% of patients are seropositive for Campylobacter jejuni. Lymphocytic infiltration and macrophage-mediated demyelination of the peripheral nerves are present. Symptoms generally resolve with remyelination.The acute motor axonal neuropathy (AMAN) subtype is a purely motor subtype, which is more prevalent amongst pediatric age groups. Nearly 70-75% of patients are seropositive for Campylobacter. One third of these cases may actually be hyperreflexic. AMAN is generally characterized by a rapidly progressive weakness, ensuing respiratory failure, and good recovery.Acute motor-sensory axonal neuropathy (AMSAN) is an acute severe illness similar to AMAN except that AMSAN also affects sensory nerves and roots. Patients are typically adults with both motor and sensory dysfunction, marked muscle wasting, and poor recovery.Miller-Fisher syndrome (MFS) is a rare variant that typically presents with the classic triad of ataxia, areflexia, and ophthalmoplegia. The ataxia tends to be out of proportion to the degree of sensory loss. Patients may also have mild limb weakness, ptosis, facial palsy, or bulbar palsy. Anti-GQ1b antibodies are prominent in this variant, and patients have reduced or absent sensory nerve action potentials and absent tibial H reflex. Recovery generally occurs within 1-3 months.Acute panautonomic neuropathy is among the rarest of all variants and involves both the sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous systems. Cardiovascular involvement is common, and dysrhythmias are a significant source of mortality in this form of the disease. The patient may also experience sensory symptoms. Recovery is gradual and often incomplete.
POLIO! or GUILLAN-Barré syndrome Poliomyelitis, often called polio or infantile paralysis, is a virally induced infectious disease which spreads via the fecal-oral route. Franklin D. Roosevelt may have contracted polio in 1921. The unquestioned diagnosis at the time and thereafter in countless references was paralytic poliomyelitis. Yet his age (39 years) and many features of his illness are more consistent with a diagnosis of Guillain-Barré syndrome (an autoimmune peripheral neuropathy).After Franklin D. Roosevelt contracted polio, the disease took on a new image as Roosevelt's disease and helped recast the image of the cripple.
depression
Poliomyletis, if I've spelled it correctly, also known as infantile paralysis or polio. And it wasn't rare: both my parents suffered from it, though their cases were far less severe than Mr Roosevelt's. The disease was just about wiped out until some third-world witch doctors objected.
Guillain-Barré syndromeGuillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) is an acute, autoimmune, polyradiculoneuropathy affecting the peripheral nervous system, usually triggered by an acute infectious process. There are several types of GBS, but unless otherwise stated, GBS refers to the most common form, acute inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (AIDP). It is frequently severe and usually exhibits as an ascending paralysis noted by weakness in the legs that spreads to the upper limbs and the face along with complete loss of deep tendon reflexes. With prompt treatment with immunoglobulins and supportive care, majority of patients will regain full functional capacity. However, death may occur if severe pulmonary complications and dysautonomia are present.
For those who r interested in medcine..What was the medical syndrome that Marlyn Monroe suffered ?
i know the ans, but everyday i ask a question like this about medical condition of a celebrity .. which wasn't revealed to the public.. to make some life on this dull sector..
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Answer:
Super female sex syndrome, also known as triple X syndrome, or trisomy X.
TSS
I know she suffered from Depression...
bipolar manic depression
she suffered from endometrosis
She developed and suffered from Meniere's Syndrome in her right ear throughout her career.
Manic Depression and Barbiturate addiction. These ,with her magnificent figure and intense libido, are characteristics of hormonal disturbances associated with 'Super Female'.I did not know that she was triple XXX syndrome.I'm sure you would like to know of what Beethoven died of?
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Super female sex syndrome, also known as triple X syndrome, or trisomy X.
TSS
I know she suffered from Depression...
bipolar manic depression
she suffered from endometrosis
She developed and suffered from Meniere's Syndrome in her right ear throughout her career.
Manic Depression and Barbiturate addiction. These ,with her magnificent figure and intense libido, are characteristics of hormonal disturbances associated with 'Super Female'.I did not know that she was triple XXX syndrome.I'm sure you would like to know of what Beethoven died of?
for those who r interested in med cine; what was the disease that president Kennedy suffered?
i know the ans, but everyday i ask a question like this about medical condition of a celebrity .. which wasn't revealed to the public.. to make some life on this dull sector..
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Answer:
John Kennedy had Addison's disease (a withering of the adrenal glands), which was a terminal disease until maintenance treatment was discovered in 1940. That year, before Kennedy knew he had the illness, a British doctor discovered that it could be treated with cortisone, which would replace adrenaline... The cortisone was extremely expensive at the beginning, and the Kennedys kept quantities of the drug in safety deposit boxes around the world. Until artificial cortisone was developed years later, only a rich person could survive on the regime that JFK did -- day by day for the rest of his life.
Addison's disease
Addison
Addison's disease, an insufficiency of adrenogenic hormones
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John Kennedy had Addison's disease (a withering of the adrenal glands), which was a terminal disease until maintenance treatment was discovered in 1940. That year, before Kennedy knew he had the illness, a British doctor discovered that it could be treated with cortisone, which would replace adrenaline... The cortisone was extremely expensive at the beginning, and the Kennedys kept quantities of the drug in safety deposit boxes around the world. Until artificial cortisone was developed years later, only a rich person could survive on the regime that JFK did -- day by day for the rest of his life.
Addison's disease
Addison
Addison's disease, an insufficiency of adrenogenic hormones
For those of you that read a lot?
Can you please recommend a book that gives extensive detail about the medicinal properties of common plants? I'm looking for something that would be useful for when I start a homestead, so it should be thorough and practical, but it's ok if it's also rather technical because I have a fairly solid understanding of anatomy/biology/medicine. Thank you.
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hey there... here are a few suggestions...Medicinal Plants: Chemistry and Properties By M. DanielThe Natural History of Medicinal Plants By Judith SumnerHandbook Of Medicinal Plants By Uriel. Bachrach, Zohara YanivThe first would be the most complete for the description of the properties and uses. Hope it helps...
you should go to barnes and nobles. they have a nice variety of books that you can choose. good luck!
I'm not sure what book you should buy, but you should search under the topic of Herbal Medicine...I'm sure it will return many results. Start at www.wikipedia.org and keep reading about it...maybe a book or two will be recommend on the subject you're interested in. good luck!
http://search.barnesandnoble.com/booksea... that should do it...but like someone else said barnes and noble has a large selection when you run a search for it.
Eyewitness Handbooks has one called "Herbs." It lists them by types of plants (trees, shrubs, etc.). The author is Lesley Bremness. It has actual photos of the plants.Another good one is "Herbal Remedies" by Nicola Peterson. It isn't as detailed with the drawings but is detailed with the herbs.Another good book is the Nutritional Guide to Healing. It is listed by disease but talks about what herbs work with what disease.Good luck homesteading.
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hey there... here are a few suggestions...Medicinal Plants: Chemistry and Properties By M. DanielThe Natural History of Medicinal Plants By Judith SumnerHandbook Of Medicinal Plants By Uriel. Bachrach, Zohara YanivThe first would be the most complete for the description of the properties and uses. Hope it helps...
you should go to barnes and nobles. they have a nice variety of books that you can choose. good luck!
I'm not sure what book you should buy, but you should search under the topic of Herbal Medicine...I'm sure it will return many results. Start at www.wikipedia.org and keep reading about it...maybe a book or two will be recommend on the subject you're interested in. good luck!
http://search.barnesandnoble.com/booksea... that should do it...but like someone else said barnes and noble has a large selection when you run a search for it.
Eyewitness Handbooks has one called "Herbs." It lists them by types of plants (trees, shrubs, etc.). The author is Lesley Bremness. It has actual photos of the plants.Another good one is "Herbal Remedies" by Nicola Peterson. It isn't as detailed with the drawings but is detailed with the herbs.Another good book is the Nutritional Guide to Healing. It is listed by disease but talks about what herbs work with what disease.Good luck homesteading.
For those interested in medcine.. what was the rare medical syndrome of abraham lincolin?
ten points goes to any one who knows the ans, i know his medical condition, and every other day i will as u about a medical condition of a celebrity and discuss it here.. i want just to make some life in this sector.. lol enjoy urselves
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Marfan syndrome
He suffered from depression and took pills called "blue mass" which had high concentrations of mercury. This caused mercury poisoning which is now known to produce such symptoms as irritability, hostility, and guess what, depression; the very thing they were trying to alleviate. Good question.
Marfan's disease
The word is M-A-R-F-A-N. I have never been sure he was not an acromegalic. His appearance suggests that.
ataxia- a rare incurable degenerative brain disease affecting movement and coordination
http://www.healthfinder.gov/news/newssto...
I heard he was a woman - no joke.
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Marfan syndrome
He suffered from depression and took pills called "blue mass" which had high concentrations of mercury. This caused mercury poisoning which is now known to produce such symptoms as irritability, hostility, and guess what, depression; the very thing they were trying to alleviate. Good question.
Marfan's disease
The word is M-A-R-F-A-N. I have never been sure he was not an acromegalic. His appearance suggests that.
ataxia- a rare incurable degenerative brain disease affecting movement and coordination
http://www.healthfinder.gov/news/newssto...
I heard he was a woman - no joke.
For those in college that are majoring in medicine can you please give me and idea of how it is?
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well it is exciting at a point and way stressing at other and yet we do strike an equillibrium where not even your career matters any more, you become more worried about your next coming presentation and examination than you have time to register what has been happening in the past weeks.
How it is? It is fine, his prognosis is good.
studying medicine at undergraduate level is very overwhelming. When i was in undergrad i majored in pre-veterinary medicine/biology, and learning science is not very easy when you do not have the basics. You will be introduced to biology, chemistry, physics, biochemistry, as well as many other subjects that you may explore (and i highly advise you do this), such as arts and humanities classes. everything you think you know about these subjects from high school education will be magnified by 100,000x. If you plan on going to medical school you may want to consider majoring in something like buisness or english, engineering, music, or whatever, because these are the students who are considered ""well-rounded" 盲nd seperate themselves from the bio, biochem, pre-med majors. You have to take the pre-requisites, but other than that you can have a different major besides science to get into med school (and i bet it would be more advised).
How It is? Imagine your hardest semester in under graduate times two (2) . That is what is like. Like 24 hours of 400 level courses each semester. TIMES 4 years. !! Not what most smart people can handle- but, what you can take. Get USED to it - I deal with high drama every day!
You must handle someone dying while! someone else is having their hernia fixed without problem.
So you don't major in "medicine" in college you are pre-med (meaning you have to take prerequisite classes bio, chem etc) but you can major in whatever you want. If you are a good student and good in sciences then its fine. The biggest obstacle is getting into Med school which requires that you do other extra curricular things (volunteering, research etc) as a way to show that you are actually interested and have gone beyond just what is required
like the above person said, you don't major in "medicine" but rather take some required science classes (chem, bio, organic chem, and physics). these classes give you a foundation to build on once you get to med school. they also prepare you for the MCAT. regardless if your major, you have to be dedicated to making good grades every semester, esp in those science classes. on top of that, you have to get some shadowing experience, do volunteer work, and even research to make yourself a good candidate.
for the nurses and midwives out there, do u like your job? what are some pros and cons?
Please say whether u are a nurse or midwife. I am in nursing and lately all nurses are saying its not what it used to be and I should really rethink my decision. I had debated whether I wanted to be a nurse or a midwife and considering I am only in my first year I still have time to change my mind. I would just like to hear why some like and dislike their jobs, in hopes hearing others experiences will help. Thanks in advance!
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I'm an RN and I love it, but it's only been a few years. I think nursing is what you make of it, there are far too many opportunities for RNs and too much flexibility for anyone to be stuck where they are unhappy. You can travel, work part time, full time, two jobs, one day a week, days, nights, evenings, weekends, holidays or any combination of the above. There are legal nurse consultants, flight nurses, military nurses, trauma/ER nurses, lactation consultant nurses, OB/labor %26 delivery, working in clinics, doctors offices, urgent care, even lots of nurses in cosmetic surgery offices and outpatient surgical clinics and non-medical settings performing things like laser hair removal and Botox. The sky is the limit as far as nursing is concerned. It's true that in the hospital, bedside nursing is hard, the hours are long, the breaks are few, you will be pressured to work overtime, holidays and weekends and the night shifts and long hours can be tough on some people. But the other hassles of the workplace can happen anywhere, grumpy coworkers, bad management, dealing with the public - those are not unique to nursing.Don't know what you mean by midwife, you mean a lay midwife (non-RN) or a Certified Nurse Midwife? If the latter, that is an RN that has earned a master's degree in a specialized program and that is definitely the one I would do if you want to get into midwifery.
A friend of mine was a midwife and she didn't like it at all, she went back to school and finished up to get her RN.
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I'm an RN and I love it, but it's only been a few years. I think nursing is what you make of it, there are far too many opportunities for RNs and too much flexibility for anyone to be stuck where they are unhappy. You can travel, work part time, full time, two jobs, one day a week, days, nights, evenings, weekends, holidays or any combination of the above. There are legal nurse consultants, flight nurses, military nurses, trauma/ER nurses, lactation consultant nurses, OB/labor %26 delivery, working in clinics, doctors offices, urgent care, even lots of nurses in cosmetic surgery offices and outpatient surgical clinics and non-medical settings performing things like laser hair removal and Botox. The sky is the limit as far as nursing is concerned. It's true that in the hospital, bedside nursing is hard, the hours are long, the breaks are few, you will be pressured to work overtime, holidays and weekends and the night shifts and long hours can be tough on some people. But the other hassles of the workplace can happen anywhere, grumpy coworkers, bad management, dealing with the public - those are not unique to nursing.Don't know what you mean by midwife, you mean a lay midwife (non-RN) or a Certified Nurse Midwife? If the latter, that is an RN that has earned a master's degree in a specialized program and that is definitely the one I would do if you want to get into midwifery.
A friend of mine was a midwife and she didn't like it at all, she went back to school and finished up to get her RN.
For story purposes only, is there a pharamaceutical name for a placebo or sugar pill?
I understand it is unethical to prescribe a sugar pill. In my story, the heroine holds a prescription that she believes a life depends upon it. When she finally gets to a drugist to fill it, she is asked if she knows that it is no more than a placebo.
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My understanding is that there is no set name for placebos. When this was done, I think the doctor just usually made up a name - myhap tab for "My Happy Tablet". He would work with a specific pharmacist to have it made. The person couldn't just go anywhere to have it filled or recognized. This is rarely done in the real world due to liability.If you don't just want to make up your own name for the sake of your story, you could use the name of some filler that is used in making pills that may fool the girl: Calcium Carbonate, Lactose, Sodium Bicarbonate. Use the chemical formulation - ex - Sodium Bicarb would be NaHCO3.
i don't think pharmacies sell those, although they might indeed be able to recognize one; sounds like you already know what they are called.
No
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My understanding is that there is no set name for placebos. When this was done, I think the doctor just usually made up a name - myhap tab for "My Happy Tablet". He would work with a specific pharmacist to have it made. The person couldn't just go anywhere to have it filled or recognized. This is rarely done in the real world due to liability.If you don't just want to make up your own name for the sake of your story, you could use the name of some filler that is used in making pills that may fool the girl: Calcium Carbonate, Lactose, Sodium Bicarbonate. Use the chemical formulation - ex - Sodium Bicarb would be NaHCO3.
i don't think pharmacies sell those, although they might indeed be able to recognize one; sounds like you already know what they are called.
No
For pre-med students that is in med school experience. Which decision is better if I'm going for pre-med?
My concern is chemistry. I pretty struggling in that course especially with this horrible professor I'm taking. I'm having a C in that class. I don't know if should drop it or keep that C. Would a q-drop look more bad than a C or vice versa. I'm planning to drop it b/c if I'm going for pre-med, a C would screw me up. Help, guys?
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If you know with absolute certainty that you can get a better grade (preferably an A) in the same subject with another professor, you may be better off dropping your class. Problem is chemistry is a required prerequisite. If you don't ever complete it, you won't get in to med school. If you drop it and take it again but end up with a B, that won't look horrible but it won't look great. If you end up with a C, that would be a great deal worse than just staying in class now and trying to pull up your grade.Realize when you apply for med school, some schools will require you to explain why you dropped a core prerequisite... and the reason "I had a horrible professor" just won't fly. Of course, if you get an A the second time around, few will question your motives.Good luck!
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If you know with absolute certainty that you can get a better grade (preferably an A) in the same subject with another professor, you may be better off dropping your class. Problem is chemistry is a required prerequisite. If you don't ever complete it, you won't get in to med school. If you drop it and take it again but end up with a B, that won't look horrible but it won't look great. If you end up with a C, that would be a great deal worse than just staying in class now and trying to pull up your grade.Realize when you apply for med school, some schools will require you to explain why you dropped a core prerequisite... and the reason "I had a horrible professor" just won't fly. Of course, if you get an A the second time around, few will question your motives.Good luck!
For phlebotomists?
I'm taking a course in phlebotomy. I recently began sticking real people. Of four sticks, two were successful. I am having problems palpating the vein. If I can see a vein, fine I can stick with no problems. But you can't see veins on everyone, you have to rely on touch. How can I get better at palpating a vein?
I know it should feel spongy and springy, but I just don't think I'm feeling them.Any suggestions?
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I am a certified, registered phlebotomist for 8 years now. My Professor had us pick which finger we were going to use for palpation. Pick one finger, and don't ever use another. That one finger will become accustomed to feeling more sensitively. Next, she had us take a piece of hair and place it underneath a piece of paper and close our eyes. With an ever so soft touch, with the palpation finger, find the piece of hair. Keep moving the hair around and train your finger to find it. I know, this sounds really hokey, but I promise you, it works. I have over 10,000 sticks and I have only missed one time, EVER! When you get the feeling for palpating, you will never have a problem finding a vein in anyone. And make sure you have a good anchor on the vac. tube while drawing. The less movement, the less your patient will be anxious. Have fun learning. I LOVE phlebotomy.
Find a patient who has had a recent successful stick feel the difference on the line of the puncture mark. Follow another phlebotomist and have them help you.
im not a phlambotomist but ive had many experiences of not being able to get a vein hahaha
they usually just try raising my veins by hitting my arms, it usully works lol but i dont know how you do it
I know it should feel spongy and springy, but I just don't think I'm feeling them.Any suggestions?
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I am a certified, registered phlebotomist for 8 years now. My Professor had us pick which finger we were going to use for palpation. Pick one finger, and don't ever use another. That one finger will become accustomed to feeling more sensitively. Next, she had us take a piece of hair and place it underneath a piece of paper and close our eyes. With an ever so soft touch, with the palpation finger, find the piece of hair. Keep moving the hair around and train your finger to find it. I know, this sounds really hokey, but I promise you, it works. I have over 10,000 sticks and I have only missed one time, EVER! When you get the feeling for palpating, you will never have a problem finding a vein in anyone. And make sure you have a good anchor on the vac. tube while drawing. The less movement, the less your patient will be anxious. Have fun learning. I LOVE phlebotomy.
Find a patient who has had a recent successful stick feel the difference on the line of the puncture mark. Follow another phlebotomist and have them help you.
im not a phlambotomist but ive had many experiences of not being able to get a vein hahaha
they usually just try raising my veins by hitting my arms, it usully works lol but i dont know how you do it
for medical students, residents or doctors,,, help please!?
im a medical student I got one more year before I become an intern and im going into deep depression, my grades are good and in general im doing fine until now somehow im loosing my grip im not working hard enough my studying hours are getting less and less and whenever I sleep I have nightmares of all the patients I have seen, im almost there and Im so depressed, I feel I just want to give up and that maybe after all im not cut out to be a doctor after all鈥id you go through this before and if you did how did you cope with it ?
I would really appreciate your advice thank you
(im not studying in the USA or UK)
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Stress in medical school is definitely not unusual and actually, depression is also not unusual. Feeling stressed and burned out is not an indicator that you are not cut out to be a doctor... it just means that you are just overwhelmed. I obviously can't give you any magic answer and I am not going to tell you I know how you feel. Each individual situation is different and obviously there are private things that you wouldn't really want to put out on the internet.However there are a few things that you can do to help alleviate stress:
1. Get sleep... 4-6 hours of sleep daily will not sustain you.
2. Eat better... coffee is not a food group.
3. Get some air... fumes of hospital detergent isn't healthy despite what the nurses say.
4. Exercise your body not just your mind... it's the only time your mind can actually rest.
5. Reach out... isolation breeds hopelessness and depression... you are not the only one going through this, find someone else you can help.
6. Laugh... laughter really is the best medicine... just don't do it out loud for no reason in public places ;).
7. Pray... believe it or not, doctors are not God.Like I said, I don't know all the details of what you are going through and I don't know where you are going to school, but find out if they have someone that you can talk to for stress management or depression. Just don't go through this alone. Good luck.
Obviously you are not close to fellow students. You need a few nights of swigging beer until the wee hours and forget. I speak from experience. We did this for a severely depressed fellow student in out junior year.
Do you still want to be doctor/intern/spcialist as much as you did the day you signed up?I did my HSC twice to get the grades i wanted to goto medschool, then.. 1/2 way through the first year i realised I wanted to be a doctor, but I didnt want to wait till I was 26.And I dropped out, and my life right now, I could not imagine to be any better. I now run my own business %26 work only 10hours a week max, and have all the time i need to party %26 goto beach %26 cafe's and just enjoy life. I never regret it. The last few years have been the best of my life.I'm not saying 'drop out' especially since you are almost finished %26 i just started. But just remember. You can do whatever you want. dont let the pressure of people around you saying 'i'd do anything to have your brains' jarr your judgement
Hey chocolata..
for a med student..lol...this is quite normal..I am serious...you get depressed you get every thing, because the load of the subjects is too much, even if you are taking high scores you don't know how much your brain is under stress to get all the material, besides seeing those horrible scenes of things that happens to people is another stress...you just need some relaxation, go out have fun and know that there are other things in this world besides medicine...trust me you are fine!
i wanna do med, and am on my way now - and I worry about all the problems i hear others have, but I always think of one thing. That I have the potenital to save lives, and life being most important thing we humans possess.If i save one life, it will all be worth it.Also all those people that will come in ill and leave fit and healthy all because of something I did or said - you cant beat that surely.But of course im not in youre position, so my 2 cents may be useless - hope it isnt though.
I would really appreciate your advice thank you
(im not studying in the USA or UK)
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Stress in medical school is definitely not unusual and actually, depression is also not unusual. Feeling stressed and burned out is not an indicator that you are not cut out to be a doctor... it just means that you are just overwhelmed. I obviously can't give you any magic answer and I am not going to tell you I know how you feel. Each individual situation is different and obviously there are private things that you wouldn't really want to put out on the internet.However there are a few things that you can do to help alleviate stress:
1. Get sleep... 4-6 hours of sleep daily will not sustain you.
2. Eat better... coffee is not a food group.
3. Get some air... fumes of hospital detergent isn't healthy despite what the nurses say.
4. Exercise your body not just your mind... it's the only time your mind can actually rest.
5. Reach out... isolation breeds hopelessness and depression... you are not the only one going through this, find someone else you can help.
6. Laugh... laughter really is the best medicine... just don't do it out loud for no reason in public places ;).
7. Pray... believe it or not, doctors are not God.Like I said, I don't know all the details of what you are going through and I don't know where you are going to school, but find out if they have someone that you can talk to for stress management or depression. Just don't go through this alone. Good luck.
Obviously you are not close to fellow students. You need a few nights of swigging beer until the wee hours and forget. I speak from experience. We did this for a severely depressed fellow student in out junior year.
Do you still want to be doctor/intern/spcialist as much as you did the day you signed up?I did my HSC twice to get the grades i wanted to goto medschool, then.. 1/2 way through the first year i realised I wanted to be a doctor, but I didnt want to wait till I was 26.And I dropped out, and my life right now, I could not imagine to be any better. I now run my own business %26 work only 10hours a week max, and have all the time i need to party %26 goto beach %26 cafe's and just enjoy life. I never regret it. The last few years have been the best of my life.I'm not saying 'drop out' especially since you are almost finished %26 i just started. But just remember. You can do whatever you want. dont let the pressure of people around you saying 'i'd do anything to have your brains' jarr your judgement
Hey chocolata..
for a med student..lol...this is quite normal..I am serious...you get depressed you get every thing, because the load of the subjects is too much, even if you are taking high scores you don't know how much your brain is under stress to get all the material, besides seeing those horrible scenes of things that happens to people is another stress...you just need some relaxation, go out have fun and know that there are other things in this world besides medicine...trust me you are fine!
i wanna do med, and am on my way now - and I worry about all the problems i hear others have, but I always think of one thing. That I have the potenital to save lives, and life being most important thing we humans possess.If i save one life, it will all be worth it.Also all those people that will come in ill and leave fit and healthy all because of something I did or said - you cant beat that surely.But of course im not in youre position, so my 2 cents may be useless - hope it isnt though.
For MD/DO, PA, BSN, R.PH, Ph.D.,...will you comment on my opinion below?
Those smokers desperate to quit smoking often seek the advice of a physician. Physicians love to tell thier patients that Welbutrin and Zyban are "the same thing". But Zyban and Welbutrin are manufactured by varying methods: Zyban appears to be packed powder, while Welbutrin is a coated tablet. I believe the difference in manufacturing results in an alteration of the molecular structure of the native product; perhaps by one or two molecues. In taking Zyban, the sufferer receives the entire dosage at once. Welbutrin is coated, and the dose is received in a slower, and uniform manner. The Placebo Effect: is very real. The brain interprets Welbutrin to be a real medicine that will produce real results. Conversley, the brain interprets Zyban as another marginal anti-smoking gimmick and thus it is not as effective as Welbutrin. Welbutrin is better known as an anti-depressant. Call your formulary/pharmacy; if they are the same thing, why the incredible price difference?
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yeah, they are a little bit different. they arent considered bioequivlents. both are time released but they vary in release rate, thats why they are considered 2 different drugs. personally i doubt there is any difference in the chemical structure of the two products though. Why is there a price difference? because name adds value to a product. do you think coke or pepsi costs anymore to make than a store brand cola? why is it double the price? because people know the name and will pay it. it only costs pennies to actually manufacture the drugs so theyre both marked up quite a bit anyway (they need to make money for research to make future drugs, advertising, etc.). this practice is called rebranding, and it happens quite a bit in pharmacy. when a patent expires, a rival company will make a new brand name drug with the same formula and act like its a new drug, or theyll tweak the time release a bit or something and get a new patent. Claritan and Alavert (over the counter allergy meds) are also the same thing, but Alavert is cheaper since Claritan was the original and is better known (and generic loratidine is way cheaper than both). its just a marketing tactic. and why do insurance companies pay? it may appear one is cheaper than they other, but the insurance companies get deals and rebates and stuff so it might not be as bad of a move as it looks. plus sometimes FDA approvals will vary (im not sure if it does in this case i didnt look it up, but thats a possibility)also, the average person probably doesnt even know theyre the same thing so there probably isnt much placebo effect. lots of people dont even know the names of their medications, they just come into the pharmacy and ask for a refill on the "red ones" or "round white things" or whatever.
Wellbutrin and Zyban have the same active chemical (bupropion), but are packaged in different vehicles. Zyban is a 12-hour extended release formulation which should be roughly equivalent to Wellbutrin SR.I don't disagree that the placebo effect is real, I just don't see that it would apply here. Why would a patient think that an antidepressant would be more effective than a drug that is specifically marketed for smoking cessation? If you had arthritis and I told you to choose between the arthritis medication and the heart medication, which would you choose? That is the whole reason GlaxoSmithKline rebranded Zyban and got FDA approval for this indication. It is a marketing strategy to encourage more people to use it for smoking cessation.There is virtually no price difference between Zyban and Wellbutrin SR if you pay out of pocket. At drugstore.com, both are around $155-165 for 60 count of the 150 mg dose. If your insurance is paying then there will likely be a huge difference for you because most insurance companies will cover Wellbutrin, but not Zyban. You seem to suggest that Wellbutrin is much more expensive than Zyban. This should not be the case if you are getting the same dosages (Wellbutrin is available in higher dosages than Zyban.
Their sales departments have decided on different marketing strategies. You'll note that the recommendation for smoking cessation is to take it for a matter of a couple of weeks, at which time the drug has reached a steady state, so there's really no difference of any significance. In terms of changed molecular structure, that would make it a different drug and require a complete new FDA approval process. You really don't have enough to do, do you?
grimmy tea is right on. i could not have said it better myself :)
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yeah, they are a little bit different. they arent considered bioequivlents. both are time released but they vary in release rate, thats why they are considered 2 different drugs. personally i doubt there is any difference in the chemical structure of the two products though. Why is there a price difference? because name adds value to a product. do you think coke or pepsi costs anymore to make than a store brand cola? why is it double the price? because people know the name and will pay it. it only costs pennies to actually manufacture the drugs so theyre both marked up quite a bit anyway (they need to make money for research to make future drugs, advertising, etc.). this practice is called rebranding, and it happens quite a bit in pharmacy. when a patent expires, a rival company will make a new brand name drug with the same formula and act like its a new drug, or theyll tweak the time release a bit or something and get a new patent. Claritan and Alavert (over the counter allergy meds) are also the same thing, but Alavert is cheaper since Claritan was the original and is better known (and generic loratidine is way cheaper than both). its just a marketing tactic. and why do insurance companies pay? it may appear one is cheaper than they other, but the insurance companies get deals and rebates and stuff so it might not be as bad of a move as it looks. plus sometimes FDA approvals will vary (im not sure if it does in this case i didnt look it up, but thats a possibility)also, the average person probably doesnt even know theyre the same thing so there probably isnt much placebo effect. lots of people dont even know the names of their medications, they just come into the pharmacy and ask for a refill on the "red ones" or "round white things" or whatever.
Wellbutrin and Zyban have the same active chemical (bupropion), but are packaged in different vehicles. Zyban is a 12-hour extended release formulation which should be roughly equivalent to Wellbutrin SR.I don't disagree that the placebo effect is real, I just don't see that it would apply here. Why would a patient think that an antidepressant would be more effective than a drug that is specifically marketed for smoking cessation? If you had arthritis and I told you to choose between the arthritis medication and the heart medication, which would you choose? That is the whole reason GlaxoSmithKline rebranded Zyban and got FDA approval for this indication. It is a marketing strategy to encourage more people to use it for smoking cessation.There is virtually no price difference between Zyban and Wellbutrin SR if you pay out of pocket. At drugstore.com, both are around $155-165 for 60 count of the 150 mg dose. If your insurance is paying then there will likely be a huge difference for you because most insurance companies will cover Wellbutrin, but not Zyban. You seem to suggest that Wellbutrin is much more expensive than Zyban. This should not be the case if you are getting the same dosages (Wellbutrin is available in higher dosages than Zyban.
Their sales departments have decided on different marketing strategies. You'll note that the recommendation for smoking cessation is to take it for a matter of a couple of weeks, at which time the drug has reached a steady state, so there's really no difference of any significance. In terms of changed molecular structure, that would make it a different drug and require a complete new FDA approval process. You really don't have enough to do, do you?
grimmy tea is right on. i could not have said it better myself :)
For How much time can someone stay without eating or drinking?
For How much time can someone stay without eating or drinking? when I ask this to someone they're not really sure. Do you know?
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3 minutes with out air, 3 hours with out shelter, 3 days with out water, 3 weeks without food, its called the rule of threes.
I think someone can go like a few weeks without food, but only 3 days without water. That seems far-fetched, but there's water in anything you drink, so it isn't just pure water.
The human body can only survive 7 days without water but it can go a long time without food depending on how much of a fat store they have.
well last year i got very sick, i did not eat or drink for two weeks, i then had to go to hospital cos i was dehydrated and low blood pressure maybe left another week i would have died, so id say three weeks.
An average person who is otherwise fit and heathy can survive only 3 maybe 4 days without fluids and up to 3 weeks without food.
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3 minutes with out air, 3 hours with out shelter, 3 days with out water, 3 weeks without food, its called the rule of threes.
I think someone can go like a few weeks without food, but only 3 days without water. That seems far-fetched, but there's water in anything you drink, so it isn't just pure water.
The human body can only survive 7 days without water but it can go a long time without food depending on how much of a fat store they have.
well last year i got very sick, i did not eat or drink for two weeks, i then had to go to hospital cos i was dehydrated and low blood pressure maybe left another week i would have died, so id say three weeks.
An average person who is otherwise fit and heathy can survive only 3 maybe 4 days without fluids and up to 3 weeks without food.
For hangovers and over-drunkiness, why not just eat some alcohol dehydrogenase or cytochrome P450IIE1?
along with some glutathione?
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If you ingest alcohol dehydrogenase it will instantly be degraded in your stomach due to the acidic environment. Also if you eat these things they will be broken down into their constituent parts by your digestive system just like the digest everything else you eat. So no ADH, Cytochrome P450 etc. will be exist in its active state and therefore will be useless.
Because, Einstein, eating a hormone does not increase its function in the liver.
This would be another wrong..and you know what they say about two wrongs
I think a hot pot of coffee works better
Eating the above Enzymes wouldn't work because they would be inactivated and broken down in the stomach. You would need to inject them into the bloodstream, and even then, it would not guarantee their uptake into the liver, in fact I doubt it would work.
I've thought about that many mornings (usually those following a friday or saturday nite)...maybe they could invent an intravenous injection, to avoid the digestive tract
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If you ingest alcohol dehydrogenase it will instantly be degraded in your stomach due to the acidic environment. Also if you eat these things they will be broken down into their constituent parts by your digestive system just like the digest everything else you eat. So no ADH, Cytochrome P450 etc. will be exist in its active state and therefore will be useless.
Because, Einstein, eating a hormone does not increase its function in the liver.
This would be another wrong..and you know what they say about two wrongs
I think a hot pot of coffee works better
Eating the above Enzymes wouldn't work because they would be inactivated and broken down in the stomach. You would need to inject them into the bloodstream, and even then, it would not guarantee their uptake into the liver, in fact I doubt it would work.
I've thought about that many mornings (usually those following a friday or saturday nite)...maybe they could invent an intravenous injection, to avoid the digestive tract
for food to be absorbed by your body what must occur?
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It must enter your body and be processed by your living digestive system, that is, assuming you are still alive, for after having pondered this question - you may - or may not have grasped the idea of eating, so you may in fact be dead by now, due to malnutrition.
http://www.kidshealth.org/teen/your_body...
You must eat it.
You must eat first .. . .
Digestion
digestion.
Digestion and metabolism. The food is broken down into small pieces in your mouth and then passed down to the stomach. In stomach very powerful enzymes consume the food and break it down into Glucose which is the form of food to the body. Then this glucose is obsorbed by the body cells.
First mixed with saliva for inital breakdown and mashing (chewing) to increase surface area, then.It actually depends on what "food":Carbohydrates need to be broken down to simple sugars
- amylase and others
- some sugars need other molecules for transport (glucose needs sodium, but not fructose)
Fats need to be emulsified (into micelles)
- mixed with bile
Proteins need to be broken down into smaller fragments
- trypsin, pepsin and the like
Food is broken down in your digestive system, which is a very
complex part of your stomach. Digestive system is a long oragan
which is like a hose, which is full of enzymes %26 acids that break
down food deposits as they travel through. The waste comes out
your rear and the rest is absorbed into your body for fuel %26 energy. Best I can remember.
First mechanical digestion occurs in the mouth where food is chewed into bits. Food is then slightly modified by the saliva's amylase. After which it goes down the esophagus and through the stomach where separation of nutrients is done. This is called chemical digestion. Mostly fats is dissolved. Secretion of the bile for the proteins and other chemical fluids occur mostly on the first length of the small intestines. Before the large intestines, mostly all of the food nutrients (simplified forms of carbos, fats and proteins) are absorbed. Lastly water and some ions are reabsorbed by the large intestine. I think that's all.
First you must masticate or chew your food, this causes the release of amylaze enzymes which start to break down the carbohydrates, next peristalsis or swallowing occurs and food travels through the cardiac sphincter, then the food enters the stomach where regae folds actively break down the food (muscle contractions, same as in hunger pangs), next hydrochloric acid is released into the stomach which again helps to break down the food meanwhile pepsin is released to break down the proteins(i also believe that some kind of base is released later to cancel out the HCl, it also helps to break down the protein, during this time water, alcohol and asprins can be absorbed directly into the bloodstream through the stomach walls. Next it travels through the pyloric sphincter into the duodenum (the beginning part of the small intestine) as chyme where bile from the gall bladder, and trypsin, erepsin, lactase, maltase, sucrase and chymotripsin are added among others. Next the broken down molecules are absorbed by the villi on the small intestine walls sent to the liver for purification and carried through out the body. Next it travels throught the large intestine where water is absorbed and vitamin b and other vitamins are made by the bacteria inhabitting your colon and other rectal regions. Then you excrete the left over material. Some substances can't be digested and this helps to clean out the large intestine. Things like stringy vegetables and fibrous substances (roughage) can't be digested easily.
the food is absorbed in the intestines after it is broken down in the the stomach. whatever cannot be absorbed is excreted. the amount of time spent in the intestines also contribute to the amount absorbed. thus, people with fast metabolisms will excrete quicker and have less absorbed.
for example if some Buddy has Bilateral cataracts Y surgeon operate first left eye ?
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They will do one eye at a time just in case something goes wrong. That way, you still have the other eye and are not blind.
it is the first to be damaged
People do have a dominant eye, just as they are left handed or right handed, they are left eyed, or right eyed. The surgeon will always do the non-dominant eye first. This allows better sight when the dominant eye is out of use.
Not always but vary likely.This eye is usually in more advance stage, there is a window of opportunity when operation is successful.Rule is whichever is ready, for opperation. It must be ripe for operation.
This is not a universal practice. My right eye was done first.
There is no reason to choose one eye over the other in cases of bilateral cataract...Its the surgeons choice...unless one of the eye shows any complications due to cataract ,in which case that side will be the first to undergo surgery.Both eyes are not simultaneously operated to avoid post operative inconvenience to patient.
Actually, the real answer is that the surgeons will usually operate on the eye that's worse. That way, if there's a complication and the patient loses sight in the operative eye, at least the remaining eye with vision will be the better one.
for everyone in the medical profession, should i go into medicine?
i'm just a freshman in college, and the other day, in intro biology, we were talking about genetic diseases. one was a neurodegenerative disease that strikes babies at age 1 and kills by age 3. after that, i didn't wanna listen anymore; all i wanted to do was just cry.should i go into medicine?
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Just because you care about people and care about babies does not make you suitable for medicine. It just means that you have a heart.
If you were interested in the disease and why the baby got it and what the mother could have done differently to keep her baby from getting it and what could be done to help the baby prolong his life, you should consider medicine. But you will see and hear far worse in medical school and in the hospitals...
you should deffenetly go fof it but be carful resedensi is hard pluse schooling$$$$$$$$$ if u know what i mean i'm a doc at hopkins atlest i was
If you have to ask, you probably should not go into medicine. Being a physician is the most demanding profession you can choose. If you just know that it is for you, and no one is going to talk you out of it, and you are going to make it happen, it will happen, but if you have to ask, you probably will not make it.
Yes, Apparently you Give a Damn, BTW, it Will Not Be Easy.
As a rule, I will not suggest or dissuade when it comes to people considering a career in medicine. It is a very difficult and personal decision that I would be hard pressed to be of help with, even for my own family members or close friends. For complete strangers, my input would be pointless.However, once made, the decision to enter medicine becomes a transformational experience. Nobody who goes into training comes out at the other end unchanged. Additionally, many people find that the ideas that attracted them to medicine at the front turn out to be only a small factor in why they later choose what they do within the world of healthcare. New experiences along the way turn out to be even more influential in their thoughts. I can say that for myself, the reasons that I love what I do now are very different than what I would have expected, when I was starting. For me, the decision was absolutely correct.When a doctor has a great day, it's unbelievably good. There really is no other experience like it. Astronauts launching on rockets don't get as much of a thrill as I do on my best days. The average day of a doctor is filled with small highs and lows, frustrating challenges and numerous minor interim victories on multiple intellectual and professional battlefields. On a bad day, nobody suffers like a doctor. I won't say more, because it feels inappropriate and disrespectful to myself and my colleagues to attempt to unfold this, but I'll say this: it's for real. Should you go into medicine? Just rember this...Anyone who offers you advice on this matter is either serving their own purposes or talking to themselves with you as an audience. Good luck in your soulsearch!
Heck yeah! Not only do you get a lot more money than the average joe but you'll also help make peoples day better and maybe even SAVE A LIFE! All the schooling is worth it, make your dad pay I am haha.
if you feel strongly about pursuing that goal as if its one of the most important things in your life, and that you truly believe you can stand out in a sea of applicants trying to prove the same thing, then yes. but you have to educate yourself about the application process, life as a med student, and a career as a career before committing to anything. think things out and decide if this is the way you are best suited to contribute to your community.
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Just because you care about people and care about babies does not make you suitable for medicine. It just means that you have a heart.
If you were interested in the disease and why the baby got it and what the mother could have done differently to keep her baby from getting it and what could be done to help the baby prolong his life, you should consider medicine. But you will see and hear far worse in medical school and in the hospitals...
you should deffenetly go fof it but be carful resedensi is hard pluse schooling$$$$$$$$$ if u know what i mean i'm a doc at hopkins atlest i was
If you have to ask, you probably should not go into medicine. Being a physician is the most demanding profession you can choose. If you just know that it is for you, and no one is going to talk you out of it, and you are going to make it happen, it will happen, but if you have to ask, you probably will not make it.
Yes, Apparently you Give a Damn, BTW, it Will Not Be Easy.
As a rule, I will not suggest or dissuade when it comes to people considering a career in medicine. It is a very difficult and personal decision that I would be hard pressed to be of help with, even for my own family members or close friends. For complete strangers, my input would be pointless.However, once made, the decision to enter medicine becomes a transformational experience. Nobody who goes into training comes out at the other end unchanged. Additionally, many people find that the ideas that attracted them to medicine at the front turn out to be only a small factor in why they later choose what they do within the world of healthcare. New experiences along the way turn out to be even more influential in their thoughts. I can say that for myself, the reasons that I love what I do now are very different than what I would have expected, when I was starting. For me, the decision was absolutely correct.When a doctor has a great day, it's unbelievably good. There really is no other experience like it. Astronauts launching on rockets don't get as much of a thrill as I do on my best days. The average day of a doctor is filled with small highs and lows, frustrating challenges and numerous minor interim victories on multiple intellectual and professional battlefields. On a bad day, nobody suffers like a doctor. I won't say more, because it feels inappropriate and disrespectful to myself and my colleagues to attempt to unfold this, but I'll say this: it's for real. Should you go into medicine? Just rember this...Anyone who offers you advice on this matter is either serving their own purposes or talking to themselves with you as an audience. Good luck in your soulsearch!
Heck yeah! Not only do you get a lot more money than the average joe but you'll also help make peoples day better and maybe even SAVE A LIFE! All the schooling is worth it, make your dad pay I am haha.
if you feel strongly about pursuing that goal as if its one of the most important things in your life, and that you truly believe you can stand out in a sea of applicants trying to prove the same thing, then yes. but you have to educate yourself about the application process, life as a med student, and a career as a career before committing to anything. think things out and decide if this is the way you are best suited to contribute to your community.
for drug testing, how long does oxycontin stay in your system?
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First, OxyContin IS a drug. It contains oxycodone. The half-life, or drug detection period, of oxycodone is less than 12 hours from what I've read, but the same studies say that it works for 12 hours. To be careful for a test, you should be clean for a day or two. Remember that testing is getting better everyday. Especially for commonly used drugs such as this. You DO NOT want to be caught using illegally! You could lose jobs, family, and even your own life. Stay safe. Get help.
Oxycontin isn't a drug, but oxycodone is. And since your asking about how long it stays in your system for drug testing, you don't need an answer.
drugs stay in your blood for 6 weeks in your fat for 12 months in your bone for up to 3 years
I don't know who the guy is that said Oxycontin isn't a drug but it certainly is a drug. It is detectable in your system for up to 6 months with the current drug testing devices. If by some authority the drug testing is done, they can require a prescription or doctors name who gave you the drug.
For clarification sake: Is prehypertensive 140/90 or 139/89?
In nih.gov site, it specifically said norm is %26lt;120/80
prehypertensive is 120/80-139/89
hypertensive is %26gt; or equal to 140/90I've asked this question previously... why so many different and inconsistent replies? Thanks.
Answer:
The NIH.gov site has the ranges correct, so technically 139/89 is prehypertensive and 140/90 is hypertensive (stage 1). In general, the lower the blood pressure, the better (provided it doesn't get too low), which is why you've gotten so many different replies. It'd be healthier if someone could get their blood pressure less than 120/80 if possible, even though 120/80 isn't technically 'hypertensive.'Another thing one should know about blood pressure, is that it varies throughout the day. It is not a constant value--it fluctuates based on what you are doing and your mood. Thus, if you get a measurement of 139/89, it is so close to hypertensive, that a doctor may find that more concerning than a value of 121/81 (though both values are technically 'pre-hypertensive').
Borderline hypertensive is 140/90. The reason so many inconsistent replies is that the numbers are just a guide line. Some people can have slightly higher numbers and it can be normal for them. The best way to get your systolic and diastolic number down is: if you smoke, quit; if you eat junk food (fats and fried food), quit; exercise regularly and practice ways to keep you calm and balanced, like yoga and meditation and deep breathing.
Whar is all this prehypertension and prediabetes. This term is meaningless, since under different conditions BP can vary considerably. There is no prehypertension.
prehypertensive is 120/80-139/89
hypertensive is %26gt; or equal to 140/90I've asked this question previously... why so many different and inconsistent replies? Thanks.
Answer:
The NIH.gov site has the ranges correct, so technically 139/89 is prehypertensive and 140/90 is hypertensive (stage 1). In general, the lower the blood pressure, the better (provided it doesn't get too low), which is why you've gotten so many different replies. It'd be healthier if someone could get their blood pressure less than 120/80 if possible, even though 120/80 isn't technically 'hypertensive.'Another thing one should know about blood pressure, is that it varies throughout the day. It is not a constant value--it fluctuates based on what you are doing and your mood. Thus, if you get a measurement of 139/89, it is so close to hypertensive, that a doctor may find that more concerning than a value of 121/81 (though both values are technically 'pre-hypertensive').
Borderline hypertensive is 140/90. The reason so many inconsistent replies is that the numbers are just a guide line. Some people can have slightly higher numbers and it can be normal for them. The best way to get your systolic and diastolic number down is: if you smoke, quit; if you eat junk food (fats and fried food), quit; exercise regularly and practice ways to keep you calm and balanced, like yoga and meditation and deep breathing.
Whar is all this prehypertension and prediabetes. This term is meaningless, since under different conditions BP can vary considerably. There is no prehypertension.
For an ulcer, when taking Zantac (Ranitidine), are you supposed to take it before a meal, with a meal, after?
a meal, before going to bed? When? Don't say ask doctor, as this prescription is from another time, another place. I just can't remember the when of when I am supposed to take it-anyone else taking it or have taken it and know?
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I'm a pharmacy technician/pharmacy student, and I see it prescribed most of the time as taking it in the morning or about an hour before your largest meal. That way, it's got time to get into your blood stream before you eat something that may cause gastroesophogeal discomfort.
A friend of mine takes it about half an hour before he eats his main meal of the day.
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I'm a pharmacy technician/pharmacy student, and I see it prescribed most of the time as taking it in the morning or about an hour before your largest meal. That way, it's got time to get into your blood stream before you eat something that may cause gastroesophogeal discomfort.
A friend of mine takes it about half an hour before he eats his main meal of the day.
for all those who made it to medical school?
do you remember what was your SAT combined score when you were in high school and what's your GPA?I have finished H.S but haven't started my undergraduate yet because of money issues...anyways I'll go to college next year.I am so interested in medicine, I have volunteered in hospitals, shadowed a friend doc, and I know how exactly medicine career is.
but everyone (especially my parents) are putting me down, saying I won't make it in med school, I'm too stupid and stuff. I usually don't care for ehat they say...but sometimes I do.
I had a 2. 7 GPA in h.s and a combined SAT score of 1400 out of 2400..I would've done better if I was faster...I was TOOOOOOOO slow...I might take it again if I have to. so do you think even if I try my best I won't make it/in to med school?
are you all student doctors out there have 3-4 GPA's and perfect SAT's?
Answer:
At least for most medical schools, SATs are not used. You may be required to provide your SAT scores, but they are not a major factor in the decision.The exception would be a combined BS/MD program where you attend roughly 2 years of college and then enter directly into med school where you earn credits to finish your BS. These are typically 6 year programs.
There are fours components that are usually scrutinized upon applying to medical school in the tradition 4 and 4 track:
GPA
MCAT score
Letters of recommendation
InterviewIn the old days, the college you attended and your major were also important, but much less important today. Likewise, some schools will examine your college transcript and make a minor note about the classes you attended.Applicants from state schools and the Ivy League are both accepted today. But be prepared: your GPA will need to be in the high 3's. And the higher the better.MCAT is the medical school equivalent of the SATs. Except you are tested on:
Physical Science (physics, chemistry and organic chemistry
Biological Science (biology, a little anatomy, a little micro biology, a little histology - but not much this is designed to be taken by someone not already in med school!)
Verbal Reasoning (mostly reading comprehension)
Writing Sample (virtually ignored unless you are a foreign grad)Each of the first three section is graded from 3-15 (well, the highest rank in the Verbal is usually a 13-15 category since the statistics do not allow a more definitive breakdown). The writing sample is graded from J-T. So a perfect MCAT is a 45 with a T writing sample. The average score in each section is an 8. Most med school have an average score of 9 to 9.5 for their matriculating students with the top schools averaging 10's to 11's. See link below.Letters of rec are screened to make sure you are not an ax-murder and that there is nothing to sabotage you.These first the items will sometimes be assigned a numerical grade and summed. If you make the cut, you move onto the next step:The interview can be very dynamic and is often used to determine if you would be a "good fit for the school". It is also a time where you can explain any discrepancies in your folder. "Oh, I left college for two years to volunteer in Africa treating lepers." or "I got fed up and quit before I was investigated for academic fraud" (Obviously certain explanations are better than others). Don't deny it, just explain why and what you did.The general consensus today is that applicants are screened to be bright and academically competent, but also compassionate "people persons". They are trying to get away from the lab geek who got straight A's, ace'd the MCATs, but can communicate with a patient. There are also dispensations for people with learning disabilities. You can receive extra time on the MCATs and med school exams if you have a documents learning disability - but remember you will still be responsible for a huge work load in med school. If you think this may be the case, get tested (there is a website I found below - not sure of the quality, but its a starting point).Be wary, many people who soar through college hit medical school and suddenly learn that they have a subtle learning disability that was only unmasked by the sheer volume of work.Also it is useful to note that there are three types of medical schools. Traditional MD granting "allopathic" med schools and DO granting "osteopathic" med school. There are also foreign medical school where you attend classes offshore. Many grads then try to get into a residency back in the US (where you are termed a "foreign medical grad" or FMG). While there is significant controversy, the pervasive opinion is that osteopathic and FMGs are looked down upon as many consider it easier to get into these schools than the allopathic.Stop no flame-throwers! Regardless of how you get there you are still a doctor and many DO's and FMG's do a great job and can make a great name for themselves...but there are often biases and prejudices that exists in mainstream medicine. Just be prepared.And don鈥檛 quit. Just because you didn鈥檛 get in the first time, try again. There are many people who take the next year to boost their GPAs or retake the MCATs.
As long as you can get into college and do well, then that is what is important. Medical schools do not ask for high school transcripts or records. They want to see how you did in college. My advice: major in something that you enjoy and will do well in. Everyone who applies to medical school has to take certain science classes, but you can major in anything you want. Med schools like diversity, so really pick anything. Do well in your college classes, especially science and math. You always want to shoot for an A in a class. A lot of schools require that you pass the science classes with at least a C.The MCAT is hard, but it doesn't take as long as it used to. I took the paper version, but now it is on a computer. It doesn't take all day and you will get your scores back a lot faster. You have plenty of time to get ready for this test because you will take it your junior year of college. Take a class at Kaplan or Princeton Review and lots of practice tests to prepare. Good luck!
Way back in the dark ages (1970's-80's), when I was in high school, we only had the verbal and math scores, and I was in the 1500's (out of 1600). In high school, my GPA was not 4.0, but close. In college, I got some B's but mostly A's, and with moderate effort (sometimes, I studied; most of the time, I just went to class and paid attention). The only C I got EVER (from first grade through medical school) was in Biochemistry in med school.I found medical school to be challenging not in the difficulty of the material, but in the sheer volume that had to be absorbed in very little time. If you have problems with being slow to pick things up, or being slow on tests, you're going to be in way over your head in med school.Medical schools look at your college grades, so that is where you want to shine.You may want to consider an undergraduate degree in an allied health field (like physical therapy or occupational therapy). If you can breeze through that, then you can go on to med school. If you find that difficult but can still make it through, then you have a degree which will help you get a good job, still working with patients in a medical setting.Good luck to you.
but everyone (especially my parents) are putting me down, saying I won't make it in med school, I'm too stupid and stuff. I usually don't care for ehat they say...but sometimes I do.
I had a 2. 7 GPA in h.s and a combined SAT score of 1400 out of 2400..I would've done better if I was faster...I was TOOOOOOOO slow...I might take it again if I have to. so do you think even if I try my best I won't make it/in to med school?
are you all student doctors out there have 3-4 GPA's and perfect SAT's?
Answer:
At least for most medical schools, SATs are not used. You may be required to provide your SAT scores, but they are not a major factor in the decision.The exception would be a combined BS/MD program where you attend roughly 2 years of college and then enter directly into med school where you earn credits to finish your BS. These are typically 6 year programs.
There are fours components that are usually scrutinized upon applying to medical school in the tradition 4 and 4 track:
GPA
MCAT score
Letters of recommendation
InterviewIn the old days, the college you attended and your major were also important, but much less important today. Likewise, some schools will examine your college transcript and make a minor note about the classes you attended.Applicants from state schools and the Ivy League are both accepted today. But be prepared: your GPA will need to be in the high 3's. And the higher the better.MCAT is the medical school equivalent of the SATs. Except you are tested on:
Physical Science (physics, chemistry and organic chemistry
Biological Science (biology, a little anatomy, a little micro biology, a little histology - but not much this is designed to be taken by someone not already in med school!)
Verbal Reasoning (mostly reading comprehension)
Writing Sample (virtually ignored unless you are a foreign grad)Each of the first three section is graded from 3-15 (well, the highest rank in the Verbal is usually a 13-15 category since the statistics do not allow a more definitive breakdown). The writing sample is graded from J-T. So a perfect MCAT is a 45 with a T writing sample. The average score in each section is an 8. Most med school have an average score of 9 to 9.5 for their matriculating students with the top schools averaging 10's to 11's. See link below.Letters of rec are screened to make sure you are not an ax-murder and that there is nothing to sabotage you.These first the items will sometimes be assigned a numerical grade and summed. If you make the cut, you move onto the next step:The interview can be very dynamic and is often used to determine if you would be a "good fit for the school". It is also a time where you can explain any discrepancies in your folder. "Oh, I left college for two years to volunteer in Africa treating lepers." or "I got fed up and quit before I was investigated for academic fraud" (Obviously certain explanations are better than others). Don't deny it, just explain why and what you did.The general consensus today is that applicants are screened to be bright and academically competent, but also compassionate "people persons". They are trying to get away from the lab geek who got straight A's, ace'd the MCATs, but can communicate with a patient. There are also dispensations for people with learning disabilities. You can receive extra time on the MCATs and med school exams if you have a documents learning disability - but remember you will still be responsible for a huge work load in med school. If you think this may be the case, get tested (there is a website I found below - not sure of the quality, but its a starting point).Be wary, many people who soar through college hit medical school and suddenly learn that they have a subtle learning disability that was only unmasked by the sheer volume of work.Also it is useful to note that there are three types of medical schools. Traditional MD granting "allopathic" med schools and DO granting "osteopathic" med school. There are also foreign medical school where you attend classes offshore. Many grads then try to get into a residency back in the US (where you are termed a "foreign medical grad" or FMG). While there is significant controversy, the pervasive opinion is that osteopathic and FMGs are looked down upon as many consider it easier to get into these schools than the allopathic.Stop no flame-throwers! Regardless of how you get there you are still a doctor and many DO's and FMG's do a great job and can make a great name for themselves...but there are often biases and prejudices that exists in mainstream medicine. Just be prepared.And don鈥檛 quit. Just because you didn鈥檛 get in the first time, try again. There are many people who take the next year to boost their GPAs or retake the MCATs.
As long as you can get into college and do well, then that is what is important. Medical schools do not ask for high school transcripts or records. They want to see how you did in college. My advice: major in something that you enjoy and will do well in. Everyone who applies to medical school has to take certain science classes, but you can major in anything you want. Med schools like diversity, so really pick anything. Do well in your college classes, especially science and math. You always want to shoot for an A in a class. A lot of schools require that you pass the science classes with at least a C.The MCAT is hard, but it doesn't take as long as it used to. I took the paper version, but now it is on a computer. It doesn't take all day and you will get your scores back a lot faster. You have plenty of time to get ready for this test because you will take it your junior year of college. Take a class at Kaplan or Princeton Review and lots of practice tests to prepare. Good luck!
Way back in the dark ages (1970's-80's), when I was in high school, we only had the verbal and math scores, and I was in the 1500's (out of 1600). In high school, my GPA was not 4.0, but close. In college, I got some B's but mostly A's, and with moderate effort (sometimes, I studied; most of the time, I just went to class and paid attention). The only C I got EVER (from first grade through medical school) was in Biochemistry in med school.I found medical school to be challenging not in the difficulty of the material, but in the sheer volume that had to be absorbed in very little time. If you have problems with being slow to pick things up, or being slow on tests, you're going to be in way over your head in med school.Medical schools look at your college grades, so that is where you want to shine.You may want to consider an undergraduate degree in an allied health field (like physical therapy or occupational therapy). If you can breeze through that, then you can go on to med school. If you find that difficult but can still make it through, then you have a degree which will help you get a good job, still working with patients in a medical setting.Good luck to you.
For all those who have had Lasik Surgery...?
Are you satisfied with it? Is your vision 100% better than before? Just wanting to know some details about it.
Answer:
yes.
yes.
easy.
get the new custom technique
it is different from old-school lasik
well worth the $2.5g charge per eye.
It is well worth it. It is an amazing difference. The procedure is quick and painless. I could see perfectly the next day. Your eyes will be dry for sometime, but your Dr. should give you all the eye drops you will ever need.Also, you will need to avoid rubbing your eyes for the first two weeks or so. I had to sleep with goggles on.I would highly recommend it, it's like a new freedom...
Lasik surgery can be great for correcting your vision. See this website for an encouraging success story.Good luck!
still there is a minor problem with the corneal flap stability post lasik , I prefer to wait tell new techniques developed and approved
Laser is used to change the shape of the cornea in front of the eye, so that the patient can see properly. Not all patients attain perfect vision, you may still need contact lenses or glasses. More detail at http://eye-care.in/lasikeyesurgery.html...
Answer:
yes.
yes.
easy.
get the new custom technique
it is different from old-school lasik
well worth the $2.5g charge per eye.
It is well worth it. It is an amazing difference. The procedure is quick and painless. I could see perfectly the next day. Your eyes will be dry for sometime, but your Dr. should give you all the eye drops you will ever need.Also, you will need to avoid rubbing your eyes for the first two weeks or so. I had to sleep with goggles on.I would highly recommend it, it's like a new freedom...
Lasik surgery can be great for correcting your vision. See this website for an encouraging success story.Good luck!
still there is a minor problem with the corneal flap stability post lasik , I prefer to wait tell new techniques developed and approved
Laser is used to change the shape of the cornea in front of the eye, so that the patient can see properly. Not all patients attain perfect vision, you may still need contact lenses or glasses. More detail at http://eye-care.in/lasikeyesurgery.html...
For all Doctors out there, What did u do to become a doctor? and why did u become one?
I am a highschool senior and I already applied for health science program in college, my dream is to become a doctor, and here in canada it's not that easy, I am ready to do everything to become one. The thing I am wondering is if I have the qualities to become one. I am ready to study hard, but I get tired sometimes, and sometimes have second thoughts about how serious i am. I would like to know from doctors, if they have been through the same thing or not, and if yes what did they do to over come it, and if not, how did u study this hard, what made u go all the way?! Please do not answer me: "coz i had a dream" Alot of people have their dreams, but few actually have them come true. Thank you in advance.
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i think it will be different since im not from the us or canada but i recently passed the physician's board exam here in my country. well, it is a fact that ever since i was a kid, i wanted to be a doctor. that's true.. everything has to start from a dream. it depends on you on how you'll make it come true. here's what i did..after graduating from high school, i took a college course which is sort of a primer for my med school dream. i took medical technology but you can take other courses like biology, physical therapy, chemistry, psychology, pharmacy and other science related courses.. they will help you a lot in your med proper. med proper is tough.. i think i am like you, i can study hard if i want to but i sometimes get tired and fall asleep just after reading several pages. after having to study what seem like thousands of pages, you get burned out.. especially when you dont have patient interaction and it's just teachers and books and teachers.. i sometimes feel i made the wrong choice especially when my friends from college call me and ask me out and i cant go since i have to study.when i started dealing with patients, that's the turning point. the smile you get from a patient or their relatives is very fulfilling. every inch of tiredness just goes away and you begin to feel it's worth every sacrifice.becoming a doctor means you have to go through a lot of sacrifices. studying hard is just part of it. i have friends who don't study hard, they just listen to lectures and they pass. it's how you want to make it happen that matters.
I'll call you back after I perform brain surgery.
I actually studied pre-med in the U.S. for a long time, went through the admissions process, etc... You'll need a 4 year college degree with an emphasis on the four cornerstones of the study of medicine: chemisty, physics, mathematics, and English. You'll need to excel in those areas and keep a pretty high grade point average. You can major in almost anything - even music - as long as those four cornerstones are met.Here in the U.S. you must take an exam after college called the M.C.A.T. (similiar to the S.A.T.) and your scores determine where you will be accepted, if at all, to medical school. Medical colleges (here in the U.S. anyway) only accept about 100 applicants per year. Despite the size of our country, there are fewer schools than you might imagine.After 4 years of college and 4 years of medical school there are 4 years of residency training in the specialty in which you choose to practice. If you want to become a surgeon though, the residency can be as long as 6 years. There are options for further specialty training like fellowships.Medical school is very demanding by itself, residency is even more demanding with physicians often working up to 80 hours a week. Relationships and dating are impossible to maintain. A recent documentary showed a 90% divorce rate among couples where one person was a medical resident or student.That stunts your relationship experience and growth because there wont be much time to have one over those 12 years. It is without a doubt the most competitive profession on the planet. If you aren't very competitive and academically driven, you simply wont make it. Compassion and a desire to help people are standard responses when seeking admittance but your grades and scores are more important.It's common upon graduation to find yourself at least $100,000 in debt in student loans.I decided it wasn't for me not long after another student disrupted a lecture on cell biology accusing me of stealing her lab chair. There are plenty of ways to help people in the world and 12 years seemed too daunting. My passion lay elsewhere. :)IF you are not put off by this, then I encourage you to go for it as it can be a wonderful, challenging, and rewarding experience. Visit a college admissions office at your nearest medical school and discuss everything with them before you make your decision.For information about medical colleges and requirements in Canada, visit: www.afmc.ca
I am in medical school. The hardest part is getting in, especially in Canada. Everyone gets tired sometimes. Not everyone in medical school is a "Type A" personality. I honored every class in medical school so far. How? I just take each day at a time and plan for the future. I like what I am studying (most of the time even though I complain often) which makes it easier to stay on task.The previous poster was wrong in one regard. The four classes that the MCAT focuses all its science questions are Chemistry, Organic Chemistry, Biology and Physics. You need to spank all the classes you take in college. Go for straight A's and take pride in being top of the class. Good luck.
Your concerns and hesitations are normal for a person at your level of education and age. My suggestion is to continue pursuing your education in health sciences. As you progress, you will have a clearer indication if medicine is the right career for you. It's no disgrace if you decide on another career choice in a few years.
Well I am only a medical student currently, but I can share with you from my limited experience.What did I do? Everyone's experience is different and I am not sure exactly how my American experience will relate to your possible Canadian one, but I took a fairly standard approach. Went to undergraduate and got my degree and then immediately proceeded on to medical school the next year after. From personal observations, the most important thing you can do in college is, obviously, study hard and do well on the MCAT. Grades and MCAT score are two major determining factors as to whether you'll get admitted or not. They are not the only factors, however, and medical schools also seem to highly prize leadership roles, research, and significant amounts of charity work. Other things will certainly aid or degrade your application as well, but if I had to list a top 5 it would be those. Why did I become a doctor? Well for two reasons. One, personally I could not imagine being satisfied with a job were I did not feel like I was significantly helping people. Now of course many jobs can accomplish this so this in and of itself doesn't necessarily say, "Hey! Do medicine!" That's where reason number two comes in. I specifically chose medicine because I have always enjoyed microbiology and biochemistry and found them to be interesting fields of study. Now as above there were some other lesser reasons as well: I liked the freedom of movement being a doctor allows, the respect it commands (or at least used to), was motivated by the feeling that, being gifted with excellent test taking skills if not intelligence, I should strive to maximize use of that gift, and, finally, hey the pay doesn't hurt either, but the original two were the main driving reasons. Now as to how my experience has been so far. It is definitely a lot of work and you definitely need to be confident going into it that you are doing what you in fact want to do. Not because of some sort of noble endeavor or naive dream of what being a doctor is like, but because you have evaluated, to the best that you can at least, what medicine is like and you in fact want to practice it. In the US at least it is definitely an entire academic level above undergraduate work the first year, and another level beyond that the second and third years. (Perhaps that's a bit of an exaggeration, but not much.) If I can convey anything in this rambling discourse to someone considering becoming a doctor, though, it's simply that while medicine can be a very rewarding profession in many ways, it is also very demanding. Not just while a student or an intern or a resident, but even as a fully certified, fully competent doctor of many years. I have obviously not experienced most of the latter part of this course, but it's something I鈥檝e observed and something I did not fully appreciate before medical school. Many people want to have their life include medicine, but with a few exceptions aside, the reality is your life will be medicine. You can in fact have relationships, families, and social lives, but it aint easy and it aint going to be like what your professional friends possess.If you seriously are interested, though, good luck! I'm a firm believer that most people, if sufficiently motivated, can succeed in medical school. Maybe not excel, but certainly succeed. You just need the drive.
well actually medicine is not my choice. it was my father who told me to take up med. i really wanted to be a journalist which is very far from being a doctor. but when i started dealing with things i encounter in medicine, i realized it really is a very interesting profession. and so i learned to love it and really put myself into studying it. there are a lot of things that u need to know. but the biggest satisfaction u get is when u are able to answer questions that some people keep on wondering. sometimes u think u know wat u need to, but when u face a patient, then u wud realized u dont know enuf and so it become more and more interesting. it requires a lot of reading and analyzation. what im doing is to read a lot everyday and to really indulge myself when im on internship. and now it feels very fulfilling when u can give relief to your patient, something that can never be repay by anything.
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i think it will be different since im not from the us or canada but i recently passed the physician's board exam here in my country. well, it is a fact that ever since i was a kid, i wanted to be a doctor. that's true.. everything has to start from a dream. it depends on you on how you'll make it come true. here's what i did..after graduating from high school, i took a college course which is sort of a primer for my med school dream. i took medical technology but you can take other courses like biology, physical therapy, chemistry, psychology, pharmacy and other science related courses.. they will help you a lot in your med proper. med proper is tough.. i think i am like you, i can study hard if i want to but i sometimes get tired and fall asleep just after reading several pages. after having to study what seem like thousands of pages, you get burned out.. especially when you dont have patient interaction and it's just teachers and books and teachers.. i sometimes feel i made the wrong choice especially when my friends from college call me and ask me out and i cant go since i have to study.when i started dealing with patients, that's the turning point. the smile you get from a patient or their relatives is very fulfilling. every inch of tiredness just goes away and you begin to feel it's worth every sacrifice.becoming a doctor means you have to go through a lot of sacrifices. studying hard is just part of it. i have friends who don't study hard, they just listen to lectures and they pass. it's how you want to make it happen that matters.
I'll call you back after I perform brain surgery.
I actually studied pre-med in the U.S. for a long time, went through the admissions process, etc... You'll need a 4 year college degree with an emphasis on the four cornerstones of the study of medicine: chemisty, physics, mathematics, and English. You'll need to excel in those areas and keep a pretty high grade point average. You can major in almost anything - even music - as long as those four cornerstones are met.Here in the U.S. you must take an exam after college called the M.C.A.T. (similiar to the S.A.T.) and your scores determine where you will be accepted, if at all, to medical school. Medical colleges (here in the U.S. anyway) only accept about 100 applicants per year. Despite the size of our country, there are fewer schools than you might imagine.After 4 years of college and 4 years of medical school there are 4 years of residency training in the specialty in which you choose to practice. If you want to become a surgeon though, the residency can be as long as 6 years. There are options for further specialty training like fellowships.Medical school is very demanding by itself, residency is even more demanding with physicians often working up to 80 hours a week. Relationships and dating are impossible to maintain. A recent documentary showed a 90% divorce rate among couples where one person was a medical resident or student.That stunts your relationship experience and growth because there wont be much time to have one over those 12 years. It is without a doubt the most competitive profession on the planet. If you aren't very competitive and academically driven, you simply wont make it. Compassion and a desire to help people are standard responses when seeking admittance but your grades and scores are more important.It's common upon graduation to find yourself at least $100,000 in debt in student loans.I decided it wasn't for me not long after another student disrupted a lecture on cell biology accusing me of stealing her lab chair. There are plenty of ways to help people in the world and 12 years seemed too daunting. My passion lay elsewhere. :)IF you are not put off by this, then I encourage you to go for it as it can be a wonderful, challenging, and rewarding experience. Visit a college admissions office at your nearest medical school and discuss everything with them before you make your decision.For information about medical colleges and requirements in Canada, visit: www.afmc.ca
I am in medical school. The hardest part is getting in, especially in Canada. Everyone gets tired sometimes. Not everyone in medical school is a "Type A" personality. I honored every class in medical school so far. How? I just take each day at a time and plan for the future. I like what I am studying (most of the time even though I complain often) which makes it easier to stay on task.The previous poster was wrong in one regard. The four classes that the MCAT focuses all its science questions are Chemistry, Organic Chemistry, Biology and Physics. You need to spank all the classes you take in college. Go for straight A's and take pride in being top of the class. Good luck.
Your concerns and hesitations are normal for a person at your level of education and age. My suggestion is to continue pursuing your education in health sciences. As you progress, you will have a clearer indication if medicine is the right career for you. It's no disgrace if you decide on another career choice in a few years.
Well I am only a medical student currently, but I can share with you from my limited experience.What did I do? Everyone's experience is different and I am not sure exactly how my American experience will relate to your possible Canadian one, but I took a fairly standard approach. Went to undergraduate and got my degree and then immediately proceeded on to medical school the next year after. From personal observations, the most important thing you can do in college is, obviously, study hard and do well on the MCAT. Grades and MCAT score are two major determining factors as to whether you'll get admitted or not. They are not the only factors, however, and medical schools also seem to highly prize leadership roles, research, and significant amounts of charity work. Other things will certainly aid or degrade your application as well, but if I had to list a top 5 it would be those. Why did I become a doctor? Well for two reasons. One, personally I could not imagine being satisfied with a job were I did not feel like I was significantly helping people. Now of course many jobs can accomplish this so this in and of itself doesn't necessarily say, "Hey! Do medicine!" That's where reason number two comes in. I specifically chose medicine because I have always enjoyed microbiology and biochemistry and found them to be interesting fields of study. Now as above there were some other lesser reasons as well: I liked the freedom of movement being a doctor allows, the respect it commands (or at least used to), was motivated by the feeling that, being gifted with excellent test taking skills if not intelligence, I should strive to maximize use of that gift, and, finally, hey the pay doesn't hurt either, but the original two were the main driving reasons. Now as to how my experience has been so far. It is definitely a lot of work and you definitely need to be confident going into it that you are doing what you in fact want to do. Not because of some sort of noble endeavor or naive dream of what being a doctor is like, but because you have evaluated, to the best that you can at least, what medicine is like and you in fact want to practice it. In the US at least it is definitely an entire academic level above undergraduate work the first year, and another level beyond that the second and third years. (Perhaps that's a bit of an exaggeration, but not much.) If I can convey anything in this rambling discourse to someone considering becoming a doctor, though, it's simply that while medicine can be a very rewarding profession in many ways, it is also very demanding. Not just while a student or an intern or a resident, but even as a fully certified, fully competent doctor of many years. I have obviously not experienced most of the latter part of this course, but it's something I鈥檝e observed and something I did not fully appreciate before medical school. Many people want to have their life include medicine, but with a few exceptions aside, the reality is your life will be medicine. You can in fact have relationships, families, and social lives, but it aint easy and it aint going to be like what your professional friends possess.If you seriously are interested, though, good luck! I'm a firm believer that most people, if sufficiently motivated, can succeed in medical school. Maybe not excel, but certainly succeed. You just need the drive.
well actually medicine is not my choice. it was my father who told me to take up med. i really wanted to be a journalist which is very far from being a doctor. but when i started dealing with things i encounter in medicine, i realized it really is a very interesting profession. and so i learned to love it and really put myself into studying it. there are a lot of things that u need to know. but the biggest satisfaction u get is when u are able to answer questions that some people keep on wondering. sometimes u think u know wat u need to, but when u face a patient, then u wud realized u dont know enuf and so it become more and more interesting. it requires a lot of reading and analyzation. what im doing is to read a lot everyday and to really indulge myself when im on internship. and now it feels very fulfilling when u can give relief to your patient, something that can never be repay by anything.
foot medicine?
a long time ago... somebody gave this like a patches you put this on you foot.. and its suck all the germs or bacteria from your body once you remove the patches. black things come out..( on the patches) . I dont where and how he got it.. some kind of chinese product. any idea??
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Could this be it?http://stores.ebay.com/feelgood-detox...To be honest, I am highly skeptical that it would remove germs
and bacteria from everywhere in one's body...
and I am generally skeptical of anything which has claims
that include phrases as "99% effective"...
So, on a personal note, I would do some research to help me decide on their value.
I also believe, yes, germs are everywhere, but overall we have to live with them.
This does not discount things as basic personal hygeine, vaccines, and proper handwashing.
I think that if one is overzealous in destroying germs, one also
prevents one's immune system from proper development and sustainment..and then one can really get sick from simple things.Well, off my soapbox.this most likely does not relate to you at all!And I do hope this information helps you some.
Not sure where you live, you might try calling local health/natural products stores. Our local food co-op carries some health products, while I believe are questionable, doesn't prevent me
from putting in some volunteer hours there monthly. The co-op is an oasis for me.
I have never heard of that type of Chinese medicine and I do use a lot of Chinese medicine... HOWEVER.. I have heard that there is a type of clinical foot bath(I have heard about it on the radio, etc) that supposedly sucks the junk out of your foot.It is an expensive process but sorry..I forgot the name of what the process is.
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Could this be it?http://stores.ebay.com/feelgood-detox...To be honest, I am highly skeptical that it would remove germs
and bacteria from everywhere in one's body...
and I am generally skeptical of anything which has claims
that include phrases as "99% effective"...
So, on a personal note, I would do some research to help me decide on their value.
I also believe, yes, germs are everywhere, but overall we have to live with them.
This does not discount things as basic personal hygeine, vaccines, and proper handwashing.
I think that if one is overzealous in destroying germs, one also
prevents one's immune system from proper development and sustainment..and then one can really get sick from simple things.Well, off my soapbox.this most likely does not relate to you at all!And I do hope this information helps you some.
Not sure where you live, you might try calling local health/natural products stores. Our local food co-op carries some health products, while I believe are questionable, doesn't prevent me
from putting in some volunteer hours there monthly. The co-op is an oasis for me.
I have never heard of that type of Chinese medicine and I do use a lot of Chinese medicine... HOWEVER.. I have heard that there is a type of clinical foot bath(I have heard about it on the radio, etc) that supposedly sucks the junk out of your foot.It is an expensive process but sorry..I forgot the name of what the process is.
Foods to avoid while taking Penicillin?
What foods, specifically and in particular, should I avoid while on antibiotic Penicillin to ensure nothing interferes with its effects?Thanks a lot for your help folks.P.S. Kindly tell me foods in particular and not just "High-fiber foods". Foods that we practically eat daily. Thanks again.
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i think grapefruit. go to healthsquare.com
beer or alchol
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i think grapefruit. go to healthsquare.com
beer or alchol
fluoxetine question?
is it good for anxiety
Answer:
Flouxetine is the generic drug for Prozac. It is an antidepressant drug used medically in the treatment of depression, body dysmorphic disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder, bulimia nervosa, premenstrual dysphoric disorder, hypochondriasis and panic disorder. Drug effectiveness is different for each individuals since our bodies are wired a little differently.
I take it for anxiety and it has helped me dramatically. However, it doesn't work the same for everyone. Every person has different chemical make-up, and some drugs have different effects on different people. I would give it a try, and see how it works.
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Flouxetine is the generic drug for Prozac. It is an antidepressant drug used medically in the treatment of depression, body dysmorphic disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder, bulimia nervosa, premenstrual dysphoric disorder, hypochondriasis and panic disorder. Drug effectiveness is different for each individuals since our bodies are wired a little differently.
I take it for anxiety and it has helped me dramatically. However, it doesn't work the same for everyone. Every person has different chemical make-up, and some drugs have different effects on different people. I would give it a try, and see how it works.
Fluoxetine 20mg once a day?
can i still take my xanax with this? also, what are the side effects of fluoxetine? i told my doctor i have anxiety %26 panic attacks, is this a normal dosage for that? i heard that 20mg once a day is usually used for depression.
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You can take your Xanax with this. The usual side effects of the Fluoxetine are drowsiness, nausea, vomiting. These aren't very common though. 20 mg daily is a normal doseage to start out with for anxiety and panic attacks.
fluoxetine made me really crazy. i couldn't sleep. my heart raced constanly. the doctor put me on 20mg to start off with which is a big no no. he should have started you off w/a smaller doseage and worked you up. good luck w/it. hope it doesn't make you nuts like it did me. and yeah, taking xanax w/it won't hurt.
You know, by asking a question like this, on an open site like this, you will get the full range of answers. Which will you choose to believe? Thats why we have doctors.
Do we know how much you weigh?
What your lifestyle is?
Are you a hypocondriac?.
Did your mother die last week?
Sure it interesting to find out other's experience of this medication, but I really hope you don't base your use of medicine for your self or your friends on any thing you may discover here.
Be sensible about such things, and avoid a catastrophe.
I could pretend to be an expert, tell you that 20mg is a silly little dose and you should be on at least 100 to do any good.
Will I be held accountable if you die of an overdose??
Do you see my concern?
Go back to your doctor with these questions, or get a second opinion FROM A QUALIFED PRACTITIONER.
When you are depressed or suffering anxiety is can be easy to think, everyone knows better than you, but it is not true.
Be strong and proud, you have a right to know everything about every medication you take, don't be a baby and say "yes doc no doc" and come away confused. Been there done that and know better now!
Good luck to you, work hard at being strong and think of medication as a temporary helper, you will get better and think clearer and be happier, lol.
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You can take your Xanax with this. The usual side effects of the Fluoxetine are drowsiness, nausea, vomiting. These aren't very common though. 20 mg daily is a normal doseage to start out with for anxiety and panic attacks.
fluoxetine made me really crazy. i couldn't sleep. my heart raced constanly. the doctor put me on 20mg to start off with which is a big no no. he should have started you off w/a smaller doseage and worked you up. good luck w/it. hope it doesn't make you nuts like it did me. and yeah, taking xanax w/it won't hurt.
You know, by asking a question like this, on an open site like this, you will get the full range of answers. Which will you choose to believe? Thats why we have doctors.
Do we know how much you weigh?
What your lifestyle is?
Are you a hypocondriac?.
Did your mother die last week?
Sure it interesting to find out other's experience of this medication, but I really hope you don't base your use of medicine for your self or your friends on any thing you may discover here.
Be sensible about such things, and avoid a catastrophe.
I could pretend to be an expert, tell you that 20mg is a silly little dose and you should be on at least 100 to do any good.
Will I be held accountable if you die of an overdose??
Do you see my concern?
Go back to your doctor with these questions, or get a second opinion FROM A QUALIFED PRACTITIONER.
When you are depressed or suffering anxiety is can be easy to think, everyone knows better than you, but it is not true.
Be strong and proud, you have a right to know everything about every medication you take, don't be a baby and say "yes doc no doc" and come away confused. Been there done that and know better now!
Good luck to you, work hard at being strong and think of medication as a temporary helper, you will get better and think clearer and be happier, lol.
fluids question?
Answer the following question and explain your reasoning..A network of fine capillaries connects the arteries and the veins. The blood flows from the heart through large arteries, which subdivide and deliver blood to the capillary system. Each capillary is very small, about 10-6 m in radius, but there are so many of them that the total cross-section area through which the blood passes is about 0.2 m2 for the entire capillary system. This total area for the capillaries is greater than the cross-
section of a single vessel (such as the aorta) through which all blood flows. The average speed the blood moves through a capillary is a) faster than through the aorta.
b) slower than through the aorta.
c) the same speed as through the aorta.
c) any of these, depending upon the length of the aorta.
d) none of these
Answer:
b) slower than in the aorta.
mass flow rate = mass x velocity x flow area
since the mass flow rate is constant (blood isn't entering or leaving the body) the equation becomes
velocity a x flow area a = velocity c x flow area c
if flow area c is greater than flow area a, velocity c must be greater than velocity a
b
Slower. Length is a trivial factor compared to cross-sectional area in fluid flow.
section of a single vessel (such as the aorta) through which all blood flows. The average speed the blood moves through a capillary is a) faster than through the aorta.
b) slower than through the aorta.
c) the same speed as through the aorta.
c) any of these, depending upon the length of the aorta.
d) none of these
Answer:
b) slower than in the aorta.
mass flow rate = mass x velocity x flow area
since the mass flow rate is constant (blood isn't entering or leaving the body) the equation becomes
velocity a x flow area a = velocity c x flow area c
if flow area c is greater than flow area a, velocity c must be greater than velocity a
b
Slower. Length is a trivial factor compared to cross-sectional area in fluid flow.
Fleet Phospho-Soda & Colonoscopy Question?
Im schedualed to have a colonoscopy done next week, and the prep directions that were mailed to me by the doctor said that I need to drink this Phospho-Soda stuff. Many people said that mixing it with soda or broth helps it be more palatable, but the doctors directions said not to mix with WATER...I guess my question is: Is it okay to mix the phospho-soda with broth, because technically its not water, or should I just tough it out, and drink it plain?Thanks!
Answer:
You can mix Fleet Phosphosoda with any clear liquid: water, chicken broth, ginger ale, etc. Just do not use any liquid that is colored either purple or red. Make sure to keep up on your fluids when you use the phoshosoda. It is a saline based solution that cuases you to cleanse your bowel. But you need to take in enough fluids so that you do not become dehydrated.
The Fleet Phospho-Soda will have directions on it. I took it a few years ago for the same thing. It wasn't bad, it certainly goes down easier than a shot of tequila. I forget, but I think you can mix it with something, maybe clear sodas. I'm pretty sure you don't just drink it straight. The fasting part wasn't bad, but good golly, I spent a lot of time in the bathroom. It really, really, cleans you out.
your going to want the water it help with the cleaning process, make sure you dont just down the whole bottle at once take your time and drink maybe 4oz every 45 minutes or so
Answer:
You can mix Fleet Phosphosoda with any clear liquid: water, chicken broth, ginger ale, etc. Just do not use any liquid that is colored either purple or red. Make sure to keep up on your fluids when you use the phoshosoda. It is a saline based solution that cuases you to cleanse your bowel. But you need to take in enough fluids so that you do not become dehydrated.
The Fleet Phospho-Soda will have directions on it. I took it a few years ago for the same thing. It wasn't bad, it certainly goes down easier than a shot of tequila. I forget, but I think you can mix it with something, maybe clear sodas. I'm pretty sure you don't just drink it straight. The fasting part wasn't bad, but good golly, I spent a lot of time in the bathroom. It really, really, cleans you out.
your going to want the water it help with the cleaning process, make sure you dont just down the whole bottle at once take your time and drink maybe 4oz every 45 minutes or so
Flashbacks?
I am curious about lsd flashbacks. I've heard many different figures on how long afterwords. I mean can you get them years after? What is it like? Can you still function? Does it come on gradualy? What like if your driving? Can you pull over to the side? How frequent is it?
Answer:
Hi. I was a passenger in a car driven by a friend who experienced a flashback months after his 'experiment'. We were on a highway and it was all he could do to keep control of the car. He did not tell me why he stopped so abruptly (I would have steered the car) because he could not speak. 'Nuff said?
I think they are a myth. I never heard a first-person account of one.
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Hi. I was a passenger in a car driven by a friend who experienced a flashback months after his 'experiment'. We were on a highway and it was all he could do to keep control of the car. He did not tell me why he stopped so abruptly (I would have steered the car) because he could not speak. 'Nuff said?
I think they are a myth. I never heard a first-person account of one.
five facts about antibiotics?
please can you give me five facts about antibiotics if they were short and in bullet points that would really help thanks :D
Answer:
1. don't drink booze with them (stops them from working)
2. If u r taking the Pill use Xtra protection (can stop it from working too)
3. You have to finish the whole course of them as the problem could come back.
4. Some can make u drowsy so avoid driving if you can
5. Ur body can become immune to them so try do to take them on a regular basisHope this Helps
They affect your contraceptive pill, use condoms.
Don't drink alcohol on them.
http://www.aware.md/facts/anti_facts.asp...
antibiotics kill bacteria.
antibiotics kill good and bad bacteria.
bacteria can develop resistance to antibiotics.
many antibiotics are developed from molds.
many people are allergic to some antibiotics.
people can develop yeast infections after the normal bacteria are killed.
there are antibiotics which effect gram positive or gram negative bacteria, or wide range antibiotics.
antoiotics are used in some meat and fish and poultry production to lower contamination since the intestines of the animals are opened and many bacteria are released.
antibiotics can be tested on given bacteria in the lab using sensitivity plates and small discs of the antibiotics.
-%26gt; no good for viruses
-%26gt; kill bacteria good or bad...so you could develop thrush while taking them
-%26gt; you need to take the whole course or it's useless
-%26gt; they take 72 hours to start having an effect
-%26gt; Have been overused and now we have diseases that have developed a resistance to them.
* if you drink alcohol on them you'll be very nauseus
* there are many kinds, most common being penicillin and erythromycin
* you need to use extra precautions such as a condom if youre on antibiotics and taking the pill
* they may give you an upset stomach
*The mass production of antibiotics began during World War II with streptomycin and penicillin
1) Ideal antibiotics affect bacterial function, but not host function.
2) That's why they don't work on viruses - bacteria are cells in their own right, viruses hijack a host cell.
3) Cane be anywhere from broad spectrum to very specific (either affect all or only a singgle species of bacteria).
4) A lot of modern antibiotics are artificial.
5) Antibiotics are not allowed in the human food chain - any animal that's got antibiotics in its system can't be used for human consumption, neither can its milk/eggs.
and 6), cos its related, many bacteria have built up a resistance to common antibiotics.
The effects of Antibiotics continue working for up to 72 hours after you have finished the course. They do not take 72 hours to start working.
Answer:
1. don't drink booze with them (stops them from working)
2. If u r taking the Pill use Xtra protection (can stop it from working too)
3. You have to finish the whole course of them as the problem could come back.
4. Some can make u drowsy so avoid driving if you can
5. Ur body can become immune to them so try do to take them on a regular basisHope this Helps
They affect your contraceptive pill, use condoms.
Don't drink alcohol on them.
http://www.aware.md/facts/anti_facts.asp...
antibiotics kill bacteria.
antibiotics kill good and bad bacteria.
bacteria can develop resistance to antibiotics.
many antibiotics are developed from molds.
many people are allergic to some antibiotics.
people can develop yeast infections after the normal bacteria are killed.
there are antibiotics which effect gram positive or gram negative bacteria, or wide range antibiotics.
antoiotics are used in some meat and fish and poultry production to lower contamination since the intestines of the animals are opened and many bacteria are released.
antibiotics can be tested on given bacteria in the lab using sensitivity plates and small discs of the antibiotics.
-%26gt; no good for viruses
-%26gt; kill bacteria good or bad...so you could develop thrush while taking them
-%26gt; you need to take the whole course or it's useless
-%26gt; they take 72 hours to start having an effect
-%26gt; Have been overused and now we have diseases that have developed a resistance to them.
* if you drink alcohol on them you'll be very nauseus
* there are many kinds, most common being penicillin and erythromycin
* you need to use extra precautions such as a condom if youre on antibiotics and taking the pill
* they may give you an upset stomach
*The mass production of antibiotics began during World War II with streptomycin and penicillin
1) Ideal antibiotics affect bacterial function, but not host function.
2) That's why they don't work on viruses - bacteria are cells in their own right, viruses hijack a host cell.
3) Cane be anywhere from broad spectrum to very specific (either affect all or only a singgle species of bacteria).
4) A lot of modern antibiotics are artificial.
5) Antibiotics are not allowed in the human food chain - any animal that's got antibiotics in its system can't be used for human consumption, neither can its milk/eggs.
and 6), cos its related, many bacteria have built up a resistance to common antibiotics.
The effects of Antibiotics continue working for up to 72 hours after you have finished the course. They do not take 72 hours to start working.
find antiphlogistine poultice in 7ozs. tube for human use?
Please find a store where antiphlogistine poultice in the 7 ozs. tube can be bought.
Answer:
human use? good luck...if i am best answer with no help can i get the 10 points plz? Umm, to the girl who says it is available in Canada, plz give a source if not a web site. Thx.
I only see it available in Canada
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human use? good luck...if i am best answer with no help can i get the 10 points plz? Umm, to the girl who says it is available in Canada, plz give a source if not a web site. Thx.
I only see it available in Canada
find anatomy and physology?
organs located in the abdominal regions
Answer:
The diagram from the previous post is very good. The organs in the abdomen are basically the small and large intestines and the others associated with digestion. The lungs and heart are in the chest cavity.When searching make sure to spell your second term physiology.
Try this:http://medicalimages.allrefer.com/large/...
Answer:
The diagram from the previous post is very good. The organs in the abdomen are basically the small and large intestines and the others associated with digestion. The lungs and heart are in the chest cavity.When searching make sure to spell your second term physiology.
Try this:http://medicalimages.allrefer.com/large/...
fertility drugs!? need some information plz?
i need to know what they are
why you use them
who uses them
how you use them
and what they do
and some facts
Answer:
Dear Bank$,Good question. I am not going to be able to answer in great detail.
But I can point out a few reputable web sites which will contain
much of the info needed.Here they are:MedlinePlus- Infertility
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/infer...
Links to reputable [advertisement free] health/medical web pagesHere are a few examples from this page:
----Infertility: An Overview (American Society for Reproductive Medicine) - Large PDF file
2Eorg%2FPatients%2Fpatientbook...----Assisted Reproductive Technologies (American Society for Reproductive Medicine) - Large PDF file
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/cgi/medlineplus/l...--Assisted Reproductive Technology
http://www.cdc.gov/ART/
includes some statistics based on a 2002 survey
(with a link not only to that survey but many more related links)--Infertility/Fertility (National Institute of Child Health and Human Development) http://www.nlm.nih.gov/cgi/medlineplus/l...--Infertility (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/cgi/medlineplus/l...
Also.the WWW is not complete!
For additional information, check with your local library..
for books and databases (indexes) to magazine and journal
articles that are not freely available on the internet.
A few databases that may be available are Academic Search Premier,Health Source-Consumer edition and InfoTracState funded academic and medical college libraries are, as far as I know, all open to the public...and any reputable medical reference librarian can get you started...
Online databases (some with full text) include MD Consult,
Medline, CINAHL (Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health),
Access Medicine, UpToDate...call ahead, talk to a reference librarian and see what is available, extent of their in person assistance, etc.Hope this helps!
If there is something specific that is not covered in the above
(MedlinePlus page)...let me know (email is in my profile)..
and I will do my best!
they make a girl produce more eggs, you use them to increase possibility of pregnancy, females use them, i dont use them, they make a girl release more eggs (lol), some facts? well there is one lady who concieve 7 kids at once while on fertility pills.
Fertility medicationFertility medication may in a larger sense include any medication that enhances fertility, but in a specific sense consists of agents that stimulate follicle development of the ovary.ClassificationAgents that enhance ovarian activity can be classified as follows.Gonadotropin releasing hormone
GnRH
GnRH agonists (i.e.Lupron 庐)
Estrogen antagonists
Clomiphene citrate (actually a SERM)
Aromatase inhibitors
Gonadotropins
Urinary gonadotropins (menotropins)
Pergonal 庐
Prurified menotropins (Bravelle 庐, Menopur 庐)
Recombinant gonadotropins
Follicle-stimulating hormone (Follistim 庐, Gonal F 庐)
Luteinizing hormone (Luveris 庐)
Human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG)
Urinary hCG (Profasi 庐, Novadrel 庐)
Recombinant hCG (Ovidrel 庐)
Estrogen antagonists and gonadotropins may stimulate multiple follicles and other ovarian hormones leading to multiple birth and possible ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome.
why you use them
who uses them
how you use them
and what they do
and some facts
Answer:
Dear Bank$,Good question. I am not going to be able to answer in great detail.
But I can point out a few reputable web sites which will contain
much of the info needed.Here they are:MedlinePlus- Infertility
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/infer...
Links to reputable [advertisement free] health/medical web pagesHere are a few examples from this page:
----Infertility: An Overview (American Society for Reproductive Medicine) - Large PDF file
2Eorg%2FPatients%2Fpatientbook...----Assisted Reproductive Technologies (American Society for Reproductive Medicine) - Large PDF file
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/cgi/medlineplus/l...--Assisted Reproductive Technology
http://www.cdc.gov/ART/
includes some statistics based on a 2002 survey
(with a link not only to that survey but many more related links)--Infertility/Fertility (National Institute of Child Health and Human Development) http://www.nlm.nih.gov/cgi/medlineplus/l...--Infertility (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/cgi/medlineplus/l...
Also.the WWW is not complete!
For additional information, check with your local library..
for books and databases (indexes) to magazine and journal
articles that are not freely available on the internet.
A few databases that may be available are Academic Search Premier,Health Source-Consumer edition and InfoTracState funded academic and medical college libraries are, as far as I know, all open to the public...and any reputable medical reference librarian can get you started...
Online databases (some with full text) include MD Consult,
Medline, CINAHL (Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health),
Access Medicine, UpToDate...call ahead, talk to a reference librarian and see what is available, extent of their in person assistance, etc.Hope this helps!
If there is something specific that is not covered in the above
(MedlinePlus page)...let me know (email is in my profile)..
and I will do my best!
they make a girl produce more eggs, you use them to increase possibility of pregnancy, females use them, i dont use them, they make a girl release more eggs (lol), some facts? well there is one lady who concieve 7 kids at once while on fertility pills.
Fertility medicationFertility medication may in a larger sense include any medication that enhances fertility, but in a specific sense consists of agents that stimulate follicle development of the ovary.ClassificationAgents that enhance ovarian activity can be classified as follows.Gonadotropin releasing hormone
GnRH
GnRH agonists (i.e.Lupron 庐)
Estrogen antagonists
Clomiphene citrate (actually a SERM)
Aromatase inhibitors
Gonadotropins
Urinary gonadotropins (menotropins)
Pergonal 庐
Prurified menotropins (Bravelle 庐, Menopur 庐)
Recombinant gonadotropins
Follicle-stimulating hormone (Follistim 庐, Gonal F 庐)
Luteinizing hormone (Luveris 庐)
Human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG)
Urinary hCG (Profasi 庐, Novadrel 庐)
Recombinant hCG (Ovidrel 庐)
Estrogen antagonists and gonadotropins may stimulate multiple follicles and other ovarian hormones leading to multiple birth and possible ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome.
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