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Whence fecal E. coli (et al.) if swallowing it is dangerous?
I don't know much about medicine, and I know even less about microbiology, but I understand that there are organisms in the lower gastrointestinal tract (and in feces) of a human, like Escherichia ...
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Can cirrhosis be caused by physical compression of the body?
On a random forum, a member speculated that their cirrhosis was caused by wearing tight-fitting clothing such as a girdle or corset. This leads me to the following question:
Question: Can ...
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Does making yogurt from non-pasteurized milk work against possible disease bacteria?
In the past, when there was no pasteurization, could making yogurt from milk lower the chance of getting infected by bovine tuberculosis (or other diseases from infected milk)?
For example, would ...
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What alternatives are there to the amyloid hypothesis?
Given the recent failure of the Bapi clinical trial, there is a lot of questions that have arised from he amyloid hypothesis. However, I can't really think of many other mechanisms that don't involved ...
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On the effect of polluted air on health. Is it more gradual, or more immediate?
I've heard time and again that living in São Paulo (a large city in Brasil) takes 1.5 years from your life expectancy. The allegation is that this happens because of air pollution.
I am just ...
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Is there a correlation between incidence of type 1 diabetes and vitiligo?
Does the data indicate that if you have one, the probability of you having the other is higher than that of someone who doesn't have the one?
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What is the “lifecycle” of an average eschar and what types of cells are involved in each stage?
(after some deliberation in the comments, I've decided to make the question more general)
An eschar or "dry scab" often forms at a site of injury over a large cut or sore.
It seems as though the ...
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Why is rabies incurable?
I'm still not sure about the mechanics that lead to rabies being incurable. I know that it can be treated before any symptoms show up, but why is it that once symptoms show the person is a dead man ...
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What evidence gives clues to the physiological basis for conversion disorder?
Conversion disorder has a set of DSM diagnosis criteria, which, among other things, includes ruling out all neurological disease.
However, as the media has shown us (and one could argue a biased ...
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Why would taking antibiotics increase stamina and energy?
I often hear that people who are taking antibiotics experience wild fluctuations between feeling full of energy and completely alert but soon after feeling impossibly fatigued and sick.
Does this ...
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Mechanism of syndesmophyte growth in AS
Ankylosing Spondylitis (AS) causes inflammation around joints and the growth of syndesmophytes that may eventually fuse vertebrae. I'm familiar with the genetics (HLA-B27, IL1A) related to the ...
