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"I'm curious where people get the idea that drinking extra water somehow makes you lose water weight? I hear this a lot and it makes no sense what so ever to me, and I'd make sure to ask your doctor if that really makes sense for your specific case...." [
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4 days ago
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"Hey there. Doctor with a bit of experience in sports medicine and former collegiate 400 meter runner turned marathoner chiming in just with my two cents...
Chances are, it's not harmful but it does mean that despite your low resting rate, your..." [
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2 weeks ago
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"Look, anything can happen tomorrow, next month, or next year, but counting on those probabilities is no way to live your life.
The way you word your question is incredibly telling. You know sometimes when we look at our selves, we subconsciously..." [
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"This is, if you ask me, such a terrible idea that it's hard to know even where to start.
From a practical standpoint, while there may be some strong med schools outside the US, as others have noted coming back to do residency and practice here is..." [
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"I don't know why everyone seems to think that kids can't deal with parents who have different beliefs. It sort of presupposes a worldview wherein everything parents tell their children must be considered a "fact" and as such parent's can't..." [
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"I-5 is called I-5. "The five" is an abomination that I renounce in the strongest possible way.
As you can see, the pompous folks upstate are well known for their bloviation, with little tolerance for regional variation.
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2 months ago
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"As others have noted, it's really impossible to give a precise answer to the question of how many drinks does it take to develop end stage liver disease. That said, your story is certainly consistent with someone well on their way to cirrhosis, and..." [
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2 months ago
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2 months ago
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"I actually like sciatica's advice. I'm not familiar with your particular CPAP device, or at least this "C-flex feature" enough to know how similar it is to BiPap, but in your case, Bipap may make some theoretical sense. You can imagine that..." [
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4 months ago
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"My usual advice in this sort of scenario echos what some others have said with respect to protein intake. There is a growing body of medical literature that supports my clinical experience, which is that increasing the fraction of protein relative to..." [
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4 months ago
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"The "pre-cleansing" if you will, is by far the most unpleasant part -- stay close to a restroom is all I can say. The procedure itself, assuming the person sedating you knows what they're doing, you will hardly feel and you will even less..." [
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4 months ago
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"You're asking the wrong question. The real questions are is your serum protein really high, and if so, why. I think total protein levels that high would be exceedingly unusual (it's unusual to begin with), especially in someone your age. I suggest..." [
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5 months ago
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"Yeah that terrible What the Bleep thing is to be avoided unless you're looking for a prime example of bad wooey borrowing from QM. It's not entirely crap -- there are some kernels of corn too in there, but......" [
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5 months ago
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"subbes, I believe ikkyu2 is suggesting rightfully, that using a stimulant with the possible side effects of causing systemic and pulmonary hypertension, increased heart rate, and valvular heart problems in order to treat a condition associated with..." [
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6 months ago
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"Off the top of my head, possibilities include diabetes, pancreatic insulinoma, intestinal parasites, tumors or trauma to the brain, thyroid disease, drugs, mood disorder, or just plain getting old. I'm sure there's lots more that aren't coming to..." [
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6 months ago
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"Do not -- I repeat -- do not pay any attention to any grand claims made about quantum phenomena made by anyone who is not a physicist. Consciousness and the mind (if you believe that these are rooted in interactions between networks of cells in your..." [
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6 months ago
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"I dont believe there is an answer to the question you are asking, and here is why.
Respectfully, this reasoning falls in line with the notion that we can't answer any questions because we don't "know" anything, as well as the logical..." [
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6 months ago
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"In strict medical terms (though even doctors screw this up all the time), there's a difference between "dehydration" and "hypovolemia;" the former is a loss of free water from total body water stores were as the latter is a loss..." [
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6 months ago
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"In fairness, to complete what I was saying before, the down-sides to the Mirena are for the most part up front -- pain with insertion, and the very small but real risk of a procedural complication. If it's successfully placed, a recent study..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by wyzewoman
6 months ago
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"Again, I just don't get this "give it two or three weeks to simmer and throw in some more links to what we love -- Op Ed politics pieces -- and this turd would be grand" copout from the higher-ups. That's just BS plain and simple and I do..." [
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6 months ago
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"See, cortex... That's what more context is going to get you... This idea that posts need to be padded with editorialized context (especially when politics is involved), is a poor presumption. This speech needed to be taken in and discussed on its own..." [
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6 months ago
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"But I think you were suggesting that (a) we don't have such duties, and (b) if we choose to act in what I characterized as the adult way it's "foolish", that there is no good in it.
Hate to come to Mr. President's defense but that's not..." [
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6 months ago
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"1) Definitely, definitely look into emergency Medicaid as others have noted.
2) While I agree that it's somewhat odd and inappropriate for a patient to be hospitalized for 48 hours without seeing a doctor, I wouldn't be surprised if that wasn't..." [
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7 months ago
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"Clearly, as an former OB/GYN nurse, you need to do more reading yourself. Please to cite the studies that show increased cancer risk with Mirena. I'm happy to cite those that don't -- the consensus is that levonorgestrel intrauterine systems are..." [
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7 months ago
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"My burger (a bit on the gourmet side): Prime beef combination of chuck and sirloin to about 22% fat. Add egg, smoked paprika, cumin, fresh minced thyme and italian parseley. I usually don't add sauces though I've seen it done. Sometimes I go crazy..." [
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7 months ago
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"It argues that, on average, several classes of SSRI do not provide a significantly better benefit than placebos do.
Actually, while some of the editorializing as well as the primary author's writing (who apologies for a bit of ad hominem, seems..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by sevenyearlurk, muzzlecough
7 months ago
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"I could be wrong, but I've perused this thing from top to bottom, and I come away with little more than head scratching -- and part of my job depends on critical analysis of the medical literature. This study, with its data pooling and it's dubious..." [
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7 months ago
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"Rykey, you do realise that as we speak, McCain is a dog to Obama in head to head polls whereas the opposite is true for Clinton. This was even the case prior to Obama's recent surge, and against most of the now dropped-out Republican candidates. I..." [
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7 months ago
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"I'm going to reiterate this: if what you say is true, the medical evaluation you have had thus far is unsatisfactory. If my blood pressure was 70/50 and someone told me my echo was normal, the first thing I'd want is another echo done somewhere else,..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by dejah420, docpops
7 months ago
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"So let me answer the easier question first and the harder question second.
Rapid lysis for deep vein thrombosis is definitely not considered a standard of care type procedure and is not practiced commonly for routine DVT. The best indication for..." [
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8 months ago
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"You ignored the endocrinologist's advice, decided to diagnose your husband with hyperparathyroidism despite normal calcium levels, don't understand the difference between the thyroid gland and the parathyroid gland, and you come to the internets as a..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by ikkyu2
8 months ago
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"Mister_A, please also consider WOSCOPS and AFCAPS/TexCAPS before asserting the lack of data on primary prevention. In contrast to ASCOT, the cohorts in these studies (which used different statins by the way) were not high-risk patients strictly..." [
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8 months ago
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"I know this is not the answer you were looking for, but using a pulse oximeter at home to monitor asthma is generally considered a bad idea in the absence of other complicating factors. This is particularly in light of the fact that regular peak flow..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by TedW, docpops
8 months ago
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"Jesus H. Christ on a pogo-stick shaped like the staff of Aesculapius! I had hoped that by the time this crap story made it to MeFi from the usual sources, the retarded conspiracy-theory laced editorial would have at least been stripped off. FYI, the..." [
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9 months ago
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"I chop the potato into 1/2-inch cubes and start with the partial pre-cooking approach with maybe a 10-12 minute boil. Then I saute them with chopped shallots, morels, and garlic. I also try to limit the turns to get a nice browning. Just before..." [
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9 months ago
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"This is one reason why HSAs make me cringe. The practical reality of "shifting responsibility" to health care "consumers" is the consumer seeing much fatter bills (once swallowed by a 3rd party) when their HSA is attached to a..." [
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9 months ago
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"Yeah, sadly I agree with the rest. When she tells you she wants to move back to Mexico, she's not asking for you to join her there -- she's asking for you to break up with her. It's quite disingenuous, cowardly, and immature but unfortunately that's..." [
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9 months ago
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"So you feel non-specific crumminess and you think your glands are swollen? My suggestion is to carefully think through your symptoms, their time course, and any alleviating or exacerbating factors. Write them down and show up with an organized..." [
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10 months ago
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"Off topic, but would everyone in the developed world do me a big favor and stop dousing open wounds with hydrogen peroxide? It's not recommended by virtually anybody who has any authority on this matter, and is thought to cause additional tissue..." [
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10 months ago
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"Oh I totally agree grouse. I don't think malpractice premiums have much anything to do with access to physicians at all. If anything, there's actually a substantial financial interest in moving away from the coasts and cities if you're a physician..." [
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11 months ago
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"bh, you make excellent points, and by no means do I wish to suggest that doctors may not miss things. But besides the training, the other advantage a professional has in this scenario is that they can actually evaluate the results of what may be a..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by docpops, bh
Last year
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"I feel for you. You convey the pain you've been through remarkably through your words. But I do wonder if your anger is somewhat misdirected here. Yes, it sucks to have what sounds like an awful case of herpes. Yes, a healthcare system where half the..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by roofus, loiseau
Last year
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"A girl who eagerly splits the first-date bill at the local Thai place is not going to make a dude treat her better because it's inexpensive to go out with her. He's not going to think "Wow! This girl is so very reasonable about splitting the..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by crack, InfidelZombie
Last year
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"I think you're overthinking this.
Look, you say that you've had relationships with guys who later turn out to be selfish, etc. but your sample size for long term relationships is 2. Honey, I think it's probably a bit premature to go down the..." [
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