My friend is going on a 2-week vacation in the Netherlands starting tomorrow night. Her brother did something to his knee a couple of days ago and they're worried that it'll need more medical attention later. What's medical care like for tourists in the Netherlands? [more inside]
posted on May 30, 2008 - 5 answers
Medical Filter. Recently (in the past month or so), one of my legs seems to have either grown longer than the other one, or one has shrunk. [more inside]
posted on Apr 17, 2008 - 11 answers
Medical School Interview (MMI Style) Tips? [more inside]
posted on Jan 21, 2008 - 1 answers
How can someone tell if he's cut out for medical school? [more inside]
posted on Sep 29, 2007 - 11 answers 
What do you guys know about "immature myelination" in infants? I'm trying to learn more about this condition and what it means for the future of the child. Specifically what sorts of special care will likely be necessary. [more inside]
posted on Aug 23, 2007 - 4 answers
Medical School Filter: Infectious Disease Department on the West Coast. Please recommend a good university for an overseas visiting professional. [more inside]
posted on Aug 21, 2007 - 9 answers
In short: how does my father, trapped in a hospital bed, get a private doctor and a second opinion? [more inside]
posted on May 30, 2007 - 2 answers
Medical professionals: how do you intellectually and emotionally cope with disease and death? [more inside]
posted on Apr 2, 2007 - 20 answers
WWII Medical Mystery Filter: Why did this young woman have an aneurysm? [more inside]
posted on Oct 10, 2006 - 22 answers
While reading this excellent thread, an interesting question popped into my mind - why was bloodletting so popular for so long when it so obviously doesn't work? [more inside]
posted on Dec 23, 2005 - 27 answers
My SO is getting a salivary gland removed...Feeding and care? [more inside]
posted on Oct 21, 2005 - 6 answers
I've just been diagnosed as severely hyperthyroid, also known as Grave's Disease. I'm under the care of about 6 physicians, but want to know some more subjective information. Is there a really great book? A great tip for sleeping with my head raised on pillows? Other experimental or experiences you can pass my way would be great. [more inside]
posted on Aug 24, 2005 - 21 answers
Anyone know anything about sebaceous cysts?
posted on Jan 30, 2005 - 9 answers
So this upper-GI endoscopy thing I keep hearing about. Uh, is there anyway you can request one of those new capsule endoscopies? Apparently the also don't knock you out. Personally I'd rather have to swallow a capsule then have them snaking a tube down my throat while I'm awake. Can I demand being knocked out? Am I the patient that doctor's roll their eyes at?
posted on Nov 18, 2004 - 17 answers
My abdomen is pulsating significantly just to the left of my umbilicus. [More Inside]
I first noticed it happening every once in a while three years ago but now it's pretty much a constant thing and I think it's a stronger pulse. It's especially pronounced when I lie flat on my back. I don't have insurance in the country I'm currently living in and I don't want to dish out a hefty sum for a slew of diagnostic tests if perhaps there's nothing to worry about. Everything I've looked up online points to a possible aortic aneurysm but I'm a 20 year old girl with no family history of similar problems, so I'm figuring that's unlikely. I've never been hypertensive. Should I be worried or could it be normal?
posted on Nov 16, 2004 - 12 answers
[CrampFilter] My son woke up again last night with cramp in his legs...its painful for him, and disturbing for us...(morecrammedinside)
posted on Oct 12, 2004 - 26 answers
During tonight's debate the Vice President talked about meeting an Ob/Gyn who screens potential patients and then refuses, for financial rather than medical reasons, to accept those who are high-risk. Is that allowed? In my vast medical law/ethics experience cough*Dr. Abby Bartlett*cough this doesn't sound kosher, but...um...what do the actual rules say?
posted on Oct 5, 2004 - 5 answers
MedFilter: Is there any reason why, with an enriched blood supply attached, a severed head couldn't be kept alive? If so, could it be kept alive beyond typical life expectancy? The only worthwhile attempt at an answer I can dig up is this, but I imagine this question comes up in med school quite a lot.. (There is a particularly kookie book called If We Can Keep A Severed Head Alive.. on this topic but it's generally regarded as 'nut literature'.)
posted on Jul 15, 2004 - 22 answers
Allergic Reaction to Metal Filter
I can't wear any kind of cheap metal. Week before I wore a belt with a cheap ass buckle. Now I have an ungodly itchy rash on the left side of my body from my waist to my knee. Anyone have any suggestions before I scratch myself to death?
And a doctor isn't really an option as there is no insurance in the ol' damnitkage household.
posted on Jul 7, 2004 - 14 answers
