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Hearing test for high tones.
Stem cells (both embryonic and adult) are being turned into cochlear ("hair") cells, so maybe in ten years cochlear implants will be a thing of the past...
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Who gets addicted to prescription drugs?
Druggies.(and alcoholics)
Well, duh...the bad news is that often these folks suffer from pain causing illnesses too...
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We've know for years that those who take high dose aspirin or Ibuprofen don't get as much colon cancer, but the risk of bleeding is too high to tell everyone to take them.
Now scientists wonder:
Will Celebrex slow down or prevent colon cancer in those with familial polyposis?
Sigh. We had a family with this gene in our practice; we didn't know it until a 34 year old mom died of cancer, and then we had to persuade the rest of the family to get checked...one precancerous polyp was found in a 7 year old...that was before they could test for the gene.
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Moms tend to follow their own mom's advice when they're pregnant, not what docs tell them.
This can be good, harmless, or sometimes dangerous...and is a major problem working in cross cultural medicine.
On the other hand, considering all the "scientific" advice we gave moms over the last 40 years that turned out to be wrong, maybe I shouldn't criticize...
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Anyone out there?
A short film on a Solar System found by astronomers.
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