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  • Catecholaminergic Polymorphic Ventricular Tachycardia

    I was surprised to see that the article didn't mention Catecholaminergic Polymorphic Ventricular Tachycardia (CPVT), another cardiac condition that also suddenly kills otherwise healthy adolescents and young athletes. We need to take more serious local, national, and international efforts in making available automated external defibrillators in ...
    Posted to Medical Examiner by cprxmm77 on February 9, 2009

  • Remedy for loss of sense of smell

    My sense of smell had left me, or at least 85 percent of it. I visited a nutritionist for a totally different problem. When he looked at my list of symptoms, checked off from his symptom list, he told me that he was sure I was lacking zinc. He sent me for a nutrient profile at SpectraCell Labs and they found that I was, definitely, deficient in ...
    Posted to Medical Examiner by carlon7 on July 9, 2008

  • Can a night Owl become a morning person? I did!

    Oh yes. The infamous title of ''night owl''. I have been dubbed a night owl for as far back as I could remember. I have never liked getting up early in the morning, nor have I ever enjoyed getting less than eight hours of sleep in one evening. After having my son, I had tried and tried to become a morning lover but I had failed miserably. I've ...
    Posted to Medical Examiner by SaphireLee on June 17, 2008

  • Raises Interesting Follow-Up Questions

    The result that the number of fat cells is set in adolescence and remains constant through adulthood, by the bodies fixed fat cell replacement rate boggles my mind. I have questions about pushing the limits of this. The summary talks about people who were overweight in adolescence. What about a person who was lean in adolescence? How much ...
    Posted to Medical Examiner by EnergyLawyer on May 14, 2008