I had my blood tested because of the following symptoms:
Dizziness, tingling in the arms and feet, fatigue, headaches,
breathlessness and nausea.  I had a recent CBC performed and
everything was normal except:

When you go to a doctor's office, you sign a release that says he/she can
pull up your medical records (I assume this means past medical history).
Where does this information come from? Is there a national database that
stores this information or do they get the info from the ...

Does a body temperature on the low side (96.4) indicate anything that should be
checked by a Dr.?
jim b.

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My boyfriend and I are waiting to have sex of any kind (oral, etc)
till we get married. In the past, guys I have been with would get
turned on and they would claim to hurt, because they couldn't
"relieve" the hardness. I asked my current boyfriend, if he hurt, when

How far will an anoscope show? Will it show up to the internal sphincter?

A patient's promise to avoid a lawsuit
Some doctors are trying to discourage malpractice lawsuits by having
patients sign waivers agreeing not to sue them, and growing numbers
are charging fees designed to help them pay for the rocketing costs of

I have recently been diagnosed with having a cholesteatoma in my left
ear. i have a severe hearing loss in my right ear. Any information or
advise would be greatly appeciated.
Sincerley,

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Working with impaired residents: trials, tribulations, and successes.
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I've had a persistent sore throat for just over 6 weeks. It has been
accompanied by lumps in the back of my mouth, with mild earache and sore
glands in my neck. I just can't seem to shake it and it's starting to drive
me crazy. I've already had EBV and CMV several years ago.

Picking your nose and eating it is one of the best ways to stay healthy,
according to a top Austrian doctor.
Innsbruck-based lung specialist Prof Dr Friedrich Bischinger said people who
pick their noses with their fingers were healthy, happier and probably

"Being a skeptical soul, I have always believed that the most reliable way to
determine what people really believe is to observe what they do, not what they
say. If the greatest threat of rubella is not to children, but to the fetus yet
unborn, pregnant women should be protected ...

The cult ("Church") of Scientology (aka. Dianetics) is
constantly seeking to recruit new members/victims. Many
thousands of ex-members consider Scientology/Dianetics to be a
DANGEROUS and UNSCRUPULOUS CULT, with a long history of human

Two million kids in the USA have sleep order.
And not just bad dreams. There are kids that suffer from "sleep
terror". Their parents say that their kids gets up in the middle of
the night and are other persons. They speak and act as they would be

I am 16, and I am about 5'3" or 5'4" (it seems to vary) I've been
about that height since age 14 1/2. I take a vitamin, I eat well, but
I'm not growing any! My sister is still taller than me even. My
parents are 5'9" and 5'2". Could there be anything that has interupted