I was recently diagnosed with GERD and was on medications such as
Zantac, Prilosec, and now Aciphex.  The burning sensation is gone but
I get this strange feeling like I have something in my lower throat
several minutes after eating.

Profile: male/obese/28 yo
I have had a strange feeling in my left chest for a while now. It's
mainly if i jump or run... a tight sensation goes from the top left of
my left pectoral muscle (near armpit) to my nipple. not painful. but

I have decided, after much soul-searching, to sweeten the pot
in my challenge to debate all three  of the world's foremost

I got a baby, he is a boy 2 months old, he got a heart diseases (
tetra logy of Fallot  with absent pulmonary valve), this case demands
two to four surgeries ( within one year) .It was recommended to
execute this operations in USA, as its not available in middle east,

Mom is in her mid-50s and has experienced
upper back pain & shoulder pain for several years now
when using her hands or doing heavy work.
Recently, however, she noticed that if she

 I wear ear plugs everynight to sleep due to noisy neighbors.  I
found that by putting a little hand lotion on them they are much more
comfortable.  I can barely tell they are there.  My concern is that I
just got a different brand of ear plug and it has a warning saying not

I took my one-week regimen of clindamycin.  I'm not sure it got rid of all the
tooth infection, but maybe it did.
The problem now is I think I got a touch of that 'pseudomembraneous colitis'
from the clindamycin and the previous penicillin.  

Eur J Nutr. 2004 Sep 3 [Epub ahead of print] Related Articles, Links  
A decrease in iron status in young healthy women after long-term daily
consumption of the recommended intake of fibre-rich wheat bread.
Bach Kristensen M, Tetens I, Alstrup Jorgensen AB, Dal Thomsen A, Milman N,

I am now "unfortunately" now very interested in groups discussing
statins, as recently had an attack (not serious), male age 61.
2 books that I received (to cheer me up????) were the Graveline book
(Lipitor-Thief of Memory) and the Stone book (Surviving a successful

What are the symptoms of bursitis in the hip?
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I have been told that I have bursitis in my left hip.
I would like to know what the 'classic' symptoms of this pain are?

Very critical voices post against psychiatry also on Yahoo.
Barbara Schwarz
The following information was released by the FDA on August 3, 2004.  Where does
the Food & Drug Administration (FDA) & the National Institute of Health (NIH)

Deadly distinction  
Rare disorders have become anything but rare. Collectively, these few
thousand illnesses afflict an estimated 25 million Americans or almost
10 percent of the U.S. population.

This is a thread mostly for doctors, I guess. I'm wondering where do bad
doctors come from?
I just finished a book, "Pain Killer" or something like that, about the
problems from the aggressive marketing of Oxycontin by Purdue. There

I've been eating jellybeans from a box in a tool shed.  I notice now that
maybe a rat has been eating through the same box.  Is it possible for me
to get rabies?
I haven't been feeling too well.  I have elbow pain and tooth pain.  I've

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http://my.webmd.com/content/article/94/102585.htm?z=1728_00000_1000_nb_06
"Staph thrives on iron compounds, scavenging it from the animals it infects. It
obtains most of the iron it needs to grow during infection .... Specifically,