Open Question: can a heart murmur , eventually lead to atrial fibrillation , over the years?
when I left Vietnam , i was told i had a heart murmur , not i have permanent atrial fibrillation ,

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 03:18:14 GMT

Open Question: what ADHD medication is safe for an adult?
I have high cholesterol and a heart murmur, so, no doc will let me take Ritalin or any of the other “usual” drugs, even though I did as a kid without any trouble (I didn’t have the high cholesterol when little, though). Also, I cannot use Focus Factor. Most herbal/OTC’s are out of my price range. I need something I can use my insurance to pay for. Current doc put me on Wellbutrin since I also have depression and some studies have shown that this drug may help with both conditions. It is helping with the depression, but, not the ADHD! I am driving myself and everyone else crazy with the non-stop talking and stupid mistakes-not to mention the innattention.

Wed, 28 Jul 2010 06:02:38 GMT

Open Question: Dringkin uo to one bottle of wine every day is …er good for you … true or false?
The Spaanish, who produce a lot of wine do not suffer appreciabley from heart disease, that is official btw. So, my question is : should I keep drinkin a bottle of wine every other day to avoid heart disease? So, what do ya ahem, gulp think???then!!

Wed, 28 Jul 2010 20:44:35 GMT

Resolved Question: Please help! Feeling really Sick From Eating Dissorder?
i’m 19 and have been struggling from an eating dissorder. i’m in my eyes not at a healthy weight. and my sisters wedding is coming up, i don’t fit in my dress. i’ve been trying to go back to my old behaviors, yet just end up eating crap. i’m also moving right before the wedding. and i’m so exhausted. i end up waking every night at 3 having to weigh myself only to see the same numbers. i’m depressed and every day feel soo tierd. i was given sleeping pills, but they don’t seem to really help. they’re awsome for getting me to sleep. latley i’ve been on the go 24/7 it feels like, and i just feel like i want to relax for once, but when i try to take a nap i can’t. i’m feeling really depressed, and i know it sounds stupid but for some odd reason i’ve been feeling suicidal. i know i won’t do it, because realistically i know my thougths aren’t rational. i guess i’ve been under a lot of stress. i’ve had 3 friends die withing the last 6 moths. 2 suicides, and 1 terminal illness. i’m meeting my nephew and his family for the first time, he was adopted out of our family. and i just got out of the eating dissorder clinic 3 months ago, and have no support from my family, but i know they love me. i feel sick, and my body aches every day. i dono what to do to make me feel better. i’ve been taking vitamins, but everyday i have heart palputations ( i have arythmia) and offten feel shaky. i’ve already been to the doctors lots. Please help. i appreciate it so much. and i hope you have an awesome day
height: 4 ft 11.5
weight: 117.6
age:19
ethnicity: Romanian

Sun, 25 Jul 2010 08:41:45 GMT
Open Question: HELP! Any suggestions for introductory/conclusion paragraph for my essay on Zora Neale Hurston?
I want my thesis statement to be: Hurston - like many in the spotlight - was discovered mid-life, was famous for a good length of time, and died with nothing.
Here’s the rest of my essay:
Even though she was born in Alabama in 1891, Hurston?s family of ten moved to the primarily black society of Eatonville, Florida shortly after. She called the town home and it would become a major influence on her writings later in life. When Hurston was thirteen?years-old her mom died. She didn?t like her step-mom so she went to live with her brother. The convenience didn?t last long though, due to her dislike of taking care of her nieces and nephews. In order to get away Hurston worked for a traveling theater. She then became a white family?s servant. This family helped her go to high school in Baltimore, Maryland where she graduated in 1918 at the age of twenty-seven. Hurston continued her education at Howard University, supporting herself with various jobs. The school?s magazine published her first short stories. In 1925 Hurston joined ?Opportunity? magazine when one of her stories won a contest and was published in the magazine. This would be the start of life in the limelight.
After knowing of Hurston through ?Opportunity? the founder of Barnard College helped her obtain a scholarship. While there, she studied anthropology (the study of humans) which helped with later publication. In 1934 Hurston?s first novel, Jonah?s Gourd Vine, was published. It featured biblical themes and was based on her life, telling of a southern family in a predominantly black society. Hurston?s folktale collection, Mules and Men, was published the next year. Two years later, in 1937, Their Eyes are Watching God was published. Although it was not recognized for its true worthiness until several decades later, the novel has become her most famous and is still a bestseller to this day. Hurston?s autobiography, Dust Tracks on the Road, was published in 1942. The author?s last published novel was Seraph on the Sewanee in 1948. The story went against what was publicly accepted from black authors by focusing on and telling about a white couple. This clash with society brought Hurston?s career to an end.
?While living in New York, she was arrested on false charges of molesting a mentally handicapped ten-year-old boy,? according to Michael Aliprandini?s article “Zora Neale Hurston (Aliprandini 3).? Hurston moved to Florida to escape the media that was pushing her to the brink of suicide. The last ten years of Hurston?s life were filled with unstable work. She lived in poverty except when a magazine article was published or friends helped out. Those ten years ended on January 28, 1960 when Hurston died of heart disease and was buried in an unmarked grave. The author was sadly forgotten until her rediscovery began with the help of Alice Walker and Robert E. Hemenway in the mid-1970s.
Thanks

Tue, 27 Jul 2010 20:12:29 GMT

Open Question: May I have some help in coming up with a title and summary for a crossover fanfiction?
Alright, so I’m creating a fanfiction. It’s a Naruto and Diablo crossover with a sorta-crack pairing in it.
Naruto is the shonen manga by Masashi Kishimoto, while Diablo is a hack-and slash PC game by Blizzard Entertainment, if I’m correct… The pairing is Sasori and Sakura (I like impossible pairings:D). The genre will be horror and romance, although it will also have traces of humor and drama into it. It’s slightly AU, for during the fight between Sasori and Sakura, they both die. Before their deaths, Sakura says, “We’re both going to die, and I’m dragging you to Hell to make sure that cannot be resurrected or reincarnated!” He shrugs and smirks.
But when their deaths occur, they end up in Sanctuary in the country of Khanduras, where Akara, the priestess of the Rogues camp, finds them injured and half-dead. She heals them.
I’ll post the second chapter here, just so you know and can help me come up with a title, if you don’t mind.
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Among the torn and uneven grass, the blood-crusted ground, and the barks and stumps of trees, two people laid.
One was a male. He possessed scarlet hair and a body of a puppet. The joints of where his elbows and neck connect were visible and there was a core-like cylinder object inside where his heart should be. This boy seemed to be young, for he appeared to be aged around the teenager years before adulthood.
The other, however, was a female, also young and about the same age as the puppet-boy. This girl was definitely human and had rather? strangely colored hair. The person who observed these two recalled that the color was named pink. Brown haired and dark haired girls were common, but never pink-haired ones.
But neither is the puppet-boy?s red hair? Akara remarked inwardly. She also wondered if the red haired one was cursed.
Those two young adults appeared as if they just had come from a great battle, for the pink haired one carried a sword right through her stomach, while the puppet-boy carried two daggers right through his heart-core.
At this rate, those two young ones were going to die if the female observer did not do something. Luckily, the Rogues? Camp wasn?t far from here, so she could call for her Sisters to help carry these people for healing.
?Lady Akara.?
Speak of the devil?
“I have come to–! What happened?? the girl questioned, pointing her bow and arrow towards the ground.
?Amalyn.? said Akara, her voice sounding withered and old, but they still held their commanding tone she was born with. ?Take these two children to Camp; I will heal them there.?
Her Sister seemed slightly surprised, but after a murmured, ?Yes, Milady.? she placed her bow in its pack and the arrow with the other stack on her back. Then, she hauled the two young ones on her back and took off towards the Camp.
Though, Akara supposed that they weren?t young compared to her Sisters. After all, her Sisters were trained to use the bow and arrow from the age of twelve. Over in this area, they had used the ways that men would become Knights. Her Sister would first be a Page and study some spell for emergencies, along with target practice and such. Then, she would become a Squire, where the training became more intense, and then if Akara found them good enough, the Sister would then become the `Knight` or a `Rogue` to be more precise.
But as Akara pulled a few herbs that had thankfully not been damaged by the demons that lingered here every now and then, she wondered what the relationship was between the pink haired one and the puppet-boy. Judging by their appearance, they couldn?t be just two friends, but perhaps brother and sister. Akara had never seen such a strange hair color. Pink hair did not exist in the lands of Sanctuary, and, although there were redheads, there was never such an intense, strong color of red. The puppet-boy?s hair color reminded Akara of blood, which then reminded her of other unneeded things in this land of demons and ferocity.
The old woman who was draped entirely in violet robes began walking back to Camp.
There was that slight possibility that the girl and boy were siblings, for there was something that was alike in their appearance. They were wearing strange clothes that Akara could not pinpoint their class or where they came from. Then, they both had candy-colored hair. The pink hair was just like the sweet fluffy cotton candy that children liked to eat while the red color was just like the little cherry-flavored lollipops that Akara never liked.
The old priestess would ask once she reversed the curse on the boy back and healed the girl. Akara wondered who had made such a strange curse. How could one turn another into a puppet? It was just quite confusing to her?
No matter, thought Akara. As she walked into Camp with at least six Sisters bowing to her (which she returned with grace), the High Priestess strolled over to her tent, and to her slight relief, she found the puppet-boy

Tue, 27 Jul 2010 05:22:29 GMT

Open Question: The heavy levels of soot from the electrical plant upwind of Soweto, along with dust from gigantic mine dumps?
from gold and coal mines, created particulate pollution more than three times the recommended level. Rising levels of air particulates is associated with ________.
increased incidence of lung disease
problems with running local automobiles and other machinery
enriched agricultural fields and increased crop yields
high levels of heart disease
high levels of birth defects

Mon, 26 Jul 2010 20:32:53 GMT
Open Question: Movements already… confused?
lately i have been having odd movements in the lower right and left quadrant of my abdomen. It feels almost as a baby is kicking or moving around. It’s a 20 to 30 percent chance i’m pregnant. It would make me exactly 21 weeks today. I have taken four pregnancy test all negative i have had one period since March. I have had onset dizziness, i become neasous when i’m driving or if i’m doing a lot of moving. I do not have any digestion problems. Or any known health problems that could link to this problem( i have a small hole in my heart, heart murmur, and acute asthma) i do have a history of ovarian cyst but i have not had a problem since i was 16 i am now 19. Just to mention, i have only had one act of sexual intercourse(march) i have been tested for STI’s i might have tested too
Could i be pregnant and the HPT’s are wrong i haven’t taken one since march i don’t want to waste my money

Mon, 26 Jul 2010 19:15:54 GMT

Open Question: What is going on? I think this may be serious.?
Hi, i recently started having a weird heart problem. I will be walking and i will suddenly get a stabbing pain in my chest. After a few seconds, it goes away. this has happened 5 times within the last two weeks. I looked it up online, and i saw that it could be precordial catch syndrome, which is nothing.
But let me give you background on me
10th grade- fainted
12th grade- fainted 5 times seizure once
Diagnosed with psuedotumor cerebri.
developed a major pressure in my cheekbone.
constant headaches
numb hands and feet at night time.
and lately i have been slightly short of breath.
CONSTANT PALPITATIONS. driving me crazy. my heart is always pounding especially when i lay down or go to the bathroom.. my eyes even pound
I went to a cardiologist 2 years ago who said i may have a valve problem and saw something on the echo test. unfortunately, i did not get the voice message until 2 months later. and decided to forget about it.
Today, I was very nervous for something and my heart was beating very fast. While i was doing it, I realized that my right hand and left arm went numb.
I am only 19 years old.
Is the stabbing feeling precordial catch or something much worse? I feel so stupid for never following up with the doctor, but I was a stupid highschooler and was to embarassed to call the doctor back after waiting for so long.
Also, i have a murmur. but i heard those dont matter
i am on a trip at the moment, and i will be able to get to a doctor by the middle of august

Mon, 26 Jul 2010 00:04:02 GMT