Answers to Medicine Questions

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28 May 2006

Why doesn't nature make any straight lines?

28 May 2006

If someone has an amputation, do they get high blood pressure because there's less body space for the blood to...

28 May 2006

I learnt in school many years ago that food takes 12 to 24 hours to travel through the body. As I've got older,...

21 May 2006

Why do instruments from different countries not go well together?

14 May 2006

Have we got a time bomb in the population with mad cow disease?

30 April 2006

我ve been blind for forty years and when I dream, I can still see. I can see things I haven't seen like my...

30 April 2006

Can you please repeat how many tonnes of blood the heart pumps in twenty four hours.

30 April 2006

Why is it that when I pull out my nose hair I get a really painful teary response?

23 April 2006

How does a lie detector work?

02 April 2006

Why does a round pizza come in a square box?

02 April 2006

How does meningitis affect the brain? I had it when I was younger and I think it might have affected my ability to...

02 April 2006

We all know that music can affect mood. Why does it change our mood?

02 April 2006

Why is it if you see somebody get punched in the nose, you go ouch?

02 April 2006

Is there any way we can minimise brainwashing?

02 April 2006

In your Christmas special you talked about why you can't tickle yourself because the brain switches it off while...

02 April 2006

What are the islets of Langerhans? Why are these areas more richly supplied with blood vessels?

02 April 2006

Why is it that when you pinch the excess skin on your elbow you don't feel the pain even if you pinch really quite...

26 March 2006

How do 3D glasses work, and if you need these 3D glasses to appreciate the effect at the end, how do they produce them...

05 March 2006

我有一个问题关于anti-diarrhoea平板电脑。我ve never been in favour of over-the-counter remedies but...

05 March 2006

Why do eggs make things rise when they're baked, and why does yeast make dough rise?

19 February 2006

How does taking herbal remedies such as St. John's Wort affect giving blood? Should you tell the blood donor...

19 February 2006

You were talking earlier about a drug that keeps people awake. The military have been issuing amphetamines for years to...

12 February 2006

Why do milk and orange juice or orange juice and toothpaste taste so disgusting together?

12 February 2006

When someone meets someone else, is there a special hidden smell that couples have between them, so that if you were...