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Medical Practice:Professional Life of a Radiation Oncologist
Is a question about the professional life of a radiation oncologist (scope, job description) on topic in medicine SE?
I am a medical student and I am swinging back and forth between specialties (I ...
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Can I ask, how to detect Palmaris longus muscle?
I have written a comment
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dE5KNQHVlak&lc=UgxsXp-ac89rMIdraeV4AaABAg
"Palmaris longus muscle" article in wikipedia shows it other way.
there 1 muscle ...
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Why was this question on the difference between Cortisone and Dihydrocortisone deemed off-topic as personal advice?
How is The difference between Cortisone and Dihydrocortisone deemed off-topic because of personal advices and my "health issues". Those reasons are virtually non-existent. Instead, the ...
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Can my post be reopened now?
Deriving life expectancy from FLIPI index data for FLIPI(3) High Risk
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Is there a reason this is not closed for medical advice?
fishy odor after consuming fish has the classic
There's a condition I know of two siblings having it.
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So I'd like to know:
What's the name of this condition?
I flagged it for closure for ...
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Question about a biological process as opposed to medical practice
Why is my question a typical clinical question as AliceD said?
I asked about the condition in itself and its causes and not about its treatment/prevention/hygiene( medical practice is only secondary ...
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Massive edits to question(s)
I personally don't see the point of "salvaging" questions by making them very different from their original. Compare:
Is it possible that a person has coronavirus if he only has difficulty ...
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If and how may I ask question(s) about claims from a book that is regarded as pseudoscientific and promoting quackery?
Jerzy Zięba has written a bestselling book called "Ukryte terapie. Czego ci lekarz nie powie" ("The Hidden Therapies - What your doctor won't tell you"), which is widely considered to be pseudo-...
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"Happy marriage" question and topicality
This question was closed by myself and one other community member:
https://health.stackexchange.com/q/5505/165
The OP has edited and requested re-opening. To me, the question remains primarily ...
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Should we answer questions about using illegal drugs (e.g. hallucinogenic drugs)
I could write a fairly good answer to the question Why does the weight matter when consuming a certain amount of a specific drug? quite easily, but in the body of this question the user states that ...
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Duplicate questions: what to do?
I asked a question, and I got an answer. However I then realized there were more medic studies about this issue, so I figured I should complete my question. However if I changed it, I had to remove ...
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What's wrong with this answer about a cold?
I've posted the answer on the following question:
Effect of the common cold on the immune system
which was removed initially for lack of image references.
Now I've been suggested that this answer ...
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What's wrong with my answer to cold in summers with nose bleeding issues?
Question:
How to handle cold in summers with nose bleeding issues?
Answer:
Nosebleed (epistaxis) usually indicates body weakness and it can
be caused by an infection, cold weather or the drying ...
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Confusing CPR question
There is this question:
How are ratios for one person CPR arrived at?
where it's divided to three different questions:
Title question: How are ratios for one person CPR arrived at?
How are the ...
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