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Are legal questions off-topic?

I don't think that legal issues would fall under health, even if they are about medical laws. I think we should focus on questions that are physical medical problems. There is a Law Proposal on Area 5 …
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Did we cross over into Physical Fitness?

I agree that the question should be migrated to Physical Fitness.SE. It is a health related question and I'm sure it would get good answers here, but I definitely think it is a better fit for Physical …
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Sexuality in scope?

I don't think Sexuality is a dupe of Health, though there may some overlap. Most of the top questions on the proposal would not be on-topic here. For example "How do I know what size condoms I need to …
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Should recommendations be on-topic?

I think that recommendations that ask for apps or software should be off-topic and migrated to Software Recommendations SE (if they are a good question with enough information). Because we already hav …
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Are questions about implications of surgery procedures on-topic?

I think these types of questions are on-topic as long as they are not too broad and not too personalized. I like your examples because they ask very clear questions. Basically, you are asking "Can som …
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What is our stance on questions about the rationale behind a drug's price?

That is not what this site's scope should cover. …
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Should recommendations be on-topic?

I have seen a few questions now that have been asking for a recommendation for things like an app or a resource. For example, https://health.stackexchange.com/questions/1520/cross-platform-pedometer-a …
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Are questions about Medical History on-topic?

Though this question is completely unrelated, it got me thinking. Should we allow questions about Medical History to be asked here? I was thinking that one of these questions could be like When wa …
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How much overlap should there be with biology.SE?

More generally, is it OK if the scope of this site overlaps with biology.SE A lot of SE sites overlap with other sites, so this is fine. … There will still be more than enough questions that won't overlap, as Bio.SE doesn't only deal with human biology, and a lot of Health questions wouldn't fit under the scope of Biology.SE. …
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Should alternative medicine be on-topic?

Alternative medicine is "any practice that is put forward as having the healing effects of medicine, but is not founded on evidence gathered using the scientific method."1 Should questions about this …
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Are questions about the health care system on-topic?

From the examples you give, it does not seem like these types of questions would be on-topic, but I think there is a chance that they could be on-topic if worded right. For your examples: What ar …
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Are shopping questions off-topic?

These should be off-topic. They don't have much to do with health. Also these could be opinionated and too broad because the USA is a big place, so there is no right answer.
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