Failure to thrive in older adults is a serious condition that affects the up to 35% of older adults in general, up to 40% of nursing home patients, and up to 60% of hospitalized veterans. This condition is not simply part of the aging process and can often lead to…
During spinal fusion, your surgeon places bone or a bonelike material within the space between two spinal vertebrae. Metal plates, screws and rods may be used to hold the vertebrae together, so they can heal into one solid unit. Naturally fused vertebrae can exist anywhere in the backbone and are…
Making a stone which is so heavy that it cannot be moved is logically possible. Therefore God, being omnipotent, can make a stone so heavy that it cannot be moved. But if God makes a stone so heavy that it cannot be moved, then God cannot move it. “Can God…
Yes! Alpha females are significantly less fertile than female betas and omegas. They have little to no chance of getting pregnant. Can betas be impregnated by alphas? Generally speaking, they are just regular humans. Depending on the fic, female Betas may be able to get pregnant by their Alpha/Beta mates.…
Use a small dab of the gritty type of toothpaste. The gritty toothpaste can act as a mild abrasive and will remove scratches from the disc. To use the toothpaste method, get your finger wet first. Slowly wipe and move the toothpaste into the scratch on the disc. Disc-free game…
Figs do grow well in the tropics, almost anywhere in fact. Choose the right variety, give your plants some care and you should be enjoying that rich, syrupy nectar in no time. EXCEL (Ficus carica ‘Excel’) – Sweet, large yellow/greenish fig with high sugar content. This fig is very sweet.…
Gardenias also grow very well in pots and make great feature plants. The added advantage of growing them in pots is that they are easy to move about, and when in flower can be shifted to an area where the beautiful fragrance will be most appreciated. When you plant your…
Symptoms of poisoning from fireweed include gradual weight loss, jaundice, fluid in the lungs, blindness may occur, sudden death without any other indications, aimless wandering, muscular coordination, twitching of the head muscles, abdominal straining, rectal prolapse, and irritability (Anon. Seeds can be used as a fire-starter and as a cotton-like…
We speculate that the anatomic changes after gastric bypass surgery promotes a bacterial milieu in genetically predisposed patients that triggers chronic intestinal inflammation, resulting in Crohn’s disease. Does gastric bypass cause colitis? There have been conflicting reports on the effect of bariatric surgery on Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD), including colitis…
The vacuum cleaning process will kill some fleas, but some of the critters will probably also survive. What’s more, if you suck up eggs and larvae, fleas can still emerge later on, and if the vacuum cleaner bag sits inside the machine, the fleas may climb out and get back…