Yanick Simon

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Is there a relationship between hair calcium and magnesium concentration and the incidence of coronary heart disease?

I found an article about the relationship of hair calcium concentration to the incidence of coronary heart disease. The study was based on earlier findings of an inverse relationship between hair...

03 March 2014 7,678 4 View

Why can't we tickle ourselves?

Tickling is a curious phenomenon, a sensation we surrender to almost like a reflex. A self-produced tactile stimulus is perceived as less ticklish than the same stimulus generated externally. When...

02 February 2014 3,143 1 View

What are the opinions on the following statement 'Food comes before education and education comes before health'?

I would like to have your opinion

09 September 2013 9,693 31 View

Will the funders' as well as public health be always economically strong in the future to fight against AIDS epidemic if HIV will continue to spread?

Great progress has been made in the global response to the AIDS epidemic. However, HIV management and HAART spurred substantial increases in funding of health care. Because of enormous challenge...

07 July 2013 2,997 1 View

Stable strontium and bone health?

Do you have recent documentation about stable strontium and bone health? The larger part of absorbed strontium is inserted in bones. Is this because of its similarity to calcium? What is the...

07 July 2013 7,802 3 View

Relationship between geology and health.

The geological sources provide life with many elements which can be beneficial or not for the health. For example, the iron in drinking water is essential for human body. I would like having your...

06 June 2013 1,540 7 View

Do you have documentations about application of the risk assessment model to nutrients particularly for calcium and magnesium please?

06 June 2013 3,128 0 View

Why do patients particularly in developing countries tend to abandon their ARV treatment? How can we remediate this situation?

Please give your point of view.

06 June 2013 3,564 2 View

What do you think about discordant couples?

In addition to stigma and discrimination, HIV discordant couples who desire having children are afraid of infecting their HIV-negative partner. What would be your suggestion (Counselling/ help)...

06 June 2013 2,319 6 View

What would you suggest for the therapeutic management of this patient ?

Woman X , 35 years old, seropositive. Her CD4 count was 150 cells/mm3. She had taken Combivir + NVP since a year. The last week, she came pregnant (2 months) with these symptoms: cough for more...

06 June 2013 2,519 11 View

At what age are the HIV-infected children ready to receive information about his illness?

The HIV-infected mothers may have multiple physical, emotional, and social concerns, including coming to terms with the reality of their own infection while facing uncertainty about the HIV status...

06 June 2013 2,526 4 View

What are the best strategies to improve the adherence in the AIDS field that can be applied to the developing country?

Several strategies are used to improve the adherence in the field of AIDS, taking into account several factors (socio economic conditions, treatment, patient, health system, etc.). However,...

06 June 2013 8,343 14 View

What is the best technique for the determination of water hardness, and its main constituents (Ca2 + and Mg2 +) in situ?

I am working on it.

05 May 2013 4,453 13 View

What is the best method to effectuate the evaluation of health hazards?

“evaluation of health hazards and health risk assessment” What is the difference between them? What are their different steps?

05 May 2013 5,252 1 View

How overdrinking alcohol can lead to various cancer?

Alcohol in large quantities become potentially lethal toxin and can cause alcoholic hepatis, liveer's cirrhosis, pancreatitis, fetal alcoholic, ..., various cancer.

05 May 2013 8,209 4 View

Does anybody have information and documentation about zinc deficiency and nervous disorders?

The literature has reported that Zinc deficiency in children and adolescents can lead to attention disorder and hyperactivity.

05 May 2013 6,550 8 View

Does anyone have information on Ca/Mg ratio and the ion quotient, which includes Na and K?

To characterize mineral waters, their hardness, calcium(Ca) and magnesium (Mg) content, as well as the ratio of the latter are usually given. However, sodium (Na) and potassium (K) contents are...

05 May 2013 8,704 1 View

How is it possible to develop preventive measures appropriate in developing countries which don't have specialized microbial treatments yet?

Pharmacologically active substances can enter the aquatic environment via effluents from wastewater treatment plants or in the case of veterinary drugs directly through liquid manure discharge...

05 May 2013 7,345 11 View

What is magnesium‘s role in the immune system?

The literature has been reported a relation between magnesium and immunity. Protective action of mineral salts has been observed in serum anaphylaxis and prevention of anaphylactic shock...

05 May 2013 7,327 7 View

Can anyone recommend articles about magnesium’s metabolism in cardiovascular diseases?

05 May 2013 8,698 1 View

What could happen to patients who use expired drugs?

In developing countries I've seen that people use expired drugs particularly ceftriaxone for infection. I’ve seen they haven't presented any symptoms and their infection have been treated.

05 May 2013 1,653 15 View

Does anybody have more informations or documents about the association between water hardness and urolithiasis?

Several studies documented that higher water hardness is associated with higher incidence of urolithiasis among the population supplied with such water. It seems that low magnesium in water...

04 April 2013 3,275 2 View

Does anybody have information about interaction receptor-magnesium particularly sensitive receptor N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA)?

I work on health hazards related to water hardness essentially those related to high concentration of calcium with low magnesium concentration. According to the literature, experimental work...

04 April 2013 177 4 View

Does anybody know the threshold value of magnesium in drinking water?

I am working on the characterization of water hardness used for human consumption in the metropolitan area of Port-au-Prince. Studies have showed a low magnesium concentration in this area. I want...

04 April 2013 9,473 21 View

What are the standards for quality scientific research?

I would like to differentiate better quality scientific research.

04 April 2013 1,713 17 View