Answers to Medicine Questions

Why can't I recognise a face that I've known for many years upside down?

Why is it that we're perfectly comfortable with black and white movies and photographs when we know that the world...

What's glaucoma?

I've got diabetic retinopathy in both eyes and I was wondering if there was any evidence that if you get your...

My eyes often become watery for no apparent reason. Why do you think this is?

I have neovascular macular degeneration of the right eye, which means that I haven't any sight left in that eye. I...

My husband has recently developed a squint overnight. Why is that?

Why are the cones in our eyes red, green and blue? Why not red, yellow and blue? How can we see yellow?

I've just been reading Superhuman by Robert Winston this week and never realised that mitochondria, the power...

How are stem cells being used in cancer research?

If radiation is so dangerous to cells, why don't they use it more for brain tumours?

Upon-Tyne - My mum is currently having chemotherapy and radiotherapy. What makes her hair fall out, and is radiotherapy...

I'm 24 and I was diagnosed with bladder cancer earlier this year. How did this happen? I'm only 24?

Gerard said earlier that all cells want to expand and grow and live. So why does cancer kill you? Why don't you...

A while ago I was in an experiment where we were told that some people's blood fights cancer. Her idea was that...

Who would win a fight between a hippo and a polar bear?

Can you please tell me how to stop my body making mucus? I've had dysfunctional Eustachian tubes for seven months...

Is it true that some of our senses degenerate and that some of them are more susceptible to damage than others? We see...

How come I sneeze when I stare at the sun in the morning?

I'd like to know whether it's possible to change your hair colour without chemicals, such as with gene...

Why is it that some people are so tolerant to alcohol whereas other people just need to get a whiff to tip them over...

My friend and I went to give blood the other day and were curious about how the body knows that it's a pint short...

Can you please explain why some pinot grapes turn into great wines and some don't. Is it down to soil chemistry...

Why do French beans squeak when you eat them but runner beans don't?