Answers to Medicine Questions

I have a lazy eye. It can't be rectified because it's something to do with the brain not connecting with the...

I am having an argument with a friend, about whether or not body odour is a matter of fact or opinion. Can you...

Why does your hair turn grey as you get older?

Why after eating asparagus does your urine smell so strong?

How many different things can we memorise, what is the most anyone could memorise?

Why is memory triggered by smells and music etc?

Do white blood cells multiply by mitosis?

When I got towards retirement age, I started to get hairs growing out of my nose and my ears. Why?

I've thought about it many times, but why is it that some people can memorise more things than other people? Is it...

In your programme about allergies, you mentioned that the cause of cat allergy is the saliva in their skin. Could you...

Why does the sweat of some people's underarms turn their shirts yellow?

I have very sensitive hearing and I don't like sudden loud noises or repetitive sounds. I am also very sensitive...

I'm very short sighted, but over the years I've started to suffer from a astigmatism. I'd like to know...

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?