Just diagnosed with high-risk HPV and freaking out?
My main question is this: I have been looking on-line about HPV and everything I have read says that sometimes it goes away on it's own, sometimes treatment (I'm scheduled for a colposcopy). The high-risk kind CAN lead to cancer, I know this--however the reason that I'm worried is that all that I've read says that it can go away on it's own (even the high-risk kind) but if I've had the same partner for almost 4 years, if it was the kind that goes away-wouldn't it have done so already????? I'm flipping out and my mother always says don't borrow trouble, and I'm trying not to but if it isn't the kind that can go away, isn't it really difficult to get rid of? So this colposcopy, I heard that the biopsies hurt and the scraping of the cervix hurts...so what after that? If I have the kind that doesn't go away????? Also, I've heard that it can cause infertility and all this horrible stuff. My main concern is that I have the aggressive type that doesn't go away on it's own...then what? I'm really scared.
Does masturbating a lot during teenage years cause prostate cancer?
Studies have shown that frequent ejaculations, whether they are achieved via masturbation or sex may reduce ones risk for prostrate cancer, regardless of age. Think about it... an organ that is kept healthy and active tends to remain that way verses one that is all stopped up and stagnant. Ejaculating frequently simply keeps the prostrate and other associated organs "well exercised". Besides, the male body is MADE to ejaculate, that's what it does, what it is meant to do, biologically speaking that is. The notion that it could be bad for the body to do something that it was made to is absurd. What's next... listening causes deafness or seeing promotes blindness, etc...
Are wireless signals (e.g. Bluetooth and Wi-Fi) harmful to the human body?
Let's look at this top down:There about 4.3 Billion mobile/cellular phones in use world wide, and there have been over a Billion phones in use since about 2001. Their frequencies are range from 400 MHz (0.4 GHz) to 1.9 GHz, roughly similar to your router.There are about 300 million laptops sold each year, with >90% having 2.4 GHz WiFi. There are roughly 1.2 Billion in regular use world wide, and there have been over 500 million using Wi-Fi the past 5 years.So far, we have not seen any mass epidemics, except for obesity, which is usually attributed to people spending too much time sitting and playing with computers.So the experiment Daniel Helman talks about has been running for some time, with large statistical power (now Billions!) and the results appear to be negative.Parts of the experiment have been running long enough (30 years) that we can put an upper bound on how bad the worse case to be. The worse possible case at this point (early 2012) would be some what bad for a small number of people, probably less that 500,000 out of the Billions.There is not a mega disaster waiting, or it would have already occurred.******In the real world, Microwaves (like 2.4 and 5 GHz) have been known to affect the eyes, being associated with cataracts. One reason you are not supposed to put your head next to a microwave oven and stare at the food.You are very close to the router for a long period of time.> I would suggest you consider moving the router to the other side of the room, or toward your feet, and away from delicate and important systems like eyeballs, brains, ears, etc.That's a low effort precaution.*****Since you live in Los Angeles, where the car is king, here's an idea that might have more "impact" on your personal safety: get a modern car.1959 Chevy vs. 2009 Chevy frontal offset crash...
Is treatment for high testosterone / PCOS imperative for females' health?
Actually the elevated estrogen levels (or so called estrogen dominance) associated with PCOS are more of a long term risk than testosterone. It increases the risk of endometrial cancers, cardiovascular disease/heart attack, and stroke, later in life. Have you had your insulin levels tested? PCOS is often associated with elevated insulin levels, due to something called insulin resistance. The higher level of insulin is believed to be the root cause of the ovary problems (by increasing testosterone levels, and causing the failure of follicles to mature properly, and the elevated estrogen:progesterone ratio). It also puts PCOS sufferers at a higher risk of diabetes later in life. If you haven't had your insulin levels checked, then I would recommend you do that. One of the most effective treatments I have seen for PCOS is a natural substance called d-chiro-inositol. It is present in certain foods (buck wheat, carob, fig leaf melon, and bitter gourds). It can also be purchased as a food supplement (it is not considered a drug). This food extract has been shown in clinical trials (albeit small scale) to reduce blood glucose levels, and blood pressure, in PCOS sufferers. Many of the women taking it also ovulated normally. This compound is believed to reduce insulin production (too complex to explain how, put simply it reduces the insulin resistance). The dosage used in the studies was 600mg and 1200mg per day for 8 weeks. Both dosages worked equally well as I recall. I personally would put much more faith in this than in ovablend or adaptogen. A couple of notes. 1) You can also buy plain "inositol" as a food supplement, but this is not effective. It comes in 9 different forms, but only one specific one is effective. So it has to be d-chiro inositol. 2) Some brands are natural extracts, whilst others are made synthetically. So check if you want the natural extract specifically. There is also a drug used for diabetes, metformin, that is used to treat PCOS by reducing insulin resistance. But people who have tried both have said that d-chiro inositol is more effective and has less side effects.