You are not alone. Many people with ALS experience pooling of saliva in their mouths that can make people more likely to drool, choke or cough. It may seem as though your body is producing too much saliva, but it is not. Normally, our bodies produce large quantities of saliva each day to help maintain a healthy mouth and good digestion. For reasons that are not clearly understood, you may not be swallowing your saliva as automatically (without thinking) as you did prior to ALS.

Saliva helps wash away cavity-causing bacteria, provides enzymes to help digest food, protects teeth from decay by neutralizing harmful acids and keeps oral tissues healthy. Without saliva, you would lose your teeth much faster. See similar questions...

From talking with many customers, I have come to the conclusion that it is very accurate. To the extent that you can even determine how serious your overgrowth is by how fast it develops and how much there is. If it develops almost immediately and there is a lot of stuff, you have it worse than someone who has one or two strings or a little cloudiness develop 20 minutes or so later. See similar questions...

Currently, state-wide efforts to control and manage the sharpshooter-disease problem are being coordinated by the California Department of Food and Agriculture. Involved with these efforts are the local offices of the county agricultural commissioners, University of California Cooperative Extension advisors and specialists, and the United States Department of Agriculture Animal Plant Health Inspection Service. Management and control efforts vary depending on where you happen to be in the state. See similar questions...

Transmission of HIV requires a live virus or virus containing cell. What Salivax? does is detect antibodies to the virus not the virus itself. See similar questions...

As of 3/27/04 we are introducing the BANA test. This is a different one that Dr. Nara offered, but it is more indicative of periodontal risk. Read about it... I would like to know if you can provide the name of a dentist in my area who does this testing or specializes in 'preventive dentistry.' According to Dr. See similar questions...

We want to test the blood and saliva samples for chemicals like phthalates, hormones, perfluorinated chemicals, metals, pesticides, and possibly other toxins. The importance of having a data bank of these samples is that with emerging technology and advances in science, we may be able to do more tests in the future than we can do now. Having these samples creates the possibility of study in many different areas of breast cancer research. See similar questions...

Reliance on averages or guessing isn't good enough for women serious about achieving (or avoiding) pregnancy. Because your body is unique, you cannot rely on "usual" or "average" predictions. Saliva Ovulation Prediction Microscopes will enable you to learn when you are actually ovulating, and to make wise decisions about your own body. See similar questions...

Daily and at approximately the same time each morning. Usually on arising and before consumption of any food or water. Smoking should also be avoided prior to testing as the chemicals present alter saliva. By using a Saliva Ovulation Prediction Microscope daily for the first few months and keeping a careful record of your test results, you will learn the changing patterns and timing of your unique fertility cycle. See similar questions...

Collection guidelines depend on if you are pre-menopausal or post-menopausal. Pre-menopausal women should collect in the luteal phase (second half) of their cycle (days 19-21, counting day one as the first day of your period in a normal 28-day cycle). Women who are not having menstrual cycles or who have had a hysterectomy and are not taking hormones may collect at any time. See similar questions...

Any computer program which deals with dates is susceptible to this problem. Thus, if you use dates in any of your applications at home or work, you should make sure the applications you are using or the programs you are writing are compliant with 8 digit dates or have some other mechanism built in to deal with the year 2000. See similar questions...

In the pivotal clinical trial for NSCLC, Grade 3/4 rash occurred in 9% of Tarceva-treated patients. Six percent of patients needed dose reduction and 1% of patients discontinued treatment due to rash. For patients with intolerable rash, the PI recommends that you reduce the dose in 50 mg decrements. Tarceva is available in three tablet strengths: 150 mg, 100 mg and 25 mg. See similar questions...

In the BR.21 NSCLC clinical trial, Grade 3/4 diarrhea occurred in 6% of patients. One percent of patients needed dose reduction and 1% of patients discontinued treatment due to diarrhea. Diarrhea can usually be managed with loperamide. Patients with severe diarrhea who are unresponsive to loperamide or who become dehydrated may require dose reduction or temporary interruption of therapy. For patients with severe diarrhea who become dehydrated, consider treatment with oral rehydration therapy. See similar questions...

Basically, the management bus for D-Link DFE-2600 series is designed in 100Mbps segment(management function will occupy some bandwidth so it make sense that put it in 100Mbps segment). The reason why the station in 10Mbps segment cannot manage through SNMP is lack of 10/100 switching module be installed in this hub. All you have to do is inserting the 10/100 switching(D-Link DFE-260S) into the expansion slot1 of the D-Link DFE-2624i. See similar questions...

What do you mean, "The last person to father a baby in the U.S., may have already been born?!!!" See similar questions...

No. Unlike breath analyzers and other saliva tests, the QED? test is specific to ethyl alcohol and will not cross-react with acetone and ketone produced by diabetic patients. See similar questions...

Saliva testing may be accurate for hormones that circulate in high concentrations, such as progesterone but not all hormones can be accurately assessed using saliva. Since we require extensive blood testing for each consultation, there is no need to collect saliva samples as well. All the hormones we assess are accurately measured using the blood samples. See similar questions...