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    Why is there no fix for Male Pattern Baldness?

    still no one is convinced with finasteride? Dont wait till it is too late, that is about the only medically proven therapy.
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    Why is there no fix for Male Pattern Baldness?

    get a prescription, buy from drug store. The ori Proscar is 3.5x the price of a generic. I used generic, seems equally good. Minoxidil application is another option, but it is messy and oily to apply. i don't like it
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    Why is there no fix for Male Pattern Baldness?

    i guess you have not googled it at all.BPH is 5mg, for hair growth only 1/5 of that, no side effect as far as i am concerned, been on it >10 yrs.
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    Why is there no fix for Male Pattern Baldness?

    too much male hormone - there is a medication for it. Try Finasteride 1 mg, it works.
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    Can You Get Electrocuted in the Shower During a Thunderstorm?

    Shower room electrocution I have been wondering how people got electrocuted in showers.. I am referring to the type of home water heater attached to the wall inside a bathroom. The whole gadget is well boxed up in nonconductive plastic or PVC. The hose is rubber and the shower head is...
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    Can we use old and new batteries together?

    thanks for the info.
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    Can we use old and new batteries together?

    My computer mouse uses 1 AA battery and when the battery is weak, the pointer becomes "sticky". i keep these weaker batteries aside to be used in other gadget like TV or aircond remote controls. These gadgets require 2 AA batteries. If i were to use 1 brand new AA battery and another, a...
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    Breaking a drinking straw with karate chop

    thanx for the comments. so it's possibly the cooling effect and may be also the edges of the ice that allow more concentrated force to be applied. it would be nice to do an experiment as you suggested, use ice and another similarly rigid ring to compare. How about marking the straw at the...
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    Breaking a drinking straw with karate chop

    I don't hvae the commercial ice with me, but here is how it's done. http://yfrog.com/nbimg2354kj http://yfrog.com/0simg23550j http://yfrog.com/2gimg2356ij
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    Breaking a drinking straw with karate chop

    hi there, thanks for your response. What i wrote up there is definitely true. I saw it with my own eyes, and it is easily reproduceable. What i am looking for is the explanation behind that 'feat'. How that piece of ice could help in breaking the straw. I saw my kids doing it and...
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    Breaking a drinking straw with karate chop

    try do a karate chop on a drinking plastic straw with its 2 ends held tight by a friend. You just can't break it no matter how hard you hit it with your bare hand. it's just too resilient, or it will just slip off your friend's grips. However if you just thread the straw through a piece...
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