2014-12-27: An all-email show with a wide variety of interesting questions answered

Summary: Using cheap vitamin C powder in a topical solution to prevent fragile skin hemorrhages; Finding clinical trials for new aggressive breast cancer treatment — other approaches discussed; When it is not necessary to treat asymptomatic hypothyroidism; New treatment for Peyronie's disease, which causes a bend in the erect penis; The use of magnesium and taurine to help with atrial fibrulation; Eroom's law: the troubling decline in the number of new drugs developed per billion dollars of research; Review of antihistamines and using the elimination diet to treat chronic hives; Sweating by sauna and other methods of external and internal detoxification; Norovirus exposure might have caused constipation in an infant — probiotics and hydration will help; Listener suggests masking tape over lips to prevent dry mouth at night; A complex story of causes, treatments and trying to restore blindness in girl fighting Multiple Sclerosis since age six; Tips to avoiding herpes simplex 1 outbreaks in a young child; Peripheral numbing may be caused by pressure on a sympathetic nerve; Acupuncture and other strategies for pain from a split femur after hip replacement