Sunday House Call, #597,  January 8, 2016: Star Trek Tricorder comes to life

Topics today include: The XPrize Tricorder Competition

Your calls about the value of licorice to treeat ylcers (there isn’t), male pattern baldeness and the use of finasteride (Proepecia) to slow down hair loss, a review of norovirus, low platelet counts, sore ribs, and the dosing of ibuprofen and acetaminophen.