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Tongue in cheek response. Perhaps we should start referring to BPS activists with one-track minds who can never think outside the box they've barricaded themselves into.

Does anyone ever ask themselves why this change happened? Film footage from the 1970s shows people are all slender. Something changed - and I am not convinced it was people. It is almost like society and people everywhere in the western world changed practically overnight. Evolution simply...

None of the comments I've made in this post relate to type 1 diabetes, I am only referring to type 2 diabetes. I just wanted to make that clear... This was a very interesting article, thank you. I wasn't aware of diabetes being considered to be psychosomatic in the past. Nowadays people with...

I was referred to a psychotherapist about 40 years ago. The woman I saw was intimidating. It was also clear that her inspiration was Freud and she used many of the stereotypes of a Freudian therapy session. I didn't lie on a couch, it was just a chair. But she sat there and said almost nothing...

I wonder how easy it is for women to get pituitary or hypothalamus or adrenal tumours found and treated? All of these could have an impact on cortisol levels. I suspect that is no easier to get treated for this than in any other branch of medicine for women. But of course, any research looking...

When people talk about a relationship between alternative medicine and women I always think that women are more likely to be interested out of desperation. After all, if you get no medical help, are frequently insulted, and are always gaslit by members of any profession involving health, and...

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I think the Powers-That-Be might dispute the idea that patients are the main stakeholders in medicine. They would suggest that the people reaping the profits are.

Why couldn't they have used men getting prostate cancer surgery as an example rather than women getting surgery for breast cancer?

Have humans evolved out of getting adhesions and scarring now?

One thing I have always found astonishing is the inability of most GPs and doctors to accept that they can be wrong. They mostly appear to believe that their diagnostic abilities are perfect. I've actually had apologies from doctors for mistakes - once in my early teens (my GP actually visited...

This article was published when the new chronic pain guidelines were in draft form (Sep 2020), and I think it is worth reading : Title : ‘Hysterical until proven otherwise’: how NICE is trying to tell women their pain is all in their heads Link ...

Sorry, but that actually makes things worse. I don't know what meridians are, whether they are warm or cold. I also don't know what it means to "activate blood".

Step 1 : Treat patients in pain with painkillers. Step 2 : Stop prescribing painkillers and treat with anti-depressants instead. Step 3 : Stop prescribing anti-depressants and tell the lazy bastards to exercise instead. Cost-cutting in action.

What is ginger-separated moxibustion? I've googled it but I'm none the wiser.

This appears to be just an example of moving the deckchairs on the Titanic.

One problem (of several) I have with this is that I have no idea what group the NHS will conclude I'm in. Do they think I'm suffering from primary or secondary pain? I have an almost life-long history of completely ignored gynaecological problems, that were then discovered during surgery to be...

So is this the finalised version that will go into use? Or just another draft? Because I'm sure I'd read about "no painkillers for pain" before, so I'm confused. Women are going to suffer more from this than men. And I'm positive the suicide rate will go up. And given that women who are...

Very interesting article. Blame the mother - it makes life so much easier for the medical profession and society in general.

You can find MS's slide deck here : https://www.swissre.com/dam/jcr:788aa287-7026-430a-8c14-f656421b6e71/swiss-re-institute-event-secondary-covid19-impacts-presentation-michael-sharpe.pdf Obviously I have no way of knowing whether it is complete.