Twiv microbe TV has an excellent, but a bit technical medical exposition of the Trump covid saga here: [MEDIA] Summarizing: Trump probably at...
Re medication for pain. I've found that only after two doses of my pain med duo (low dose of methadone and half a tizanidine--muscle relaxant)...
I accept that I can only dabble a few minutes here and there in my varied interests. But over time, they add up to a lot. Besides, good things...
How about spelling? I was an expert speller because I remembered how the word looked. Now when I start a word, it's a struggle to make it come out...
Maybe those three should be termed 'methods to induce a placebo response.'
The only thing I like about this bland inaccurate report is that all three categories (physical, cognitive, emotional) list doctors appointments...
Perhaps not so relevant. The literature review states "The diagnosis of chronic fatigue syndrome/myalgic encephalomyelitis was not included where...
Beware the surgeon who gets an MBA in his spare time. I wouldn't say most, but some to many docs go into medicine to make money. And if they feel...
What scared me off NSAIDs was because a patient of mine (as a nurse) who was given naproxyn for arthritis pain was shortly thereafter hospitalized...
What I read about the risks of ibuprofen vs naproxen is that the risk of heart attack is higher with ibuprofen and lower with naproxen. But the...
To add. That relief of pain (relief of say 75%) comes from doing all of these as simultaneously as possible: opioid and muscle relaxant meds &...
My two-cents from 25 years of living with fibro: acupuncture made the pain worse, as did massage, even gentle massage. I do self-massage but it's...
Yes, read that one and the guy's activity was so great it seemed a fiction!
I've noticed that when my pain and exhaustion are mounting, noise (neighborly type or traffic, or any noise whatsoever) becomes overwhelmingly...
This thread includes posts from threads on articles in the New Yorker and the Guardian. Any new articles should be posted here. Quote from the...
Your observations are of such importance, @Jonathan Edwards. Please keep reminding folks that there is no way of circumventing medical knowledge...
Small study (N=40). Great results when following low glutamate diet ('following' is a bit sketchy as are most dietary studies). These results...
There are quite a few different fatigue-scale questionnaires or research instruments that have been developed over the years. Why is the SF-36...
There are lots of people who don't have insurance in the USA or have poor insurance or their surgeon of choice is not part of their insurance...
It would take me all of two minutes to 're-enter.'
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