I have never understood this idea that a patient with a long list of symptoms must be a hypochondriac. People can have more than one illness at a...
I found this quote referring to doctors who'd read the research : from this link on the subject :...
I've been amazed at how often on medical-related forums the House MD quote "It's never lupus" crops up. I have wondered how many students and...
[sarcasm]Our patients are dying! Let's make sure we blame them before anyone can blame us.[sarcasm off]
I remember the first time I started supplementing vitamin D3 after getting a rather low result on testing. My result wasn't drastically low, it...
That is true for most tests of anything, surely, if the test is done with blood or saliva?
The 14-year-old girl with dizziness, tachycardia and purple toes should be tested in the first instance for iron deficiency. It's very common in...
I did a salivary cortisol test (four samples throughout the day) quite a long time ago and my cortisol was well over the range in 3 out of the 4...
That happened to me with L-glutamine. It worked well in calming stomach problems for quite a while (I can't remember how long exactly), then I...
This might not be remotely equivalent but I recently switched my magnesium supplement from magnesium citrate to one containing magnesium malate...
Warning - disgusting story alert - but also a bit funny. When I was a teenager I had a wart on one of my fingers. A friend gave me a bottle of...
I haven't seen that on sale in the UK for many years. I do remember taking a combined D3 and D2 supplement many years ago and my D2 level didn't...
Have you ever found out why this happens? It seems to be a common problem and I don't know if there is any way of reducing the risk of haemolysis.
It was very high? I've had very low (below range) TIBC when my iron and ferritin were almost non-existent. It should have been very high. As a...
Yes, I know. But the statement I quoted was saying that good and poor SRH at baseline predicted all-cause mortality. I think it was poorly worded.
I don't understand that bit I've quoted at all. It seems to be suggesting that a random SRH will still predict all-cause mortality. How can a...
Who is the intended target of this research? Sepsis and infections are, as far as I'm aware, not exactly predictable in most ordinary people. So...
I just came across this Youtube Short about someone with chronic Lyme Disease, who didn't know that was the cause of her long-term ill health. She...
It's about 8,500 iU per day. I wouldn't want to take that dose myself (I take 4000 iU when I remember) but a lot of people take 10,000 iU per day...
I discovered the cure for kitchen grease some time ago : "Degreaser". I can't remember where I bought it now. It might have been Tesco or B&Q....
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