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from yesterday's Physician's Health Watch: FDA: OTC Ranitidine Alternatives Don't Contain NDMA By the Editors The FDA says that alternatives to over-the-counter ranitidine don't appear to contain the same potentially carcinogenic substance as ranitidine. Several lots of OTC ranitidine have...

It could perhaps say: "NICE is currently upgrading its guideline, which is expected in October 2020."

To me it is unclear what is expected. The/an update? (I imagine so.) Otherwise it's saying that NICE is expected in October 2020!

Sorry for delay - I had a bit of work done on my house and had to prioritise that. At 3.05 it says 'Reumatoid arthritis". At 5.12 it says "NICE is currently upgrading its guideline and is expected in October 2020." ?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-50151723 People with long-term health problems such as arthritis are more likely to feel pain on humid days, a study has suggested. Folklore suggests the cold makes pain worse - but there is actually little research into the weather's effects. And this...

In the video were the ones I saw. There may of course be others, but I'm not really able to look at it again right now.

I noticed a couple of spelling/language errors in the video. Should these be reported?

The trouble with using URLs is that they often change. I have found this in many reference lists, etc., that I have done.

Mestinon is pyridostigmine bromide, not galantamine, isn't it?

Hi, Trish - you've misspelt Tompkins in the title - might make it harder to find.

This is from New England Journal of Medicine's Journal Watch. https://blogs.jwatch.org/hiv-id-observations/index.php/common-questions-about-the-shingles-vaccine-answered-here/2019/10/14/ October 14th, 2019 Common Questions About the Shingles Vaccine — Answered Here! Here’s an interesting...

from https://www.s4me.info/threads/rethinking-the-treatment-of-chronic-fatigue-syndrome%E2%80%94a-reanalysis-and-evaluation-of-findings-from-a-recent-major-trial-of-graded-exercise-and-cbt.2282/#post-41444 I wrote this to AfME on 14th March 2011 (please excuse errors): "Dear AfME, I am just...

Not sure that a "neuropsychologist" is appropriate.

from Physician's First Watch again: Ranitidine Tests Find "Unacceptable" Levels of NDMA By the Editors The FDA says that its early tests have found "unacceptable levels" of the probable carcinogen N-nitrosodimethylamine (NDMA) in ranitidine (Zantac and generics), a histamine-2 receptor...

(If this is in the wrong place, please feel free to move it.) Torrent Pharmaceuticals Limited expanded its recall of losartan and losartan/hydrochlorothiazide over another nitrosamine impurity, N-Nitroso-N-methyl-4-aminobutyric acid (NMBA), which is considered possibly carcinogenic. The...

FDA: Some Ranitidine Products, Like Zantac, Contain Probable Carcinogen By Amy Orciari Herman Edited by - Susan Sadoughi, MD, and - Andre Sofair, MD, MPH Some ranitidine products, including some sold under the brand name Zantac, contain low levels of the nitrosamine impurity...

I studied this at length some years ago, being one of the many perfume-sensitives, and wrote this blog: https://freshairfiend.wordpress.com/ There are an awful lot of different chemicals in even-individual perfumes.

Here's the second review article on the issue: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(19)31665-4/fulltext and here is the first one referred to: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(19)31359-5/fulltext

This is very interesting, as I developed unexplained high blood pressure years ago (when I had ME) and the first treatment - an ACE inhibitor - made me so ill I ended up in hospital with severe hyponatraemia (low blood sodium). It was almost low enough to kill me. Maybe I don't need to take...

"Today we're asking - are you dependent on prescribed painkillers? Public Health England has done its first big review of addiction and dependence on pain killers, anti depressants and drugs such as sleeping tablets and anxiety medication. One in four adults had been prescribed at least one of...