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I use a scalpel. Something like this which comes with spare blades. The blades have never gone rusty and they last for absolutely ages. https://www.amazon.co.uk/Blades-Non-Slip-Scalpel-Carving-Decorated/dp/B08MW135N5/ref=sr_1_2 I have bought pill cutters in the past, and I do keep one in...

I've never been described as lovely. Only ever pleasant or delightful. I hate the practice of doctors recording how they feel about me. I bought a copy of my GP medical records about 10 years ago, and some of the ones made available to me were from decades ago. When I was in my teens (1970s) a...

It seems a bit odd that the weight of the stools (in the first link) hasn't been given. It would be useful to know. But I like the look of them. Edit : There are quite a few references in the reviews to them collapsing, or not locking into place though. So, perhaps not.

Some of these conditions can be treated and possibly cured. Since that is the case how could any of the conditions like that be classified as "Functional". If someone has asthma - treat them. If someone is anaemic - treat them. If someone has glaucoma - treat them... The consequences of not...

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As a non-reddit user, and only occasional reddit reader, I'd like to know what "old.reddit.com" is. There are no dates on reddit threads that I've read, so I can't figure out how old.reddit.com is populated. Note that as a non user of reddit there are a lot of thing about reddit I don't like or...

sarcasm on So, people in pain aren't really in pain, they are catasrophising??? But of course, "joint injury" isn't painful. sarcasm off I think telling someone (or insinuating) they are catastrophising when they are in pain just lets patients know they are not believed, are unlikely to be...

If my kindle is representative... It's 9 years old and still works. It was a present for Christmas 2016. I have about 650 books on it now. The main problem I have with it is that charging it is "a bit dodgy". It was plugged into a charging cable one day, and I forgot. I tripped over the cable...

If folate levels are low then someone improves their level it can have positive effects : Title : Folic Acid Treatment Is Associated With Decreased Risk of Suicide Attempts Link : https://neurosciencenews.com/folic-acid-suicide-21568/ . But taking the level too high can have adverse effects...

For info on Disulfiram. Disulfiram : link to the wikipedia page Disulfiram : link to the BNF page According to the wiki article above, Disulfiram is used to try and stop alcoholics and heavy drinkers from drinking alcohol. One of the main ways to achieve this apparently is for the drug to...

I think depression is a result of many illnesses, both before and after diagnosis. Fix the underlying condition and the depression might disappear without further treatment. But the medical profession seems to treat depression as a disease in its own right and rarely treats it as anything else...

If you look into pseudo-anonymisation vs anonymisation it might answer your question. I remember when the first major project involving lots of health data (care.data 2013 - 2016) became known it was quickly realised that pseudonymous data could have the anonymising reversed if the recipient of...

Thanks. That makes sense. It was still a poorly worded title in my opinion!

Is it just me and I'm not understanding? Does that sequence of words actually make sense? What is the "acute" referring to? And how can serum protein be "acute". Why do researchers - particularly the ones keen on finding psychiatric problems - never test for anemia after illness? Every major...

Yes, it was.

I had a large bleeding polyp. It took a long time to find but its gone now.

Yes, I'm amazed too. Where I live the only way of getting earwax removed is to pay for it privately, the NHS won't help.

My prediction... This will result in some patients seeing doctors with symptoms that the doctor can't identify the cause of. The patient will continue to get worse while their symptoms continue to be dismissed. And cancer in its early stages will end up as advanced cancer because the GP will...

I thought this might be of interest and/or use to someone with suspected anemia caused by low iron : https://irondisorders.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Handout-HowdoIknow_Anemia2020.pdf It is just one page. The table at the bottom is of particular interest, I think, but isn't a complete list...

Given the dosages used in the UK I was wondering about testing with doses of 5mg, 8mg, 10 mg, 15mg, etc might be worth doing. The huge leap in dose from the smallest doses straight up to 50mg means that benefits might be missed at the lower doses.