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I've just realised that what you need to search for to get a quiet clock is either "no ticking alarm clocks" or "non ticking alarm clocks".

I can totally empathise on the need for a completely silent clock. I have tried several over the years and so many of them have a slight tick that drives me nuts. I have an alarm clock that I cover with a face cloth because I hate being able to see a clock when I'm trying to get to sleep - it...

Since doctors always monitor blood pressure using a cuff around the upper arm, I would be shocked if it wasn't the best way of measuring it. It wouldn't be logical for the wrist to be better than the upper arm. If it was then surely doctors would be using the wrist.

The problem is that, as individuals, we only have experience of how we ourselves are treated in healthcare situations, so how can we provide data on anyone but ourselves? I realise that parents visit the doctor with their children, and that couples may visit the doctor together, particularly as...

I went backwards and forwards to A&E over the course of about 18 months a few years ago with repeated bouts of very severe chest pain and I was repeatedly told I was fine, although each time I was tested for heart attack before dismissal so I can't complain. It turned out to be caused by...

One common ailment that is treated poorly in women is hypothyroidism. Obviously men can and do develop hypothyroidism too, but the proportions are roughly 8 female sufferers to 1 male sufferer. Some of the men writing into thyroid forums who have the disease (or who think they have the disease)...

Anecdote : My husband went to see a GP a year or two ago. I can't remember why. The doctor was unusually stressed - it was unusual in the fact that it was so obvious. She managed to put the blood pressure cuff on my husband upside down and at an angle, and the cuff wasn't snug when it reached...

Some articles on the subject of mental health provision in the UK and elsewhere that are alarming to say the least : https://www.cchrint.org/2017/01/16/psychiatric-chain-under-investigation-fraud-abuse-buys-uk-behavioral-facilities/ https://www.cchrint.org/2017/06/05/uhs-under-investigation/...

Title : Inflammatory modulation of exercise salience: using hormesis to return to a healthy lifestyle Link : https://nutritionandmetabolism.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/1743-7075-7-87 Paper is open access. I thought that bits and pieces of this paper might be of interest to some people...

This is a very interesting blog post from Jerome Burne on the subject of Alzheimer's - I may have posted this before : Title : Prevention is the best way of tackling Alzheimer’s. So why is it being ignored and discredited...

I've been switched from ranitidine to lansoprazole. I'm getting heartburn quite regularly now which was never a problem with ranitidine. :(

Sadly, your link is not available in the UK.

I was thinking of something specific when I wrote the post above. Think of testicular torsion versus ovarian torsion. Both ought to be treated as emergencies. Since the scrotum and testicles can be seen and felt I'm sure that testicular torsion is almost certainly treated very seriously and...

Something I read recently that I had never taken in before is that, in practice (not theory), there isn't a single gynaecological condition which constitutes an emergency. (I'm not including obstetrics in that statement.)

The callousness of the underlying thought processes in this paper is absolutely horrific.

If someone has suffered domestic abuse and the abuse continues for years, the people being abused are very likely to have permanently high levels of cortisol and/or adrenaline. Studying the long-term effects of high stress hormones would be worth looking into for all sorts of chronic illnesses...

Sorry to hear your bad news, @Rosie . I hope that everything goes well for you. :hug:

From one of the quotes in post #13 : I know this is a bit off-topic, sorry, but there is some info I'm missing that I need to make any sense of this thread. What are the rules for positioning in the author list of a paper? I've always assumed that the first person listed is the principal...

I did too. It was desperately in need of a comma. :D

Wow! That was seriously impressive! (And I'm not being sarcastic - I'm genuinely impressed.)