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I don't mind you PMing me. :)

I forgot to say... Cortisol testing isn't always testing the same thing. Approx 75% of cortisol found in blood is bound to either a transport protein called Transcortin, or serum albumin. Only a small amount is found unbound in blood. Cortisol found in saliva is unbound. Cortisol found in...

Suggested optimal levels for saliva cortisol are given on this link - see example 1 : http://www.rt3-adrenals.org/cortisol_testing.html NICE info on diagnosing and managing Addison's Disease. Click on all the entries in the left hand side of the page ...

This sounds like the symptoms my husband gets when he has (what he calls) a migraine. He doesn't have ME, and his migraines are both rare and are almost or completely pain-free. They last a few hours. Any pain he does get tends to happen when his vision, speech and writing have returned to normal.

One obvious question on this research is why are iron-deficient people being allowed to donate blood? I have read that if iron deficiency becomes severe enough it can cause sudden heart failure.

iron deficiency may cause more subtle symptoms, including the restless legs syndrome (RLS) There's nothing subtle about having restless legs. It can be torture!

An addition to my previous post... One thing that does worry me about the internet getting censored in respect of medical information is that it makes it harder for anyone and everyone to put forward a new idea. It's probably too late for big pharma to get rid of dissenting voices about the...

I don't know anything about ADHD, but I do know that big pharma does invent things. Osteopenia for example. How A Bone Disease Grew To Fit The Prescription

Thanks for that information @lunarainbows :)

I'm completely out of touch. I find it hard to take things in these days and my memory sucks when it comes to new information. Can anyone give me a link which answers the following questions? What are the tests being touted by the UK government? Are they : Tests for evidence of past...

It works for me now too. :)

The Merck site has a page for consumers and one for professionals. @dave30th Both of your links in the sentence above go to the Professional Version. I've noticed when reading the Merck site in the past that the links from the Professional page to the Consumer page and vice versa for several...

Title : The patients who just can't shake off Covid-19 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-52548843 In the last section of the article is this paragraph : Part of the problem is that so much about the coronavirus is unknown, including why some people experience relatively mild symptoms lasting a...

I don't know how accurate these figures are, but apparently in the three months of the run up to lockdown 18.1 million people flew into the UK (I assume many of them were transferring to other flights and flying out again, but I'm only guessing), and only 273 were put into quarantine. Dealing...

Do you have a link?

Merged thread. Note - this is the same article already linked in this post. Article : Coronavirus could cause secondary illnesses including chronic fatigue syndrome, experts warn Subtitle : New medical papers suggest the contagion can get deep into our vascular system and even our brains...

I wrote the above post on 21st April. I went back to the same shop today and had an even more stupid experience. The fruit and veg aisle is on the far right of the shop as people walk in. When I got there today the end of this aisle was blocked completely by a big sign telling people to follow...

I'm posting this because it does mention "Chronic Fatigue Syndrome" and "CFS", however it is not the focus of the paper. I thought it might be of interest to someone. The authors are Anthony Samsel, who I've never heard of, and Stephanie Seneff who I have heard of and have read some of her...

A question that has crossed my mind frequently when I've read abstracts/papers like the one this thread is about is when do the authors believe that people saying "I'm in pain" is "acceptable", "normal" and "healthy" and not the sign of someone displaying a symptom of mental illness?

:mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad: Translation... Pain isn't real. People who say they are in pain are mentally ill, attention-seeking...