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    Possible cancer risk from ranitidine

    NDMA in Ranitidine Similar to Levels in Grilled Meats, FDA Says By Amy Orciari Herman Edited by - Susan Sadoughi, MD, and - Andre Sofair, MD, MPH Levels of N-nitrosodimethylamine (NDMA) in many tested ranitidine products are similar to those consumed through "common foods like grilled or...
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    NEJM Journal Watch: Interview with Dr. Caleb Gardner on the limitations of an increasing focus on biologic knowledge in psychiatry

    Not sure if this is relevant: https://www.nejm.org/action/showMediaPlayer?doi=10.1056/NEJMdo005619&aid=10.1056/NEJMp1910603&viewType=Popup&viewClass=Audio&ctype=audiointerview&area=production&query=pfwNGTa Caleb Gardner is a psychiatrist who recently completed his residency at Cambridge Health...
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    AFME - Association for Myalgic Encephalomyelitis website (not Action for ME)

    On this page they mention a website that I'm not familiar with: https://web.archive.org/web/20161118143811/http://www.afme.org.uk/help-raise-funds-for-me-awareness-raising-campaigns-and-other-initiatives.html Is it genuine or a scam? (I haven't clicked on it just in case)
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    Brain illness spread by ticks has reached UK

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-50206382 Brain illness spread by ticks has reached UK By Michelle Roberts Health editor, BBC News online An infectious disease that can harm the brain and is spread to people by tick bites has been identified in ticks in the UK for the first time. Public...
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    Possible cancer risk from ranitidine

    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...
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    New video: What is ME?

    It could perhaps say: "NICE is currently upgrading its guideline, which is expected in October 2020."
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    New video: What is ME?

    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!
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    New video: What is ME?

    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." ?
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    People 'more likely to feel pain on humid days' (BBC article)

    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...
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    New video: What is ME?

    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.
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    New video: What is ME?

    I noticed a couple of spelling/language errors in the video. Should these be reported?
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    NICE Guideline review: Call for evidence on myalgic encephalomyelitis (or encephalopathy)/chronic fatigue syndrome, deadline 16th Oct 2019

    The trouble with using URLs is that they often change. I have found this in many reference lists, etc., that I have done.
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    Researcher Interactions Video: Science for ME Q&A with Dr Michael VanElzakker, Oct 2019

    Mestinon is pyridostigmine bromide, not galantamine, isn't it?
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    ME/CFS Alert - Llewellyn King interviews Ron Tompkins. October 2019

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

    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...
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    Open letter to the Trustees and Staff of Action for ME about the 'Toolkit for professionals'

    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...
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    United Kingdom: Isle of Man ME/CFS and Long Covid services (Manx, ME Support IOM)

    Not sure that a "neuropsychologist" is appropriate.
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    Possible cancer risk from ranitidine

    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...
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    Losartan Recalled Over Impurities

    (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...
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    Possible cancer risk from ranitidine

    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...
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