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My bold I've read a few times that low blood volume is often found in autoimmune diseases which are more common in women. Another issue is that women are found to be anaemic far more than men. I'm sure this has a knock-on effect on blood volume. Edit : This paper may be relevant to the heart...

The US dietary guidelines since the late 70s(?) have recommended a high carb, low fat, fairly low protein diet. There is evidence to suggest that Americans have changed their dietary habits to adhere to this. I remember a few years ago being told by an American friend that ordinary milk has...

I don't recall anyone ever mentioning this, and thought I'd draw it to people's attention. You never know, it might be helpful to somebody, someday : https://commonfund.nih.gov/diseases I got the link from this article : Title : When the Illness Is a Mystery, Patients Turn to These...

A recent (last month) article on the issue : https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/ovarian-cancer-diagnosis-too-late-treatment-symptoms-test-women-health-a8693891.html Article continues at the above link. In the case of my relative they only diagnosed the cancer when...

It's got to the point these days that I am so worried about the reaction I will get from the medical profession for any issue at all that I avoid them at all costs. I would describe it as a phobia of doctors. It's got so ridiculous now that in November last year, when I cut my finger badly while...

My prediction... This gives schizophrenia (from the sufferers point of view) an added terror. About 60% of people who are put on statins stop taking them within the first year because of the awful side effects that doctors often dismiss and tell them are all in their heads. It can't possibly be...

@Jonathan Edwards Is this ethical? It feels wrong to me, somehow.

On the subject of whistle blowing by doctors or other people employed by the NHS, this link is old (2011), but very informative, and well worth reading. http://drphilhammond.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/Shoot_the_Mesenger_FINAL.pdf

I've always assumed that shampoo, conditioner, and other hair products would distort the results of any hair analysis. As would air freshener. Also, anyone who works in a dirty industry could have dodgy results, as could anyone who always walked along busy roads or cycled to work. All the...

I looked up the ingredients of what you were taking. It contains folic acid, not folate (assuming I found the right product). They aren't the same. This is worth reading on the subject : https://chriskresser.com/folate-vs-folic-acid/

I often see ads for all sorts of things that mention someone achieving something (often weight loss, building muscle, getting a flat belly, fixing a health problem, getting rid of wrinkles or age spots) because of "one weird trick" that nobody else knows. This article makes me think of those...

Based on my reading on the "other" forum I think there are some people who are diagnosed with ME/CFS by doctors who then don't monitor and treat their known health conditions as well as they should because they blame symptoms on the ME/CFS. I'm thinking specifically of hypothyroidism and...

Fixed that for you...

My NHS GP surgery uses patient.info as their source of information to print out for patients. I've been handed articles from there about four or five times over the last few years.

One problem for medical science of all sorts is the constant production of articles in newspapers and news websites that say things like the following : 1) Statins cause diabetes. 2) Statins protect people from diabetes. 3) Statins don't prolong life. 4) Statins save your life. 5) Statins...

I've been thinking some more about the article in Post #1 since I read it. And I realise that my main feeling is one of astonishment that someone thought it was worth writing and someone thought it was worth publishing. From my point of view it's a bit like saying that "water is wet". Doesn't...

This paper was retracted but was then published again - but I can't find the reasons for this : https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/17482631.2017.1411003 The paper was published again here : https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/17482631.2017.1392219 which is the same link as...

Blaming psychiatric problems for physical illnesses has probably been going on ever since the idea of mental illness first arose in humans (whenever that was). The ancient Greeks thought that women were all hysterical because of those pesky wandering wombs they had.

This has probably already been noted by somebody else, but I can't find it... The BBC has an article on this paper, and it also has a comments section open for it : https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-46570494 If this has already been posted I'll delete this post.

Someone with the ability to do so will have to check if the Abstract and the rest of the paper are describing the same research. They don't always coincide.