Search results

  1. A

    A UK father on Twitter looking for experiences of harms from medical care for POTS, EDS and MCAS

    Some may wish to respond re this thread - UK Parent trying to get Panorama interested One hospital in particular seems to pop up
  2. A

    Is the road to burnout paved with perfectionism? The prevalence of obsessive-compulsive personality disorder in... female patients.., 2023, Reinhardt

    Burnout is a particular catch all / has particular fascination in Sweden. @Kalliope may explain better. at least there were sensible exclusions.
  3. A

    ME conference in Sweden 11-12th Oct 2023, The Hidden Disease

    Thank you @Kalliope
  4. A

    [Recruiting] COVID-19 Human Challenge Study: COVHIC002 (Imperial College)

    There s a quote that was popular on social media relative to COVID 19 earlier this year to the effect of ... After 5 infections the mice were all dead ... At this point some will not know how many times they have had COVID . This is a dangerous game of Russian roulette
  5. A

    Well-known, famous people with Covid-19 and Long Covid

  6. A

    Hypothesis Ineffective control of Epstein-Barr-virus-induced autoimmunity increases the risk for multiple sclerosis, 2023, Vietzen et al.

    I think the long term mono study could throw up potentially interesting correlations if it could be funded for intermittent followups over a long time.
  7. A

    News from Cochrane

    Where's Elizabeth Blik when you need her
  8. A

    Has anyone else here struggled with a persistent verruca?

    Old wives tales are topical applications. Don't know if you've tried any of these. Banana skin ( many swear by this it has a compound which is said to break down verucas). Vinegar Tea tree oil ( diluted) - contains Terpinen -4, an anti microbial which is said to be effective - used for one...
  9. A

    Serotonin reduction in post-acute sequelae of viral infection, 2023, Wong, Cherry et al

    Did they consider estrogen , particularly in females Serotonin and estrogen ' s relationship modulates many things . https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1327664/
  10. A

    Apoptotic stress causes mtDNA release during senescence and drives the SASP, 2023, Victorelli et al

    Scientists unlock biological secrets of the aging process In my news feed this morning . Interesting role of leaky mitochondria I don't know how " new" this research angle is, but perhaps wider implications than aging . https://phys.org/news/2023-10-scientists-biological-secrets-aging.amp
  11. A

    News from Scandinavia

    COVID 19 - assessment of Swedish response . Basically acknowledges they blew it https://www.nature.com/articles/s41599-022-01097-5
  12. A

    UK Covid data

  13. A

    OpenAi's new ChatGPT

    Last week was a local business week and I went along to a seminar hosted by a self confessed tech nerd on AI. He is an eternal optimist and I do agree with him that we are at a transition point akin to before electricity and how it changed everything. He played down the negatives . I have a...
  14. A

    RNZCGP GoodFellow Unit MedCases CPD Sept 2023: Chronic fatigue syndrome/myalgic encephalomyelitis

    Brilliant letter @Hutan. I hope it has not cost too many spoons and you both are able to rest up for a while , and it properly makes its mark . Thank you
  15. A

    Organism Found in University Pond Rewrites the Rules of DNA

    From my Google feed today . Interesting - repurposing of usual coupled stop codons in single celled organism. https://www.technologynetworks.com/genomics/news/organism-found-in-university-pond-rewrites-the-rules-of-dna-379612
  16. A

    Inhalation of ACE2 as a therapeutic target on sex-bias differences in SARS-CoV-2 infection and variant of concern, 2023

    And the flip side - woman are more at risk of developing long COVID .
  17. A

    Petition to the ABC about Norman Swan's comments on ME/CFS and Long Covid

    Signed and shared
  18. A

    NICE and pain

    Yes, that's exactly what struck me too. Some people are more vocal than others, ( does this mean less pain experienced?) some people are " too brave " , some are told to " be brave" . Nuts
  19. A

    NICE and pain

    Interesting re evidence. Cochrane couldn't do a meta analysis as "studies all used different ways of assessing pain. Some of them asked the patient how much pain they felt, others asked the physician how much pain they thought the client was in, and many did not report enough of the pain...
  20. A

    NICE and pain

    Having had concerns re recent pain guidelines , the news that NICE' s recommendations now feature sterile water injections for pain relief for childbirth has me flabbergasted. I am lucky, I had straightforward births with minimal pain relief , however I have friends who struggled ( back labour...
Back
Top Bottom