mikenuman

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by mikenuman 10y ago
Lyme is the new fibromyalgia, which replaced ME, which replaced the "Victorian lady took to her bed for a number of years" trope. Be very careful of jumping down this rabbit hole. The tests you'll have had are not validated.
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by mikenuman 10y ago
You really should look at the diameter of Venus cf. Earth and the relationship between core temp & surface distance from that temp.
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by mikenuman 10y ago
You have not factored in the cost of service, which is substantial
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by mikenuman 12y ago
It's just another rhythm method, and this is covered by graph 2. The study you quote represents a "perfect use" because of the additional surveillance and support leading to better outcomes, associated with a study. BTW the s
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by mikenuman 12y ago
A physician who treats himself has a fool for a patient. Osler. (Even more so for a lay person)
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by mikenuman 13y ago
Shame the "expert system" was wrong! With that history you should have been seen urgently. There are a number of serious things that are possible with those symptoms. Plus, the nurse was relying on your accurate reporting of sympt
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by mikenuman 13y ago
Most up-to-date fertility clinics use ultrasound and hormonal tracking to check the cycle; temperature & mucus are unreliable. And, even if someone's ovulating or not-ovulating... it's often moot when it comes to whether to op
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by mikenuman 13y ago
Not crushed, he limps off to the right side. Not to say that this isn't serious, but he looked OK.
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by mikenuman 14y ago
Thank you. The HRT study mentioned in the article (WHI study) looked at the effects of starting HRT, often years after menopause, often in women with existing morbidity. Those women who started it at the correct time ie healthy women aged a
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by mikenuman 14y ago
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2928939/
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by mikenuman 14y ago
In the case of ovarian cancer, as described in the article, it's likely that "early" ovarian cancer is a separate disease from disseminated ovarian cancer. Assuming that one leads to the other has lead to a large research effort that has fa
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by mikenuman 15y ago
This is a very difficult area. Firstly, these consults are never as easy or logical in real life. If you think doctors don't understand Bayesian probabilities then how well do you think patients do? Decision making when screen positive resu