#Patients

Are you taking nootropics? The scientific backing supporting their efficacy in healthy adults is virtually NONEXISTENT and, we know VERY LITTLE about long term side effects. Esports orgs, stop partnering
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Thread 1/14: Channel 4’s #ItsaSin is hugely popular and has received rave reviews. It follows the lives of a group of friends in London, starting in 1981, as AIDS is
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This is big. Seems the Sunday Times had to win court approval to publish. Here's the evidence provided by the experts to the court in the Keira Bell case.https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/autistic-girls-seeking-answers-are-seizing-on-s
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Tactics used by quacks to sell their pseudoscientific concepts and oil:1. Modern medicine has no cure for your condition.- Ignores the fact that some disease is incurable/beyond cure. They
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Children ARE being affected by Covid-19...A thread.I've seen a lot of debate about how children are/ aren't affected by Covid-19 and therefore how it is sensible/ insane that they can't
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#BellLetsTalk I have been retired from #Paramedicine for almost 2 years. This weeks snow triggered a "Flashback." Pushing a grocery cart thru snow triggered a memory of fighting a
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THREAD1. Maine’s Rise in COVID-19 Cases Linked to Face MasksFort Fairfield Journal, November 4, 2020Data shows that Prolonged Face Mask Use INCREASES Risk of Catching Respiratory Illness.The link has been
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More nonsense about trans healthcare:Blockers are apparently bad because they're also used for cancer, or for chemical castration of sex offenders.They're specifically used for androgen sensitive prostate cancer. Basically, blockers
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/ Florida’s % positivity is 26.3% today. Let that sink in.Now let me explain why.https://twitter.com/georebekah/status/1344122714190188552 Repeat testing. By making it easier for low-risk persons to get tested, and making
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This is a thread reviewing #Taiwan's #COVID situation evolution in 2020 by numbers. We discovered our 1st case on Jan 21st. Before 2021 started, a total number of 799 cases
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Thread: 1) Massive PCR testing campaigns are resulting in the quarantine of healthy individuals, temporary business & school closures, mask mandates, & unnecessary panic and fear. Damage is being done
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You shouldn't have published this @bmj_latest I'm glad Paul has recovered, but this is promotion of dangerous pseudo-science. I expect better from a Professor of medicine (especially someone involved with
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Nausea and Vomiting: A thread (mostly for fun)First a little background adapted from Dylan Harris: lecturer at University of Cardiff. Chemoreceptor trigger zoneLocated at the blood brain barrier in 4th
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#Creatine and fibromyalgia. More than just sprinkles? @ScottForbes14 Why fibromyalgia?According to the CDC, about 2% of Americans have fibromyalgia. This can be a disabling condition. https://www.cdc.gov/arthritis/basics/fibromyalgia.htm Fi
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Concussion thread:Yesterday I suffered my first concussion while skiing. I’m a GP and former rugby team doctor so I have done plenty of sideline and delayed concussion assessments in my
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Every time I read about the history of medical research on trauma, I am exasperated by the ways male doctors completely just ignored sexual violence. Imagine if women weren't shut
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