Tag: medical
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Message to my male amigos: CHECK YOUR PROSTATE!
The author urges older men to recognize signs of an enlarged prostate, emphasizing early detection and treatment to avoid severe complications. Ignoring symptoms can lead to painful urinary retention. Seek help promptly.
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Nurse as Expert.
A long, but important quote from Iain McGilchrist’s groundbreaking book ‘The Matter With Things. My review here. In the world of nursing, Patricia Benner notes that becoming an expert means shifting from abstract principles to seeing intuitively the patient before you in relation to other real-life experiences, and noting similarities and differences. She also emphasises…
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MK Ultra.
I first heard about MK Ultra when listening to a Joe Rogan podcast a couple of years back, and immediately threw it in my cognitive wastepaper basket as being yet another fringe conspiracy theory. Into the loony bin with you. But it turns out this improbable and implausible story is totally true. And it all…
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The big problem with Big Pharma.
A fascinating and disturbing discussion between Lex and Dr John Abramson around the manipulative and arguably deceptive practices of Big Pharma in the US. Evidence-based medicine is only as veridical as the quality of evidence it is built on. Peer-reviewed studies & practice guidelines relied on by healthcare providers are only as useful as the…
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Consciousness and the medical profession.
In a short editorial article for the journal of wellness, Dr Anoop Kumar explores the topic of consciousness as it is generally held in the medical profession. That is… a product of the interactions of material elements ( eg neurons, the brain etc). Dr Anoop writes: At first glance, the assumption of the primacy of matter may…
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