How to avoid doctor dependency:Buy stuff over the counterTake advice from grandmaUse self-made remedies, e.g. lemon and honey or sensible complementary therapiesTeam up with people with the same condition for mutual supportAugment your own mental health and resilienceRest or exerciseEat a sensible dietThese are excerpts from the Oxford Handbook of Clinical Medicine:Reply to comment below:Yes, the OHCM is
"Don't go so fast: we're in a hurry!"
"Don't go so fast: we're in a hurry!"
"Don't go so fast: we're in a hurry!" -- Talleyrand to his coachman. Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord (1754–1838) was a French bishop, politician and diplomat. Due to a lame leg, he was not able to pursue the military career that had originally been foreseen for him by his family. Instead he studied theology. Unique in his own age
AA: 2015 Nobel Prize in Physiology/Medicine goes to discoverers of antimicrobials Artemisinin and Avermectin
AA: 2015 Nobel Prize in Physiology/Medicine goes to discoverers of antimicrobials Artemisinin and Avermectin
From DW:Youyou Tu, the chief professor at the China Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine, began her work with traditional herbal remedies in the 1960s.Focussing on plant Artemisia annua, Tu extracted the active Artemisin ingredient found in plants, then purified it. Tests conducted by the now 84-year-old showed her trials had “unprecedented potency” in treating Malaria, which infects close
70,000 Ways to Get Sick or Die - the switch to ICD-10 in US
70,000 Ways to Get Sick or Die - the switch to ICD-10 in US
From the WSJ: Under a new system, the number of diagnostic codes doctors must use to get paid is expanding from 14,000 to 70,000, including codes for ailments such as "underdosing of caffeine" (video):Here are some of the new codes:- Z63.1: “Problems in relationship with in-laws”- V91.07XA: “Burn due to water skis on fire.” At the end of
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