ICM/AIM SpR. like diagnostic mystery, livers, obesity, health inequality, sustainability. love History&reading& Davy Doodles (she/her/Brian)
SW, UK
Joined November 2012
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I have a diagnosis of #hEDS. Hypermobility impairs my life every day, but i do not let it disable me. I have pain every day, but I am not in #ChronicPain. I rage against it. I do not embrace it.
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No one that really has managed a complication of labour/ delivery can support the idea of homebirths. Unsafe, unpredictable, really dangerous if goes wrong. Most complications ocurr in women without risk factors and normal pregnancy its like playing russian rulet very bad idea.
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The constant public shaming of those suffering severe mental illness not only discourages support for mental health funding, but also demonises the most vulnerable patients.
The mentally ill are not monsters, they are too often vulnerable people let down by the system.
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Giveaway!
I’m giving one lucky person the chance to pick one shelf of books from our Bertvent bookcase.
Follow and repost by midday on Saturday 27th and I’ll pick someone at random! Which shelf will you choose?
(UK only)
You can be sure that the men raging about the accidental release of a sex offender who happens to be a foreign national (found guilty of indecent exposure) will complain there is nothing wrong with wolf whistling or touching a woman’s breasts or bottom uninvited #prisonchaos
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The challenge of getting past Whatiffery applies to the whole clinical journey from referral to ED through to discharge ?
@TantamKate I saw this on @callybeaton threads account. How a hospice her dad is being treated by are using their drug caps.. would love to do this in the Secret Garden! (Have loads we could use!) X
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Yesterday, my account was hacked for a while and strangely, my most viral tweet was deleted. So here it is, updated for 2025 for science and health-illiterates.
To summarize:
1. One whole egg with yolk a day does not increase blood cholesterol
2. Green tea does not help you lose weight
3. Jaggery, honey or sugarcane are not healthier than white sugar
4. There is no "healthy alcohol"
5. Ashwagandha does not reduce stress or help you sleep
6. Shilajit is a resinous piece of rock that does not benefit male sexual health
7. Turmeric in milk does not get beneficially absorbed in body and is lost in stool
8. You can consume fruits anytime during day or night
9. Sugarless black coffee at least 3 cups is good for fatty liver disease
10. Apple cider vinegar is good for only trapping fruit flies
11. Eight glasses of water a day is a myth
12. Pure whey protein supplementation to target recommended higher protein intake is safe for liver and kidneys
13. Magnesium supplements don't help you sleep
14. Anti-ageing is a myth
15. Herbalife products are the most common cause of liver injuries globally in the context of herbal and dietary supplements induced liver damage
16. Just because you lost weight by whatever means does not make you a "health coach."
17. Consumption of dairy along with fruits is perfectly fine
18. Yoga does not help you lose weight
19. Multivitamin a day does not improve health or prevent diseases in general. It can however, increase the risk of multiple cancers
20. Biotin does not help in hair growth or increase length of hair
21. Here are some liver supplements that you are wasting time and money on - Milk thistle, TUDCA and S-adenosyl methionine (SAMe)
22. The liver detoxes you, you don't detox the liver
23. Do not insult the kidneys by drinking yours or others urine, thinking urine therapy is going to help you live longer
24. Your favourite celebrity is always wrong about healthcare. Do not take medical advice from a pretty looking heroine or macho looking hero.
25. Virat Kohli and Cristiano Ronaldo do not drink Herbalife shakes. They just pose with it, for money
26. BluePrint is Bryan Johnson's online supplements scam
27. Covid vaccines ended the pandemic
28. Ayurveda is a pseudoscience. So is Homeopathy, Siddha, Unani, Naturopathy, Reiki, and Acupuncture.
29. Homeopathy is mostly alcohol, sometimes sugar. Other times cockroach parts.
30. You personal experience is not scientific evidence.
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radio this am: NHS will do more prevention.
true prevention is
reducing the commercial and social determinants of health
jobs
housing
green spaces
active transport
affordable childcare
+ok yes vaccinations
but if looking to the NHS to do prevention you are not doing it right
Maybe we could start by full provision of evidenced based services like adequate dentistry/access to dental care for those children and the under 18s instead? … @wesstreeting
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Major ones. Plus while we still can’t afford safe maternity care, to pay doctors & GP surgeries appropriately, & are providing corridor care in hospitals - this is not a good use of public funds. I assume someone must have shares in the private company offering this service 🤷♀️
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My heart goes out to all of the victims of this horrific incident. But, the continued monstering of a man with schizophrenia and his “soft” treatment by the criminal justice system is regressive and inhumane.
If you work in a field like mine please please spend a little time with this devastating interview. It’s authentic and such a hard read. I am seeing far too many attempts to sugar coat complex grief and to not talk about the harm it does to families.. dailymail.co.uk/news/article…
Hiroshi Suzuki is everything that is wonderful and brilliant about globalism, multinationalism and closer collaboration of cultures. what social media should be about. @JapanGov he is an absolute credit to your country. No other foreign ambassador goes viral this much!
I’m not someone who demands trigger warnings for every little thing but #blacksnow warning ‘sexual and serious scenes’ on #bbc really should have warned about #SELFHARMTRIGGERWARNING
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Davy enjoyed his weekend break, most of it spent lying down of course... #DavyLiesDown
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"Excuse me, but how did you get so big? Are you a giant? Do I need to try a different food?" - little Cooper hasn't come across a sausage like Davy before...
