Passionate about Public Health, Children, Young People and the great outdoors! Former Associate Director of Nursing. LC warrior: April 2020. Views are my own.
Remember the NHS before 15 years of Tory austerity..
Same day GP
95% seen within 4 hours in A&E
No queuing ambulances
92% specialist treatment within 18 weeks
85% started cancer treatment within 62 days
It’s not the NHS model that’s the issue, it’s our choice of leadership!
Look:
There is no such thing as overdiagnosis.
There is just diagnosis (correct) or misdiagnosis (wrong).
If a diagnosis is correct, then you can't have too much of it.
Lazzaro Spallanzani IRCCS, 1 patient, high dose IVIG was linked to rapid relief of long COVID fatigue and brain fog, with recovery over a year and signs of calmer immune activity.
https://t.co/f3pwhxLNXo
If your body’s insulin resistant, it won’t burn fat... it’ll store it.
Most people don’t realize blood sugar habits can matter more than macros.
Here are 9 cheat codes to reset insulin and trigger fat-burning again🧵
1. Walk after every meal
I've given my head a wobble, but I'm still not understanding this:
The NHS bosses think staff sickness is a problem... so instead of trying to reduce infection... they're telling the staff to come in sick?
Really good explanation of Post-Exertional Malaise (PEM), the hallmark symptom of ME/CFS, and why pacing activities is so important. Edited clip from German TV science program.
The most silent yet dangerous health condition millions have:
Poor blood flow.
It raises blood pressure, risk of heart disease and literally starves your organs of oxygen...
Here are 12 foods that improve your blood flow naturally (bookmark these): 🧵
1. Dark chocolate
Six years on from the start of the pandemic, the political will to help #LongCovid patients is still lacking and clinical support is still hampered by a dogmatic element among HCPs who refuse to acknowledge the research about infection-associated chronic conditions like #MECFS.
Previously we showed major differences in the proteome of amyloid microclots wrt normal clots https://t.co/ak2I2LcCRw . Now https://t.co/hHLwc6lMpQ @resiapretorius and I show the inverse: the ability to predict amyloid(ogenicity) in microclots via their proteome. #TeamClots
Are you struggling to think of Christmas present ideas for friends and loved ones?
Here are some classic ideas from Christmas past:
1. The Dairy Milk chocolate chimney
Aargh.
So here we are again with a government white paper about bullying <checks notes> sorry, encouraging people who are long term sick into work.
Let's break some of this malicious incompetence down into bite sized chunks so we can understand it...
https://t.co/IhvVkCBP9R