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Be interesting to see if climbers like it - I'd love to see Wide Boys testing it out.

> and the guys watching him were very lackadaisical about it. Anyone who knows anything at all about suicide prevention is unsurprised by this. We know that observation does not wo…

> Your question was: "Does a balanced diet include fast food?" > The answer to that is simple: No Registered healthcare professionals - dietitians - disagree with you, and do so pr…

> I'm referencing Jonathan Haidt's work Why not link to real numbers though? Haidt doesn't understand the numbers, misquotes them out of context, and mangles the data.

> . The suicide rates of teen girls have tripled since the introduction of social media. This is simply false.

It's what they claim to do. The science is bunk. It's genetic astrology.

> Unfortunately, 1) these numbers come from Hamas The official Israeli count is higher than the Hamas count.

> Depression and sucidides in first world countries, the ones that tick all the intial boxes, are a highs not experienced since WWII. [1] is just from a quick googling and US-only.…

> maybe it’s just me, but most of the new drugs seem to come from USA. It's just you. What we see from the US is re-patenting. Citalopram gets a minor change and becomes escitalopr…

I strongly agree with everything you say, but... > but I've always been slightly sceptical of claims about withdrawal effects of antidepressants. Even the manufacturers warn agains…

Compare the mainstream American Academy of Pediatrics to the fringe American College of Pediatricians. One pushes mainstream evidence based treatment, the other pushes socially con…

The Cass Review has also said that children should have easier access to cross sex hormones - they're considering removing the requirement for children to have spent time on pubert…

The alternative explanation is that it was almost impossible for trans children to access healthcare in the UK and the only people making their way through the pipeline of GP to GI…

Double check those bone density results, because new research shows they're present before treatment with puberty blockers starts. Some theories are that some children have reduced…

Puberty blockers have a long use in children. Unlike a lot of paediatric medications puberty blockers are licensed for use in children, and are used for their licensed use (blockin…

> they wheel you into the procedure room, and then you pass out. This is the bit that a lot of people have a problem with, and there's usually some choices in the amount and type o…

> One thing is clear: Screening works. If you’re of the appropriate age, please get screened. If your tubes are acting funny, please get screened without delay. Screening is for pe…

> Let's discuss what "invasive" means. > Putting something in the body and getting it back out without tearing, is not invasive. Just for clarity colonoscopy is an invasive procedu…

Shaun Lintern is an experienced health system journalist. This piece, written by him and Danny Fortson, is a comprehensive take down of Babylon. Lots of people had serious concerns…

> where they don't have money to fund NHS We do have the money to fund the NHS. Successive Conservative governments have made the choice to defund the NHS, along with public health…

> But the average for people in the US with insurance is better than it is in many systems with universal coverage, No, this is actually untrue. People who pay for insurance want t…

> Do people really think that if they restrict access to methods of suicide people will magically get better? No, but we have good evidence that as part of a package of measures it…

The difference is that statistics were used in de Berk's prosecution, but were not used in Letby's prosecution.