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Lyme is the new fibromyalgia, which replaced ME, which replaced the "Victorian lady took to her bed for a number of years" trope. Be very careful of jumping down this rabbit hole. …

You really should look at the diameter of Venus cf. Earth and the relationship between core temp & surface distance from that temp.

You have not factored in the cost of service, which is substantial

It's just another rhythm method, and this is covered by graph 2. The study you quote represents a "perfect use" because of the additional surveillance and support leading to better…

A physician who treats himself has a fool for a patient. Osler. (Even more so for a lay person)

Shame the "expert system" was wrong! With that history you should have been seen urgently. There are a number of serious things that are possible with those symptoms. Plus, the nur…

Most up-to-date fertility clinics use ultrasound and hormonal tracking to check the cycle; temperature & mucus are unreliable. And, even if someone's ovulating or not-ovulating... …

Not crushed, he limps off to the right side. Not to say that this isn't serious, but he looked OK.

Thank you. The HRT study mentioned in the article (WHI study) looked at the effects of starting HRT, often years after menopause, often in women with existing morbidity. Those wome…

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2928939/

In the case of ovarian cancer, as described in the article, it's likely that "early" ovarian cancer is a separate disease from disseminated ovarian cancer. Assuming that one leads …

This is a very difficult area. Firstly, these consults are never as easy or logical in real life. If you think doctors don't understand Bayesian probabilities then how well do you …