Robin Warren, pathologist who rewrote the science on ulcers, has died

Post by jfil » Sun, Aug 04, 2024, 6:11 PM UTC

don_neufeld wrote: post #79

I still remember the sound of my doctor’s voice when he looked through the endoscope as 20 yr old me laid on the table. “Man, we find your problem” Fortunately, the Canadian medical system knew about Dr Warren’s work and so I was properly treated with antibiotics and completely cleared up in 2 weeks, never had a recurrence. I owe that guy a lot, I’ve heard many horror stories about ulcer treatments since then, it’s s…

I'm a fellow Canadian, and in my early 20s I realized that the normal hunger pain I was feeling... wasn't normal. Instead of pain, others experienced a different feeling that told them "I could eat right now".

After an endoscopy and a biopsy, they found that I had H. Pylori and stomach inflammation (no ulcers). After a vaccine + course of antibiotics, I stopped feeling pain whenever I was hungry and started feeling a normal appetite sensation.

I'm posting this comment in case anyone is in the same situation with hunger pain.

Post by MobiusHorizons » Mon, Aug 05, 2024, 9:07 PM UTC

OkayPhysicist wrote: post #99

MobiusHorizons wrote: post #82

Earlier quoted context omitted.

How do you get the prerequisites for solar without access to large amounts of energy? Solar cells are made from silicon wafers which must be refined and doped to work. Maybe we could build windmills if we salvage copper and magnets, but refining even copper would be challenging without access to high heat fossil fuels. I guess you would have to bootstrap using charcoal, which would be very labor intensive.

Photovoltaics are not the only form of solar electricity production. Concentrated thermal solar power can easily get into the hundreds of megawatts range.

Good point! I guess that requires mirrors, but those can be made of less hard to refine materials.

Re: Robin Warren, pathologist who rewrote the science on ulcers, has died

Re: Robin Warren, pathologist who rewrote the science on ulcers, has died