The Other Half

Post by dzhiurgis » Wed, Mar 01, 2017, 9:04 PM UTC

eatbitseveryday wrote: post #99

pmarreck wrote: post #4

I sat on a "weird pain" in my chest for a few days. Basically it was uncomfortable to sleep on my left side, and I felt a bit short of breath. Turns out I was suffering from a double pulmonary embolism , and that the only reason I wasn't doubled over in pain is because by an odd fluke of nature, the interior of the lungs do not have nerve endings (only the exterior) and had I waited any longer I could have died. At t…

Chest pain can also be related to muscle spasms in the ribs or other areas, or even heart burn, said my doc for my own symptoms. It's impossible to tell. Thus it would be wise to get checked up just in case.

Post by matthewowen » Wed, Mar 01, 2017, 9:07 PM UTC

ashark wrote: post #93

matthewowen wrote: post #83

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Movie titles according to Hacker News: Man finds wife's head in box. Therapist of boy who sees ghosts is a ghost. Man who killed hero's father is actually his father. I get that you want more information, but sometimes getting the information makes reading something less pleasurable. The author here doesn't disclose the detail you're talking about until a third of the way through. Disclosing it in the title fundament…

Those are the best kinds of headlines for most informational writing. Look at a newspaper from the early 1900s. You can skim just the headlines in a minute and have a pretty good idea what's gone on. EDIT: see: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b8/New_York... Basically an unbeatable news consumption interface. Notice even the smaller headlines down the page, which are either independent lower-importanc…

Post by Shendare » Wed, Mar 01, 2017, 9:09 PM UTC

jstalin wrote: post #171

tombone12 wrote: post #114

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"What’s the biggest single factor that puts you at risk for ignoring your health? Being a man. Sociologist Lisa Wade, interviewed in New York Magazine, says that 'some scholars argue that being male is the single strongest predictor of whether a person will take health risks.' Men like risk it turns out. Most of them also hate putting lotion on their skin (too girly) and being afraid of things (not manly). They are a…

It's not popular these days to claim that there are differences between men and women.

Post by Tepix » Wed, Mar 01, 2017, 9:09 PM UTC

sitharus wrote: post #25

chrisper wrote: post #22

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What is a long time? I came to the US in 2012 and haven't been to a doctor since. Not going to lie, the $ sign is a deterrent. But I am moving back to Europe this year so I will go to a doctor there and get all checked up etc.

The idea of a 'routine checkup' is an American thing as far as I can tell. I've lived in the UK and New Zealand and adults only go to the doctor when there's something wrong, or if you have known chronic conditions. You certainly don't have regular blood tests.

Post by js2 » Wed, Mar 01, 2017, 9:14 PM UTC

PeterisP wrote: post #170

DanBC wrote: post #162

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> He said middle-aged guys with no obvious health problems Why would anyone see a doctor unless they had a health problem? (Or wanted health advice?)

Regular preventive checkups are (or should be?) a thing. Quite a few deadly things need to be caught before they become obvious problems. As a crude example, prostate cancer is one of diseases causing death for men; and has the "nice" property that if it's detected early in a screening then it's (usually) treatable with minor side effects, but by the time it causes symptoms serious enough to seek a fix for the sympto…