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Life expectancy in Australia has fallen by 0.1 years due to the Covid epidemic. COVID-19 was the third leading cause of death in 2022, ma...
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The government has backed down on it strong vaping laws to get the support of the Greens to get the legislation through the Senate
From ...
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Hospital Tomorrow. Got to have a…
Rigid cystoscopy.
Transurethral resection of bladder tumour.
Left ureteric stenting (stent from kidn...
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I remember my Father having it in the early 70’s.
He got us three kids out of bed at about midnight saying,
“This is not our house. We ...
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For more details see the good morning thread.
He’s ok but he hasn’t caught any of the nurses yet.
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Life expectancy in Australia has fallen by 0.1 years due to the Covid epidemic. COVID-19 was the third leading cause of death in 2022, ma...
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Sessions will focus on the response of central government and how ministers and politicians made decisions, as well as how well Westminst...
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Has anyone tried to give up foods that increase the severity of arthritis and if so did it work and what were the foods?
I don’t have di...
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What Are your feeling on this !!
Do you think it it should be our choice in life
We don’t get a say in being born , or dying ……!
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For more details see the good morning thread.
He’s ok but he hasn’t caught any of the nurses yet.
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It’s the leading cause of death in men under fifty .
These are shocking statistics .
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I received an email today:
We’re inviting you to book a spring COVID-19 vaccination appointment. This is because your NHS record sugges...
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I managed to avoid going to a dentist for almost thirty years until late last year when tooth pain forced me to go. Turns out nothing wr...
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It’s a debate which sparked into life after presenter Roman Kemp posted about it earlier this year, and now a new survey of 2,200 UK adul...
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I developed Shingles on Thursday. On left side of tummy and left back. It is very painful and I feel very poorly. Internet advice was ...
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Hospital Tomorrow. Got to have a…
Rigid cystoscopy.
Transurethral resection of bladder tumour.
Left ureteric stenting (stent from kidn...
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I 've been missing from here for the past few weeks as I’ve had major abdominal surgery.
On October 4th I was rushed to hospital wi...
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Just been reading that this is being rolled out in two weeks time alongside the flu jab.
We had the first 3 jabs then we refused the boo...
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Just started watching this and immediately thought of those of you who have posted health related threads recently (particularly @AnnieS ...
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I rarely suffer from constipation and if I do then a couple of laxatives soon get my bowels moving. However, since New Year, my habitual ...
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We had our covid vaccinations yesterday .
It’s our fourth .
Anyone else had theirs yet ?
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Most everyone here has beaten the odds. Just by qualifying for the forum, you’ve lived longer than many.
What was YOUR secret to living...
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Hello people, my name is Emmanuel Katto hailing from Uganda. I have gain a lot of wait because of that I am have lot of health issues and...
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Being colour blind I can not see one.
What is the number?
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Surprised this hasn’t be asked before, but I’m curious… when did you start going grey?
When did you first notice grey hairs? (ie the od...
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Do you let negative stress take control of your life?
We always hear how stress wears us down.
We hear that stress can be beneficial to...
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This format of this starter post is not intended to be a daily occurrence - simple updates, with appropriate comments, should henceforth ...
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Covid data for Sunday, 8 August 2021
Global Cases: 202,978,883
Increase: 575,720
Global Deaths: 4,299,649
Increase: 9,208
Australia ...
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President Joe Biden said the country was marking “a tragic milestone” and each death was “an irreplaceable loss”.
It’s the highest offic...
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The World Health Organization (WHO) says nearly 15 million people were killed either by COVID-19 or by its impact on overwhelmed health s...
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Add me to the list Omah, Mrs Fox and me have both tested positive for covid…
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The Omicron variant of COVID-19 may shorten the window between infection and infectiousness compared to other strains, new analysis by Br...
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Its nearly booster time, are you up for it? :biking_man:
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I’m scheduled to attend the Northern General Hospital in Sheffield tomorrow at 12:00 midday for a heart procedure. It’s all been rather ...
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I need to speak with a doctor but I’m having a really hard time trying to get an appointment face to face or even phone.
I phoned at 8am...
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Just a question which I am noticing more and more I am watching the news talking to someone and they say someone’s age; and I realise tha...
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Last Weds ( Oct 19th) I was watching TV and around 8.00pm I became aware of an ache in the region of my ribs on the left side. It went ...
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I don’t know what to think .
Is this a step backwards ?
Personally I am against abortion after 12 weeks unless for exceptional circumst...
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Tonight I went for my booster jab at 7pm, feel ok no adverse effects so far, apparently the Pfizer vaccine isn’t called that anymore can’...
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The Lancet (one of the most repected medical journals) scold those who claim there is a pandemic of the unvaccinated.
For those demonisi...
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As the FDA prepares to approve Pfizer’s new pill for treating high-risk patients infected with COVID, more information about dangerous si...
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Could the virus spreading over China be assisted in spreading by
the high speed trains and air travel??
Has this factor been taken into...
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Now I await my Haemotology appointment. Very heavy rain here.
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OFF SLIMMING CLUB
This idea was recently suggested to me , and it sounded like a great idea to go ahead with I have a lot of changes t...
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We had out first vaccination this morning.
We arrived at the Medical Centre at 11.10am for our 11.30am appointment. We were told we co...
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Boris Johnson has warned the effects of a third wave of coronavirus will “wash up on our shores” from Europe.
The PM said: "On the ...
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The UK is “now seeing a second wave” of Covid-19, Prime Minister Boris Johnson has said, adding, “It’s been inevitable we’d see it in thi...
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Hi
So much rubbish posted on Forums and Social Media from people who should know better.
We have a measles problem, kids being severely...
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I’m very pleased and relieved to let you know that Ann’s surgery was successful and she is now sedated and in recovery.
Following a fina...
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Is there anyone who needs to know about this that hasn’t heard? I don’t suppose doctors would mention it.
Here is a random article about...
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My husband and I had our yearly flu jabs this morning, it seems a worthwhile thing to do.
Have other posters had theirs?
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I’m hoping that folk will take this thread seriously, as I know if I’d posted it on other forums it would have been made fun of or met wi...
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I’d be really interested to know how many of our members do not have the flu jab.
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Great news that pharmaceutical company, Pfizer, in conjunction with a German pharmaceutical company, have discovered a vaccine that preve...
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Such as Proton Pump Inhibitors (PPIs - such as Omeprazole or lansoprazole) or H2 Blockers/antagonists (such as Ranitidine) or any other a...
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Following a discussion in another thread - what do you think about Doctors and the medical (/pharmaceutical) industry?
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