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Agreed. Many psychiatric disorders are a function of personal experience and of collective experience of the person. Whilst I'd welcome more objective and quantitative assessment tools, it feels like blood tests won't ever tell you if a person is depressed. They might suggest a level of inflammation or endocrine stress, and that's a great help, but not equivalent.

Surprising to read: 6% and two agents is obscene. In UK it is different, I don't like it but it seems leaner. A single agent handles everything, hired by the seller, and charges about 1.5% of sale fee + VAT (once haggled down). Expect higher fees on smaller transactions or with 'prime' agents, meaning those with free coffee and gaudy suits. Legals usually cost £1500 all in. Add survey and mortgage costs if needed.

Agree with all you say. Apparently people sometimes put ISO documents on libgen, potentially saving the expense.

I suspect the balls are literally being squeezed of residual testosterone, rather than increasing synthesis. It takes about 1.5 minutes for a full cycle of blood circulation.

Prof Nutt made and published a universal harm scale which accounts for multi dimensional harm of drugs, and potentially allows comparisons to be made between them https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6109763/#B29. This work got him sacked from his lead advisory role to the UK govt, as it undermined the policy and caused embarrassment. Nutt still works in Imperial College researching psychedelics as novel therapeutics. The money shot is this https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Overall-weighted-scores-...

A recent article which contextualises the work is here https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6109763/

First point, in my experience Physicians in the UK welcome input from patients about their conditions. They are often insightful, expedite management, and enrich the expereince for all. Now, I'm singing to the choir here I know... but it's normal to repeat scans if someone isn't diagnosed and is deteriorating. The article implies previous PET scan was done, but lesion not yet visible. Follow up scan was performed because diagnosis not resolved +/- insurance issues +/- spouse pressure. Lesion found, diagnosis made.

spraak's point on preferring whole source foods seems sound.

Having watched this video though, it presents a fringe view on dietary lipids, and is full of dubious logic. The presenter gains academic credos by flashing up various small studies very briefly, but never examines their interpretability, nor considers the counterpoint.

Perhaps there is a larger issues here of vegans over-eating poor quality lipids, which he is trying to address.

Yes, but you'd probably need to take them for long periods at high doses during crucial developmental stages, to provide continuous blockade of the system. Note also receptor specificity and blood brain barrier penetration of over-the-counter anti-histamines may lead to less-than-exciting results.

Okay I'm skeptical. On the one side some 'bad other' could be using an undefined device to attack only American people, only in foreign lands, and for uncertain reasons. That narrative conveniently fuels paranoia and makes for good reading. Alternative explanations exist, based on well established medicine, which I think need air time, link below.

Now, I'm all for exciting stories but this one keeps being resurrected without evidence I'd find compelling (namely lesions on MRI, quantifiable deficits in function, or signs and symptoms that prove neural damage). Indeed all the features of this particular syndrome appear better explained by functional, rather than structural, disease.

Of course the possiblility of acoustic or electromagnetic weapons being used exists until proven otherwise, but in light of what is known, it seems unlikely to me.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/aug/14/cuban-acoustic...

Declaration of interests: I've worked with Prof. Stone.