How to woo away from woo?
unknown wrote an interesting post today on
Here’s a quick excerpt
It’s another head-meet-desk week over at the clinic.
Remember this woman? Well, she’s been on the bovine thyroid extract for a while now, and her thyroid functions - quelle surprise! - haven’t gotten any better. I haven’t yet managed to contact her about it, but maybe I can help her see that bovine thyroid extract with the thyroxine removed isn’t going to help her very much.
In a related matter, another patient of mine has been in the hospital for the last week with a severe gallbladder infection, in extreme pain, caused by gallstones obstructing her cystic duct and common hepatic duct. She is scheduled to undergo an ERCP to remove the stones, and then the surgeons can get to the business of removing her gallbladder. Which is what I suggested she do when her symptoms started 6 months ago and were nowhere near as bad as they […]
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