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This is an interesting discussion on Macular Degeneration, our new fangled processed diet is sending us blind

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That is a great read macca and as a theory makes sense. Why is it that Europeans are healthy though they love butter?

Like to see some human rather than just mouse studies. Why is Canola oil included when I thought it was an omega 3 oil and not a transfat?

Donuts, chips, biscuits, all bad and not only due to the oils.

Great post. Got me thinking.
 
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Former US president Bill Clinton has been admitted to hospital for complications reportedly relating to a urinary tract infection (UTI), but what does that mean for him and others like him?
15 October 2021
 
Spider bites

I was bitten by a black house spider 10 days ago, as it did not calm down I went to the hospital and they said keep it cool and take it is easy.

They took a blood test to check my white blood cell count looking for any infection but apart from that just monitor it.

Seems there is no official treatment for any thing but Funnel webs and red backs.

Has anyone tried something that worked to encourage healing for a spider bite of any sort ?
 
macca said:
Spider bites

I was bitten by a black house spider 10 days ago, as it did not calm down I went to the hospital and they said keep it cool and take it is easy.

They took a blood test to check my white blood cell count looking for any infection but apart from that just monitor it.

Seems there is no official treatment for any thing but Funnel webs and red backs.

Has anyone tried something that worked to encourage healing for a spider bite of any sort ?
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It can take a long time for spider bites to heal, some welts stay around for a few months.
I would suggest stop sleeping under the house and stop arguing with the missus.
 
macca said:
Spider bites

I was bitten by a black house spider 10 days ago, as it did not calm down I went to the hospital and they said keep it cool and take it is easy.

They took a blood test to check my white blood cell count looking for any infection but apart from that just monitor it.

Seems there is no official treatment for any thing but Funnel webs and red backs.

Has anyone tried something that worked to encourage healing for a spider bite of any sort ?
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Spider bites can get really nasty, venom reactions or bacterial infections the common white tail spider here in WA has horror stories from the bite.

Tea tree oil is as good as anything but likely too late in your case watch carefully and don't hesitate to go back an annoy the hospital again if things don't improve.

Hope you get well soon.
 
Last night I started soaking my forearm in cold water for 15mins, the bones got a bit chilly but it stopped the burning.

Done twice again today and seems to be better, perhaps I was not cooling it for long enough.

Govt health sites and Doctors just say apply a cold compress, they don't say for how long, so cold soak for 15m then an antiseptic spray to prevent infection ATM.

No ABs unless white blood cell is high, results on Monday
 
from another thread, @Joe Blow said
If there is further discussion it should definitely be in the Men's Health thread to avoid taking this thread off topic. However, as it stands I don't think any posts from this thread need to be moved as I don't think it's really gone too far off topic yet.

But if it's a discussion you'd like to expand on and discuss further then yes, please move it to the other thread.
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always tricky when the subject moves from specific to general, so thanks for that input.

and @Country Lad the ultimate in typos / autoincorrect in post 20
probability of prostate cancel
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As prostate cancer surges, Australia breaks new ground​

Jill Margo
05 Apr, 2024

A major international report on prostate cancer has warned the world to start preparing for a surge in cases as the global population ages and more middle-aged and older men enter the risk zone for the disease.
The report by the Lancet Commission on Prostate Cancer, published on Friday, projects a global annual rise in cases from 1.4 million in 2020 to 2.9 million in 2040, with deaths increasing by 85 per cent to 700,000 a year.

While this will mainly affect low-and middle-income countries, the commission argued that high-income countries have other problems.
One is that their screening programs, based on PSA blood tests, can lead to over-testing and unnecessary treatment in older men, and under-testing in high-risk younger men.
But Australia has already found a way that mostly deals with this, according to the two Australian experts who were Lancet commissioners.

They say the use of high-quality MRI as a diagnostic tool has been available and reimbursable in Australia since 2018, and can greatly reduce the problem.

Lancet commissions are important, highly referenced documents that draw much attention in the medical world.

Declan Murphy, director of genitourinary oncology at Melbourne’s Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, said it was important to separate the diagnosis of prostate cancer from the treatment of the disease.
“It used to be that you got diagnosed then you got treated. Now we have diagnosed low-grade cancers which are entirely suitable for surveillance,” he said. “So, we mitigate over-diagnosis by not over-treating. Plus, the use of MRI means many men avoid a biopsy altogether.”

Professor Murphy said the typical profile of a man with early localised prostate cancer (slow-growing or indolent) would be 67 with a PSA level around seven.
“If his MRI is abnormal, we would do a targeted biopsy, to investigate. “But if it’s normal – as are the vast majority – we reassure him the likelihood of significant cancer is very low, less than 15 per cent. We don’t do a biopsy. We discharge him to his GP, recommending an annual PSA test.
“Based on his health we also give a PSA number, above which he should return. Should it rise, and should he then have an abnormal MRI, a biopsy may be justified.
“The Lancet Commission has shown the value of using MRI as a triage tool and is calling for increased use of it in other countries.
“In Australia, we have very high rates of early detection, with about 90 per cent of men diagnosed with prostate cancer having localised cancer, compared with only about 70 per cent of men in other first-world countries like Scotland. “That’s a marker of quality. So is the fact that 80 per cent of these men go into active surveillance.”

A large Australia-wide trial called PRIMARY2 is under way aimed at improving the separation of diagnosis and treatment. It is testing whether an uncertain result on MRI can be made clearer with a PET scan.
In this study, men with a normal PET scan undergo surveillance rather than a biopsy. It is hoped that by adding a PET scan, around one-third could avoid biopsy without missing prostate cancer.

The study is being run by nuclear physician Michael Hofman, who was also a Lancet commissioner. As head of Peter Mac’s Prostate Cancer Theranostics and Imaging Centre of Excellence, Professor Hofman said the commission highlighted novel radioactive imaging and therapeutic technologies that had been pioneered by Australia.

“These have been a paradigm change for management of prostate cancer in the last five to 10 years,” “They span all phases of the disease, from initial diagnosis through to treatment of patients with advanced disease that has spread widely.”

The report cited a study led by Peter Mac that showed a 27 per cent change in management when prostate-specific membrane antigen (PSMA) PET/CT scans were performed in men with newly diagnosed prostate cancer.
It also cited PSMA theranostics, a novel treatment, developed at Peter Mac, that uses liquid radiation. It has proved an effective new option for men with advanced metastatic disease and the treatment is now available globally.
Murphy and Hofman are hopeful that this treatment, developed in Australia, will soon be available through Medicare funding.

The pair have won a $10 million grant from the Prostate Cancer Foundation to develop next-generation radioactive treatments.
 
My neighbour, who's younger than me, recently got his out. But he likes meat roasts (I can smell them from here). He also has an oppressive wife who probably imposes strenuous sexual demands . So it'll never happen to me despite the frequent trips to the .. lav
 
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