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8 votes
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For incarcerated Hepatitis C patients, adequate treatment is hard to come by
7 votes -
There's a gold-standard treatment for opioid addiction, one of America's top killers. What keeps treatment centers from using it?
11 votes -
The data all guilt-ridden parents need: What science tells us about breast-feeding, sleep training and all the agonizing decisions of parenthood
15 votes -
Dentistry is much less scientific—and more prone to gratuitous procedures—than you may think
10 votes -
A promising anti-HIV drug poses a dilemma
12 votes -
Why measles is back in the US
5 votes -
The gut microbiome as a major regulator of the gut-skin axis
7 votes -
Psychedelic renaissance: Could MDMA help with PTSD, depression and anxiety?
7 votes -
A bill banning most abortions becomes law in Ohio
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How doctors and the church conspired to stop an 11-year-old girl from having an abortion after rape
12 votes -
An ALS patient's dilemma: End his own life, or die slowly of the disease?
9 votes -
The key to glorifying a questionable diet? Be a tech bro and call it 'biohacking'
13 votes -
The heroin hearse in the OD capital of America
6 votes -
New Zealand parliament to consider Euthanasia/Assisted Dying Bill in conscience vote
5 votes -
Laziness does not exist
20 votes -
The irrationality of Alcoholics Anonymous
19 votes -
The metabolic adaptation manual: Problems, solutions, and life after weight loss
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On Having No Head (D. E. Harding) - Help me understand
I've been interested in meditation for some time now - tempted by the insight into the human condition that it purports to offer - but I haven't yet experienced any kind of 'breakthrough' moment...
I've been interested in meditation for some time now - tempted by the insight into the human condition that it purports to offer - but I haven't yet experienced any kind of 'breakthrough' moment that has brought any clarity, let alone insight.
I have read Sam Harris's Waking Up, and have done some of the course in his app. The most I've been able to achieve is to observe (and subsequently limit, control) getting angry. This has proven pretty useful but doesn't feel profound.
Anyway, I'm now about half way through D. E. Harding's On Having No Head, and I am struggling with it.
I keep telling myself to stick with it because what he's saying might become clear, but I'm finding the reasoning behind it to be wilfully obtuse at times. I fear I'm exposing myself as some kind of idiot in even asking about it, but can someone help me see his point?
He talks about looking at what you're pointing at. Makes sense. I can see those things, therefore they're there.
And then to point at your face. You can't see that. Ok. Makes sense. I can't see that, therefore it's not there?
I can vaguely see a blur of my nose, but that isn't anything worth worrying about?But I can demonstrate that it's there. I can photograph it. I can look at it in a mirror. I can touch it and feel it (and it can feel).
I feel like I'm the fool staring at a metaphor and screaming about it not being real but I can't see the bit I'm missing!
Does anyone have any insight they can share?
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Nova Scotia to become first in North America with presumed consent for organ donation
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What's your lifting/exercise routine history? And now?
So, tilder person. What is your lifting/exercise routine right now, what works and don't for you, what you did in the past, what method, what supplements, anything. Let's trade ideas, rants and...
So, tilder person. What is your lifting/exercise routine right now, what works and don't for you, what you did in the past, what method, what supplements, anything.
Let's trade ideas, rants and nude pictures of our sculpted bodies.
I just woke up from a nightmare. I will go back to sleep and post my part later.
12 votes -
Why lifting weights can be so potent for aging well
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Are sexual abuse victims being diagnosed with a mental disorder they don't have?
9 votes -
New York’s Orthodox Jewish community is battling measles outbreaks. Vaccine deniers are to blame.
8 votes -
Seven decades after the bomb, children of Hiroshima victims still worry about hidden health effects
8 votes -
Bingo and bongs: More seniors seek pot for age-related aches
3 votes -
Italian ‘anti-vax’ advocate Massimiliano Fedriga catches chickenpox
9 votes -
Doctors face two enemies in fight against Ebola
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One of the best drug candidates for Alzheimer's, aducanumab, just failed to demonstrate efficacy
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Her time: Debra Koosed was diagnosed with dementia at sixty-five. That’s when she decided she no longer wanted to live.
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Daily marijuana use and highly potent weed linked to psychosis
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Her son died. And then anti-vaxers attacked her.
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Misophonia: When life's noises drive you mad
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The fertility doctor’s secret children - Donald Cline used his own sperm to inseminate over fifty of his patients without their knowledge
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Apple and Stanford’s Apple Watch study identified irregular heartbeats in over 2,000 patients
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American asking - how does your country's healthcare system perform for you?
So I've almost (March 29) quit an IT role in a U.S. company that functions with the private healthcare market. It's been long evident to me that most industrialized nations have much more sensible...
So I've almost (March 29) quit an IT role in a U.S. company that functions with the private healthcare market. It's been long evident to me that most industrialized nations have much more sensible systems, and my employer's business model would be nonexistent outside the U.S.
There's a current political trend towards "Medicare for All", basically a single-payer system for existing health services. The prevailing resistance comes from insurers, whose business models will cease to exist, and those whose compensation might be cut (physicians and hospitals) up to 50% under the current scheme for U.S. Medicare. That's leaving aside pharmaceutical companies.
I'm trying to decide where my political time should be spent - the "Medicare for All" slogan is great for bumper stickers, but are there other models that work better?
Please talk about your nation's policies - the good, the bad, and the ugly. Tildes is mostly a young crowd that might not have direct experience of major medical need, but any commentary on what has worked and what doesn't is welcome.
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Facts alone won’t convince people to vaccinate their kids
10 votes -
'Our goal is to halve the male suicide rate’: why no-frills therapy works for men
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Ketamine: Now By Prescription
11 votes -
Vaping is Big Tobacco’s bait and switch
6 votes -
For some teens with debilitating pain, the treatment is more pain
8 votes -
What is C-PTSD?
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Sleeping more on weekends does not make up for past sleep loss
10 votes -
The fake sex doctor who conned the media into publicizing his bizarre research on suicide, butt-fisting, and bestiality
14 votes -
What you need to get your recommended intake of fruits and vegetables
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Why Doctors Without Borders is suspending work in the Ebola epicenter in Congo
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Going to work in South Africa, with a depression prescription
Good news: I'll be starting my new work in Cape Town, South Africa soon. Not so good news: I have depression, and is currently on the antidepressant Sertraline. My question would be the following:...
Good news: I'll be starting my new work in Cape Town, South Africa soon.
Not so good news: I have depression, and is currently on the antidepressant Sertraline.
My question would be the following:
How are prescriptions of the antidepressant handled in the South African health care system? Can I obtain, from either a GP or a Specialist, a sort of "long-standing" prescription, valid for (say) a few months, that will allow me to refill at pharmacies or dispensing GPs, without me having to be referred to a Specialist each time I need a refill? I understand that recurring examinations by a Specialist are likely necessary, but I don't expect those to be frequent, as my condition is fairly stable now.
Also a related question: I'm otherwise young and physically healthy, not affected by chronic conditions except depression. However, it seems that any health insurance schemes there that cover my condition would be rather expensive. Those policies typically include a broad coverage of chronic conditions, most of which I don't foresee a need. For one like myself, what suggestion would you give in terms of health insurance selection?
Many many thanks <3
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Not all sleep is equal when it comes to cleaning the brain
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Not another boring creatine guide: Answers to FAQs and lesser-known benefits
9 votes -
The latest diet trend is not dieting
6 votes