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The Burzynski Clinic
The Burzynski Clinic is a clinic dedicated to treating cancer patients. It is based in Houston, Texas. It pioneers a treatment called antineoplaston therapy. Except, this treatment isn’t pioneering. It isn’t effective. It does not work. And yet, the Burzynski Clinic continue to profit off it. I am sickened and appalled that cancer patients are [...]
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I wish…
I sent this off to The Guardian a couple of days ago and thought I’d post it here. I had another infusion of infliximab a few days ago, but have been left wondering if “that day” has come sooner than I’d anticipated… I live with a chronic condition. It is called Crohn’s disease, a disease [...]
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Mental Health Issues
This is a blog post about my mental health issues. I am depressed and I have general anxiety problems. I was diagnosed with depression earlier this year. I’d been suffering with symptoms for a while – feeling sad most of the time, self-loathing, insomnia. These had been affecting me for years on and off. Only [...]
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When I was almost stabbed
About four years ago, my friend Will and I had finished a hard day’s car cleaning. We used to go round houses offering our car cleaning services for £3 – 5, depending on the size of the car. Our customers were always happy with the service. We even made leaflets, posted them through people’s letterboxes [...]
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SkepticSupport
As you may know, the Bleachgate affair started with a bad experience on an alt-med supporting Crohn’s disease “support” forum. I propose that a skeptical support forum/blog be set up, for people to converse with skeptical and rational people. This is probably going to be my main “project” throughout the summer holidays, a long time [...]
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Cleverbot + Omegle
This website is absolutely genius. It mashed up Cleverbot and Omegle for epic lulz. Most of the time, you will see a conversation between Cleverbot and a real life human. These are generally hilarious, as the human doesn’t know that they’re talking to a bot. Stranger: hi CleverBot: What is your name? Stranger: Adrian whats [...]
