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Physician on the midlife journey https://midlifelab.substack.com/ NHS GP. Metabolic health. Health span. Lifestyle medicine. Physicians' well-being.
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"๐…๐จ๐œ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐จ๐ง ๐š๐๐๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฅ๐ข๐Ÿ๐ž ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ฒ๐ž๐š๐ซ๐ฌ, ๐๐จ๐ญ ๐ฒ๐ž๐š๐ซ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ฅ๐ข๐Ÿ๐ž" The documentary "Don't Die" left me feeling sad and disturbed. The desire for immortality is nothing new. People have craved it since ancient times.

Midlife is a strange beast. It might make you confused, lost, uncertain, dissatisfied, resentful, desperate, hopeless or even low. It is a time of soul-searching, reevaluating life choices and accepting oneโ€™s own mortality. But it is also a hopeful time. It is time to explore new things.

๐Ÿค– Over the years, I saw patients coming to the clinic with printouts of their โ€œDr Google researchโ€. But I honestly have not yet met a patient who came with a DIY diagnosis supported by ChatGPT. Yet. But this is the thing. People are using AI tools more and more often. โ“๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—พ๐˜‚๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ถ๐˜€ - ๐—ช๐—›๐—ฌ?

Many physicians don't believe that something like chronic fatigue/ME exists. Or at best believe it is a mental health issue. The evidence for underlying pathology is growing. T-cells getting "exhausted".

Great piece on overconsumption of junk information. open.substack.com/pub/gurwinde...