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Prostate biopsy result: a tiny amount of non-aggressive cancer, now under Active Surveillance

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"A tiny amount of non-aggressive cancer" is probably the best biopsy result you can get, short of "no sign of any cancer at a...

Transperineal prostate biopsy: a patient's perspective

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If you happen to be wondering what a prostate biopsy is like, this article should prove helpful.  In August, I underwent something called a ...

Big fun with old UK maps? The National Library of Scotland delivers

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This is just a quick blog post to share some fun I've been having lately by combining old maps of England with current satellite photogr...

Cannabis-based medicine: a personal (UK) perspective

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On July 17, 2021, something very wonderful and special arrived at our address in England: cannabis-based medicine prescribed by an English d...

Missing links and images

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Like their creators, websites age over time, and sometimes they forget things, like where a particular image or document is located. This pa...

Classic Glass Photography: pursuing a hobby during lockdown

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I'm into classic glass photography. That's using lenses from old 35mm film cameras to take pictures with modern digital cameras (for...

Blog this, clip that: internet research tech tip

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Abstract:  A simple and efficient system for managing information found on the internet a piece of  Javascript called "Blog This" ...

Can you tell us a bit about how you grew up? The power of your story, in a time of change

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This month I took part in a slightly unusual interview. The interviewer was from a publication called Authority  and the interview was carri...

Just time for a quick update

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You may recognize the phrase "Just time for a quick update" from John Oliver 's show "Last Week Tonight With John Oliver....

Brexit: 11 p.m. GMT on 31 January 2020

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[UPDATE: 00.01 on 1 January, 2021 — The UK completed it's departure from the EU. A bad idea has now become a bad reality, IMHO.] I alw...