Questions you'd like answering, regardless of how trivial they may seem

[Webbo2]

"our ancestors did it so we should be fine" has little regard to the fact that our ancestors generally lived much shorter lives than we do, with many more severe health problems in relatively early life than we tend to have now.

So where in the history of medical issues leading to premature death in our ancestors has any one raised dehydration. I thought most of them drank themselves to death.🥃🍷🍾🍹😉

 

[Jameshow]

When someone becomes a consultant, in a medical way, why is it that they are referred to as Mr so and so, and not Dr so and so?

Only surgeons

Medics remain Dr...

 

[ebikeerwidnes]

Only surgeons

Medics remain Dr...

The BMJ explanation
https://www.bmj.com/content/321/7276/1589

As far as the gynocologist mentioned above is concerned he might have gained an extra qualification that allowed him to change title

some branches can involve surgery but do not have to so some of the Doctors are qualified as surgeons and some are not
I think
possibly

 

[mustang1]

It is often said that cycling is not a load-bearing exercise so you have to do weight training alongside.

If I use my arms to do bicep curls, or lay on a bench for bench presses, stuff like that, and then go on my bike up a hill and push down on the pedals, why is weight training considered a load bearing exercise pushing pedals is not?

Other things to consider are shocks to the body, for example when running or walking, the joints of the body get a bounce, or a shock, which is good for the bones and joints. Now I do ride my road bike with hard tyres, I get plenty of shock. Isn't that the same thing? What about if I'm on my MTB going off road, isn't that getting shocks to the system?

 

[ebikeerwidnes]

It is often said that cycling is not a load-bearing exercise so you have to do weight training alongside.

If I use my arms to do bicep curls, or lay on a bench for bench presses, stuff like that, and then go on my bike up a hill and push down on the pedals, why is weight training considered a load bearing exercise pushing pedals is not?

Other things to consider are shocks to the body, for example when running or walking, the joints of the body get a bounce, or a shock, which is good for the bones and joints. Now I do ride my road bike with hard tyres, I get plenty of shock. Isn't that the same thing? What about if I'm on my MTB going off road, isn't that getting shocks to the system?

I have wondered that
I think normal cycling - even into that head wind that always exists - should not be load bearing enough t count if your pedal revs are high enough

but if you hit a steep hill and stand on the pedals then I think it had to be - although as I have no clue how "load bearing" is defined so maybe it doesn;t comply technically

but in terms of general fitness I reckon it counts
maybe in terms of "proper fitness" it may not as it is a very specific type of exercise

 

[mustang1]

What's the difference between
"A mistake"
And
"An honest mistake?"

 

[DaveReading]

What's the difference between
"A mistake"
And
"An honest mistake?"

Lots of people are in prison having made dishonest mistakes.

 

[Pat "5mph"]

When someone becomes a consultant, in a medical way, why is it that they are referred to as Mr so and so, and not Dr so and so?

Nah there are other branches too, I knew a gynocologist who went from Dr to Mr, even had a magntic green flashing light for the roof of his car in case he was rushed to a case under police escort.

I work in a hospital ( as a domestic), for ages I was asking myself this question too, especially because I wanted to know the right way to address the big shots
A charge nurse explained that the Docs go through an extra exam to get the title of Mr. or Ms.
Not only surgeons, I know a respiratory consultant that has the title Mr.
The conversation I had with the head nurse was actually quite funny: she referred to a big shot lady brain surgeon as Ms.
So I asked why the Ms. when the surgeon herself had told me about her husband and kids?

 

[Electric_Andy]

I work with Doctors and the only Mrs or Ms('s) are surgeons, not necessarily consultant surgeons but have trained in surgery. You can have bariatric surgeons, orthopedic surgeons, cardiac surgeons etc. I was told that long ago on ships and in battle, civilians (especially butchers) were called upon to perform surgery as they were used to hacking up flesh. They weren't qualified in Medicine so were called Mr. I also know a rather odd physician who states on forms that his title is Professor Doctor, but most only use Professor

 

[AndyRM]

What's the difference between
"A mistake"
And
"An honest mistake?"

This made me think of this, one of the greatest music videos in recent years.


View: https://youtu.be/O8vzbezVru4?si=-88-gi1MhaQZciJZ

 

[swee'pea99]

I had to step in years ago when the ladies where I worked decided to drink ridiculous amounts of water per hour for Heath Reasons. I had to remind them that their kidneys could only process a litre per hour, and they would likely do themselves an injury.

A significant proportion of people who 'died from ecstasy' were actually victims of over-hydration due to lurid ill-informed press hysteria.

 

[ebikeerwidnes]

I work with Doctors and the only Mrs or Ms('s) are surgeons, not necessarily consultant surgeons but have trained in surgery. You can have bariatric surgeons, orthopedic surgeons, cardiac surgeons etc. I was told that long ago on ships and in battle, civilians (especially butchers) were called upon to perform surgery as they were used to hacking up flesh. They weren't qualified in Medicine so were called Mr. I also know a rather odd physician who states on forms that his title is Professor Doctor, but most only use Professor

Last hospital appointment I had was with a Professor
I noticed that the nurses (etc) that worked with him referred to him as Dr
I reckon he has had problems with people thinking he wasn't a proper doctor as his title is Professor so he tells people to use Dr in clinics to stop any confusion

 

[Profpointy]

It was snatched away by Maggie

as an industrial chemist I believe she invented MrWhippy style soft ice cream so presumably she needed all the school milk for that

 

[Profpointy]

Last hospital appointment I had was with a Professor
I noticed that the nurses (etc) that worked with him referred to him as Dr
I reckon he has had problems with people thinking he wasn't a proper doctor as his title is Professor so he tells people to use Dr in clinics to stop any confusion

Don't the Germans solve this by always saying Herr Doctor Professor or whatever to cover everything

As an aside in the hilarious caving memoirs of Jim Eyre, on an expedition to Yugoslavia (as it was then) his local oppo is called Ing. It is only later that Jim learns than Ing is short for "ingeneer" and is in fact the guy's formal job title rather than a Slavic name

 

[Gillstay]

I got a medical check up where the nurse asked if I drink enough water and she said I will know by the colour of my urine. It got me thinking about how much water our ancestors drank and I assumed it wasn't much (compared to today). I'm that case, out bodies are fine with not drinking too much water and perhaps there was too much emphasis on staying hydrated these days.

Yep, I doubt the Bedouin drank as much as we do and they are still about.