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How to avoid doctor dependency: Buy stuff over the counter Take advice from grandma Use self-made remedies, e.g. lemon and honey or sensible complementary therapies Team up with people with the same condition for mutual support Augment your own mental health and resilience Rest or exercise Eat a sensible diet These are excerpts from the Oxford Handbook of Clinical Medicine: Reply to comment below: Yes, the OHCM is great. It's probably one of the most valuable medical textbooks I have ever encountered, It pays off to re-read it from time, at least with every new edition. I have recommended it to residents and students here in the US but Pocket Medicine and other handbooks are more popular here.

"Don't go so fast: we're in a hurry!" -- Talleyrand to his coachman. Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord (1754–1838) was a French bishop, politician and diplomat. Due to a lame leg, he was not able to pursue the military career that had originally been foreseen for him by his family. Instead he studied theology. Unique in his own age and a phenomenon in any, Charles-Maurice, Prince de Talleyrand, was a statesman of outstanding ability and extraordinary contradictions. He was a world-class rogue who held high office in five successive regimes. --- From OHCM: "We aim to encourage the doctor to enjoy his patients: in doing so we believe he will prosper in the practice of medicine." Aim to: - reassure - treat - refer - palliate These are excerpts from the Oxford Handbook of Clinical Medicine: References: Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia http://buff.ly/1LfmuUV Amazon.com: Talleyrand (9780802137678): Duff Cooper: Books h

From DW: Youyou Tu, the chief professor at the China Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine, began her work with traditional herbal remedies in the 1960s. Focussing on plant Artemisia annua, Tu extracted the active Artemisin ingredient found in plants, then purified it. Tests conducted by the now 84-year-old showed her trials had “unprecedented potency” in treating Malaria, which infects close to 200 million people every year. The infection leaves more than 450,000 people dead globally annually, with most of the victims being children. The other 2015 Nobel prize was for another antimicrobial therapy with an "A", Avermectin. Nobel Medicine Prize 2015 - Announcement And Explanation: Read more here: http://buff.ly/1VALadf Nobel Prize for anti-parasite drug discoveries - BBC News http://buff.ly/1M6DTkL Full video is below (42 minutes):

From the WSJ: Under a new system, the number of diagnostic codes doctors must use to get paid is expanding from 14,000 to 70,000, including codes for ailments such as "underdosing of caffeine" (video): Here are some of the new codes: - Z63.1: “Problems in relationship with in-laws” - V91.07XA: “Burn due to water skis on fire.” At the end of the day, this code probably applies to the majority of healthcare administrators in the US today: F43.22: “Adjustment disorder with anxiety.” References: There Are Now Officially 70,000 Ways to Get Sick or Die. Bloomberg, 2015. http://goo.gl/NMJsab