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r0b0tr0n208417 karma

Given the fact that insects play a crucial role as pollinators, do you ever attempt to re-home beehives you remove?

r0b0tr0n208412 karma

On Keppra. Can confirm, though I’ve never heard that term. I just now refer to myself as a premature cranky old bastard with a now extremely low BS threshold.

r0b0tr0n20842 karma

Canadian here. When I hit my mid-life mileage mark, I asked my GP about a proactive colo-screening and he said we don’t perform them unless there’s a indication it’s needed. Age alone doesn’t satisfy that requirement.

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Is the USA unique in encouraging it citizens to have a baseline screening done at age 50? I asked my GP about having one done when I hit 50 and he said that the current advise from the Canadian medical governing body is not to refer patients for the procedure unless they have a family history or are experiencing intestinal tract issues. I kind of read into his response that the problem is probably lack of funding or scarcity of resources to handle that many patients ongoing.

I should mention though that provinces send out screening kits to everyone who turns 50. IANAD, but I'm unsure how efficacious those screens actually are given that occult blood may be present in your stool but the site you sample from is clear