You're welcome! I was a bit worried the image was a step too far.

It can happen, you can get some inflammation or fatty liver which might cause a slight increase in size, and if there is bad portal hypertension along with the cirrhosis (where there is too much pressure in the blood supply from the stomach to the liver,) that can cause it but when the liver enlarges it doesn't…

No, cirrhosis tends to cause a small shrunken liver, especially in the advanced stages. The abdominal swelling you usually see in advanced alcoholic liver disease is due to ascites, where the abdomen fills with fluid due to osmotic abnormalities (serum albumin). Ascites will cause generalised swelling but if…

This one you can properly put down as false.

The whole premise of his arguement is based on the fact that women are impressed and distracted by *shiny, shiny* and *oooo, virile* and have no ability to process the economic and social implications of the two opposing candidates.

Yeah, that must be it. *must try harder to grow penis and therefore credibility*

I'm a doctor, do you think if I wrote to him and told him he was wrong, he would listen?

twirling always twirling...

Very good post.

From a science fan, and doctor, bravo!!! Very informative and consise.

She doesn't seem to have made any impression here in the UK, I had never heard of her before this news story.

As a fellow Brit I agree 100%.

Good for you to speak up, I'm Scottish and we are moving towards full marriage rights here and in the rest of the UK too.

My take would be that the 'wronged wife' in those situations was the famous one. They are different because the man cheated on the famous beautiful lady (who 'we all' want to be) with someone no-one had heard of, how very dare they.

Yeh, the feeling here is that it is never going to pass, so they want to put off asking for as long as possible and keep making a name for themselves.

Noted, I didn't see your '(duh)' post in the middle of the stream (hate the new comments system.)

I nearly spat coffee over my computer because of that pairing.

I'm pretty unusual, no one else around me has a clue, so you're safe. Oblivion is yours if you want it.

But the point is that the studies don't show that the abortion causes the suicide.

The feeling in Scotland is that the SNP is doing everything in it's power NOT to declare independence, because they believe they will lose the referendum and look like idiots. They have plumped for the most distant date for it and the worst questions to ask without negating the whole reason for their own existence,…