Best Lecture Ever.

I just had the most awesome lecture in my entire school life and Im trying to jot this down as quickly as possible before i forget it.

Basically, we had a workshop which actually pretty much consisted of 3 lectures back to back by invitational lecturers from various places, and now i really understand why they put Stevenson last even though he was from Imperial (and lecturing to a bunch of rowdy UCL medics) and doing on HRT and Osteoporosis (which we technically have done loads of time, thanks to UCL's spiral learning ideals). This chap was really really hilarious and enagaging and he managed to make why old women need Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT) sound fun.

Here goes:
"I dont quite understand why women are so obsessed with all things natural. This is why Body Shop is making millions. Maybe we should have Bodyshop HRT."- On how to solve the problem of convincing old women that HRT is good (most are, according to him, silly and ignorant for thinking it would cause breast cancer.)

"Here are some other alternative therapies for Osteoporosis:
Biphosphonates ... blah blah blah ...
Guiness. Guiness actually contains 65mg/(i dont know what didnt manage to catch it) of Calcium. Hence it is actually beneficial as a preventive for hip fracture. However, it was highlighted to me that it increases the chances of falling down as well. I thought about it, and found a way around it. Maybe we could ask those old ladies to down the Irish herb while lying down."

"The NHS has hence suggested that HRT should be 2nd line prevention for osteoporosis (because of its possible effects on breast cancer). So what are the factors for 1st line prevention? blah blah blah And what are the current therapies we have now? blah blah blah. And guess what, none of them fit the criterias set forth since none of them can either reduce chances of hip injuries or have gone through clinical trials. So, voila, we dont have 1st line prevention, so what do we use?"

He went on (sounding abit like House) to teach us how to get information prior to drug/ therapy replacement for a hypothetical patient who came in asking about osteoporosis.
" .... You also need to find out about her lifestyle to find if there are any predisposing factors. So she said 'I smoke 10 cigarettes a day, and (after conversion) 14units of alcohol per week.' And that means 28 units. (pause) Really believe me, when you go into clinics, you will agree with me that its true. They all lie!"
And doesnt this sound like House? (:

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Randomly, my hallmates were having a strike against the hall management last night cos they insisted that we sign up for dinner everyday before 3.30pm and come down in the allocated time slot (we can choose between 3 1-hour time slots) by not signing up at all.
And the hall management retaliated by not providing food for all who didnt sign up.
Even though, the mass majority agreed to boycott the new system, some (lame) jokers was humji enough and went to sign it anyway. And the best thing was, there was this siberian girl who was strongly advocating us not to succummb actually signed it, and had the cheek to eat her meal in front of the rest of us ?!?
So basically, we had loads of free flow bread and super salty soup for dinner last night.

And guess what, everyone got humji and signed it for today. (With the hk and korean people starting the whole trend. Trust the asians to be afraid.)
What a strike -_-" Now i understand why Gandhi has a whole garden in Tavistock dedicated to him.