Duncan Jarvies

The association of powder use in the genital area with risk of ovarian cancer.

It's inevitable.

I had a question about this, which was, you know, they've narrowed this down to using powder in the genital area, presumably because there's an association now with ovaries.

But, you know, what would the mechanism of action here be?

And why discount powder?

You still sweat?

Under your arms.

Yeah.

OK, so there we go.

We have a bumper number of start and stop for you this time.

So that's starting... Starting steroids.

Corticosteroids for treating sepsis in children and adults.

Potentially, if the risk of GIV is high enough, starting prophylaxis for that.

And perhaps stop freaking out about talcum powder.

Maybe.

There we go.

So, OK, now it's time for story time.

Get comfortable, everyone.

The first recorded instance of blinding is from Paris in 1784.

This was a study into an unknown mystical force called mesmerism, for which dramatic claims had been made for the healing of patients who encountered a so-called mesmeriser, or an object that had been mesmerised.