Here is a link to a PDF of the "Science Advances One Funeral At A Time" paper published in 2015 https://www.nber.org/papers/w21788.pdf
This a very long article, but a good one. I'm already familiar with the history of the now debunked theory that "saturated fat is bad and causes...
I was talking more generally in terms of "chemo drugs" that are used outside of cancer as the post I was replying to seemed to be making a more...
Methotrexate is an example of a "chemo drug" that many autoimmune patients take. However it is not a "chemo drug" when used for autoimmunity as...
I can understand how healthy people could mistakenly believe that not having to work due to disability sounds like a 'perk' of being disabled....
Reminds me of the "some people are left-brained and some people are right-brained" baloney that was rampant not long ago (still persists...
Acupuncture Is Theatrical Placebo I've just now found this 2013 article about the acupuncture after a skeptic doctor posted a link to it on her...
@LucyLouWho That link I posted in my previous message to you was the rules for inpatient skilled nursing care. Here is a link to the rules for...
@LucyLouWho You may be able to qualify for Skilled Nursing Care coverage thru Medicare. Also I see that days 1 thru 20 of it are covered in full...
This new WIRED article goes into much more detail about James Allison and his career and research from beginning to now. It's long, but quite...
"Genetics is a probabilistic science, and there are no genes “for” anything in particular. I have severe reservations about the utility of genetic...
Merged thread Will Supplements Keep Your Bones Strong? The most recent 'People's Pharmacy' podcast is worth a listen. The first doctor they...
In the US this is the situation.... "The United States Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) regulation of products containing probiotics is...
@Woolie Thankfully the presumed blockage/stenosis in the artery does not affect my stomach at all. The actual artery damage causes me no symptoms...
The 7 month mark has come and gone. (the end of Sept marked 7 months since beginning treatment for RP) Quite a few new developments since I last...
No, EMG does not detect Small Fiber Neuropathy. A skin-punch biopsy is what is usually used to test for SFN. I had it done last year in my...
absolutely horrifying.
Note to self: don't let any of my schizophrenic relatives (2 of my first cousins have it) donate bone marrow to me. (excerpt below is from the...
Yes and another problem is that people wrongly believe that symptoms indicate whether or not a person is still contagious (ex: no fever means your...
"Researchers should embrace negative results instead of accentuating the positive, which is one of several biases that can lead to bad science."...
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