hanklazard

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by hanklazard 11y ago
You got lucky. Go the ER next time.
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by hanklazard 11y ago
The symptoms you're describing can all be part of viral processes. Antibiotics will do nothing for these conditions.
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by hanklazard 11y ago
Pediatric doc here. True, many are not bacterial but fungal ear infections are quite rare. The majority of otitis media is viral, which is not surprising given the concurrent URI that most kids (and adults) have when they get a painful ear.
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by hanklazard 11y ago
Very cool app. Question: I assume that any content created belongs to the creator/user, correct? Apple can't mine the pool of content and use someone's idea for their next ad, right? I looked through the app's license ag
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by hanklazard 11y ago
Audiophiles have and will say that regardless, since all of the discussed options are lossy. (I'm not ignoring Apple's lossless codec, just don't think it's relevant for this conversation)
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by hanklazard 11y ago
"But I suspect that was a problem. You see, it would probably be difficult to sell those VBR files — some of which were quite a bit lower than 256 Kbps and a few even lower than 128 Kbps — because customers might perceive a loss of val
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by hanklazard 11y ago
Why don't they just deidentify the data set? This not-new concept would allow the researchers to provide the data without compromising patient confidentiality. As for the argument re: follow-up study, seems that the scientific communit
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by hanklazard 11y ago
Ditto in Cambridge, MA. Very frustrating for a number of my friends trying to buy a house.
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by hanklazard 11y ago
Having used the VA's system as a physician a few years ago, I must say it's probably my favorite. Epic, Sorian, etc add a lot of worthless gloss with minimal increases in functionality, in my experience (probably doesn't have
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by hanklazard 11y ago
Anecdotal supporting evidence: A close family friend with chronic leukemia went on a "pro-oxidative" diet after reading similar previous data. He did see a drop in his counts (which had otherwise been elevated and stable) while no
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by hanklazard 11y ago
Seems to me like this quote from the paper is not making a fair comparison. As far as I know, the main market that Theranos is targeting is outpatient / home testing. Yes, of course central labs in a hospital setting get simple and&#x2
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by hanklazard 11y ago
Sorry to hear about the problems at makerbot ... This company really got out in front of 3D printing and made people excited about it. That being said, maybe the growth was a little to aggressive. I remember seeing a makerbot store here i
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by hanklazard 11y ago
Wow, this post is incredible--I can't thank the author enough for writing it! It's so thorough and has so many pieces of wisdom to offer in building a complete analytics solution from top to bottom. I'll be returning to this
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by hanklazard 11y ago
That example doesn't seem parallel to me because it lacks a sudden deregulation of a very tightly controlled market (or in this case, a newly exploited loophole or lack of enforcement of law or whatever you want to call this). I think
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by hanklazard 11y ago
I'm definitely not recommending ignorance, generally speaking. Just pointing out that if you go looking for viral DNA in blood, you'll likely find it in a lot of samples that would otherwise be considered acceptable for transfusio
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by hanklazard 11y ago
Agreed. Same with cold virus vs. atypical pneumonia. I've actually been trying to figure out how this could be done for quite a while because it could save a TON of healthcare dollars, sick days, etc.
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by hanklazard 11y ago
Physician-scientist here. Current recs from the American Academy of Pediatrics is for both males and females to be immunized for HPV prior to initiation of sexual activity (1). Initially I do believe that the recommendation was only for gir
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by hanklazard 11y ago
This also might be a problem--we may begin finding out that more people carry benign viral infections than we previously thought (ie, subclinical carriers). The more fishing expeditions that we conduct, as opposed to specific viral tests, t
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by hanklazard 11y ago
Furthermore, certain types of ELISA have been in use in clinics and hospitals for many years ... but they have always required venous sticks and a lot more blood. ELISA has also historically been expensive due to the amount of antibody requ
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by hanklazard 11y ago
Agreed. I was expecting something revolutionary in the report linked from the article. I'm pretty shocked that a technique from the 1970's is only now "disrupting" the medical laboratory industry. I'm not saying tha
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by hanklazard 12y ago
+1 for Bellroy. I bought their "Card Sleeve" wallet a few months ago and have been very happy. It forced me to pare down my wallet to only the daily necessities. I keep the variety of other cards and extra cash in my bag using t