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A visual introduction to machine learning(r2d3.us)
2 points by milkcircle 8y ago|0 comments
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The Mixed-Up Brothers of Bogotá (2015)(nytimes.com)
14 points by milkcircle 8y ago|0 comments
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by milkcircle 9y ago
One notable finding was that the astronaut's telomeres grew significantly in length while in space, and after returning to earth shrank back down. As telomere shortening has implications in aging as well as in cancers, it will be inter
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NASA twins study confirms preliminary findings(nasa.gov)
2 points by milkcircle 9y ago|1 comments
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My Father's Body, at Rest and in Motion(newyorker.com)
2 points by milkcircle 9y ago|0 comments
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David Foster Wallace’s Struggle to Surpass “Infinite Jest”(newyorker.com)
1 points by milkcircle 10y ago|1 comments
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The Remarkable Story of TCU's Rhodes Scholar, Caylin Moore(espn.com)
1 points by milkcircle 10y ago|0 comments
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The mental health care system in Massachusetts is broken(apps.bostonglobe.com)
2 points by milkcircle 10y ago|0 comments
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The algorithm that executes the medical residency match(6hsv.wordpress.com)
2 points by milkcircle 10y ago|0 comments
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by milkcircle 10y ago
Medical student here. I conduct research in genomic medicine on the side, and programming is a large part of what I do. In my particular field I find a solid background in algorithms and statistics to be very helpful in interpreting large a
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by milkcircle 11y ago
Fun fact: blood-letting is still used clinically for several forms of blood disorders. In cases of iron overload (hereditary hemochromatosis), blood is removed to maintain a low circulating free iron level. Today we don't call it &quot
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The Philosophers(newyorker.com)
1 points by milkcircle 11y ago|0 comments
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by milkcircle 11y ago
Just some background about clinical trials that may yield more insight into the drug approval process: Phase I: intended to determine a loose range of safe doses for patients. Subjects enrolled in Phase I clinical trials are informed that i
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by milkcircle 11y ago
Appears to be less than 3k/day on average. Source: http://www.acep.org/Clinical---Practice-Management/Survey--M...
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by milkcircle 11y ago
It's often instructive to watch great players play chess. ChessNetwork has a series of hundreds of videos in which he talks through every move of the games that he plays. I encourage budding chess players to check out his Youtube chann
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Is there a doctor in the marriage?(nytimes.com)
1 points by milkcircle 11y ago|0 comments
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A genetic algorithm to generate cars(rednuht.org)
2 points by milkcircle 11y ago|0 comments
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by milkcircle 11y ago
A quick answer to your question #1/2: microRNA (miRNA) is the substrate of a very complex piece of cell machinery that uses the miRNA sequence to find complementary messenger RNA (mRNA). When miRNA binds to its respective mRNA, the mac
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Imprimis Pharmaceuticals introduces $1 drug in response to Turing Pharmaceutical(finance.yahoo.com)
1 points by milkcircle 11y ago|0 comments
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What can a rare disorder tell us about human behavior? (2007)(newyorker.com)
2 points by milkcircle 11y ago|0 comments
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New Nature papers debunk STAP cells(ipscell.com)
2 points by milkcircle 11y ago|0 comments
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by milkcircle 11y ago
One of my amazing classmates in medical school is the founder of a company called Global Village Fruit [1] where she works on making jackfruit available internationally. In the Boston area her company has supplied numerous local restaurants
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Taking My Parents to College(nytimes.com)
1 points by milkcircle 11y ago|0 comments
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How to Live Wisely(mobile.nytimes.com)
1 points by milkcircle 11y ago|0 comments
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In his blood – A doctor driven by hemophilia (2013)(sm.stanford.edu)
3 points by milkcircle 11y ago|0 comments
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by milkcircle 11y ago
Thanks for your response! If I can ask a follow-up question, when did you decide to do EM (was that something you knew going into medical school?) and how did you know that this was the right field for you?
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Ask HN: For people who attend(ed) medical school, what was your experience like?
14 points by milkcircle 11y ago|11 comments
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by milkcircle 11y ago
As a student I have a similar problem of spending too much time at my desk, both weekdays and weekends. Here's what I hope to implement in the coming semester to stay more fit: 1) Wake up very early (goal is 6:30am) to spend an hour wo
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Ask HN: What do you think of cryopreservation?
1 points by milkcircle 11y ago|0 comments
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by milkcircle 12y ago
I have this one tacked up on my wall. Not only is it inspirational, but I am impressed by the syllabic structure of the poem (alternating 11/10 syllables, iambic). Having never really studied poetry before, I found this really cool. If

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