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by neuro_imager 11y ago
I would strongly question the idea that he has "no structural abnormality". It would be very interesting to see exactly what type of imaging they performed on him. Bear in mind, an abnormality in the hippocampus or other memory re
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by neuro_imager 11y ago
That looks really impressive. How far away are these sites from being live?
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by neuro_imager 11y ago
The effects, if present, are likely to be nuanced. It seams likely that these sorts of effects are likely to arise from certain bacteria, and their interaction with other bacteria (as well as presumably a multitude of other factors, such as
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by neuro_imager 11y ago
Absolutely, EEG is great in the neurology clinic. Its just not great as a "self-development" tool or a "brain-mind" interface the way a lot of marketeers would like to claim.
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by neuro_imager 11y ago
I'm not so sure. Schools, by design, are not interested in encouraging critical thinking or creating independent and free individuals. Rather, the focus is on organising children and creating reliable, predictable, obedient citizens.
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by neuro_imager 11y ago
Like a lot of things it depends on incentives. Individuals should be incentivised to obtain the best outcomes not to maintain the status quo. One way to alleviate this type of thing is to pay doctors a flat rate salary, adjusted according t
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by neuro_imager 11y ago
Not surprising that cardiac surgeons were reluctant to see this performed and are doing as much as they can to limit the extent of its use. Because interventional cardiologists are performing the procedure (not surgeons, at least initially)
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by neuro_imager 11y ago
Um, how is this news? 18-35 year olds have more marketeer-accessible expendable income (ie, most don't have mortgages, large family expenditures and haven't racked up medical bills), most are financially naive (made deliberately s
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by neuro_imager 11y ago
Absolutely right. Most of what passes for "brain science" in the popular media is neuro-bollocks. This doesn't stop quacks and scammers from trying to make a quick buck out of books, bullshit EEG devices and other businesses
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Behind-The-scenes with Google’s New Live-Action 360 Short Film ‘Help’(roadtovr.com)
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by neuro_imager 11y ago
Like many commentators here, I am tremendously opposed to the prohibitionist approach to law-enforcement of any sort. One of the greatest tragedies of prohibition (and there are a multitude), is that it transfers so much money and other res
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by neuro_imager 11y ago
You also need a culture of entrepreneurship that bootlegs itself. The previous generation of companies helping the new generation - this is what is truly unusual about SV. The more bureaucracy you build in to your culture to try and "f
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by neuro_imager 11y ago
Great line of enquiry. I suspect it matters because we assume those with attributes such as greater IQ would utilise the education better then a random group of lottery winners. We then assume that that would result in greater communal good
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by neuro_imager 11y ago
Great work - what you are doing is amazing. It strikes me that you have a very similar model to Watsi (which I am also a massive fan of). I was wondering if you had any interest in extending your reach to the Pacific Islands. The islands ar
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by neuro_imager 11y ago
Although, I have my suspicions that this article is designed as click-bait, I will add my 5c: "Those at the top of the consulting, investment-banking and legal professions know that the most prized possession in uncertain times is not
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by neuro_imager 11y ago
I thought this would be an article about getting through regulatory bureaucracy - which is one of Uber's greatest strengths IMHO. This article mostly regurgitates old advice about good hiring and company cultural policies. I'm dis
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by neuro_imager 11y ago
I get your point but (partly to play devil's advocate)... How is this significantly different from traditional businesses? - Good for people getting paid. - Good (maybe) for people getting the service (which is often mediocre at best
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by neuro_imager 11y ago
This article is unhelpful, typical of the BMJ. There are so many different classes and types of psychiatric drugs that even attempting to make sweeping comments like this (one way or the other) are ludicrous.
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by neuro_imager 11y ago
We tend to remember the one wasteful case and forget the next 25 which were all reasonable - the old man with the worsening shortness of breath, the middle aged guy with gross hematuria, the drunk who crashed into a parked car riding his mo
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by neuro_imager 11y ago
Thank you for this. Really interesting blog, hadn't seen it before. I can vouch for the fact that at least two other majors continue to invest heavily in AD diagnostics and/or therapeutics. You're right though that all have t
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by neuro_imager 11y ago
I'm a neuroradiologist, so I mostly interpret images (MR, CT and PET mostly). I'm involved in various research studies where I am involved in study design, sequence selection, image interpretation, clinical correlation etc. Most o
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by neuro_imager 11y ago
The boomers have fucked this generation so hard they should get an award from the porn industry. One of the best explanations of this dynamic I have read was in the following opinion piece: http://constitutionaldaily.com/in
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by neuro_imager 11y ago
Um, what? Pharma continue to throw billions at AD therapy.
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by neuro_imager 11y ago
(Full disclosure: I have been involved in MRI and PET imaging arms of industry-funded trials such as this one). First off, there's no question that Amyloid plays a role in the development of AD. It is however becoming increasingly clea
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by neuro_imager 11y ago
Yes, disease classification is a rapidly moving target. First off, AD is one of several currently classified neurodegenerative diseases. Others include frontotemporal dementia, "Parkinson's Plus" syndromes such as Lewy Body D
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by neuro_imager 11y ago
I'm a neuroimaging researcher and I can tell you that Roses' perspective is hardly new. Very few people researching neurodegenerative disease believe that Amyloid is the underlying etiological (causative) factor for AD (or other n