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Edited by dRoy on Feb 20th 2020 at 2:33:51 AM
Jaded Techie Fox
I think the more gross-looking medical cases actually look kind of cool. :/
Trust you? The only person I can trust is myself.
Formerly G.G.
Is sleep tied to sweat? Can sleep affect how you sweat?
"Thanos is a happy guy! Just look at the smile in his face!"
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For those who are inclined to take scientific studies at face value, this should be required watching.
edited 10th May '16 7:43:53 AM by Pyrite
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Summary for the non-video watchers? Is the topic unreplicatable studies with little power?
"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard Feynman
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It discusses replicability (and the fact that it's hardly done these days), sample sizes and statistical power (or lack thereof), and the tendency of the media to oversimplify / mislead viewers and readers for the sake of attention-grabbing headlines.
edited 10th May '16 5:33:47 PM by Pyrite
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Professional Writer & Amateur Scholar
Well, those are problematic.
I'm a (socialist) professional writer serializing a WWII alternate history webnovel.
Huh. I thought that replication was considered the prerequisite for sound science...
"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard Feynman
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It is. But, it's less snazzy and cutting edge than new stuff, so publishers don't go wild about it and research facilities don't get funding for the boring projects like double- or triple-checking previous studies.
Empirical best practice undermined by introducing the market into it... Just People Stuff. 
Formerly G.G.
I am not a scientist or a doctor but this is interesting. So can stress cause you to sweat more and interfere with sleep?
Edit: Isn't empirical evidence about replicating the same result everytime? Why is modern science not utilizing this?
edited 12th May '16 10:23:31 PM by GAP
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Professional Writer & Amateur Scholar
Great generalization there, chief.
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Yes. I have experienced it. Stress does interfere with sleep.
edited 13th May '16 12:00:15 AM by Greenmantle
Keep Rolling On
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And then lack of sleep causes stress, and thus begins what is possibly the worst physiological AND psychological vicious cycle.
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Whether sweat has anything to do with it, though, is another story.
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Formerly G.G.
I do sweat a lot and it can make my clothes smelly.
"Thanos is a happy guy! Just look at the smile in his face!"
However, not the main issue. Sweat is only a symptom of anxiety and stress. Ditto a fast heart-rate and general overclocking meaning no switching off. :/
edited 14th May '16 5:20:21 AM by Euodiachloris
Is it possible to take a bone marrow transplant from a person who just died in an out-clinic setting?
There is an episode of Alarm für Cobra 11 where someone is using their bone marrow as a leverage in that sense, but I am not convinced that the protagonist shouldn't have shot that someone anyway.
(There is also a fairly silly concept of a dirty bomb using U-235. There are plenty of easier to get and more effective radioisotopes with not so many risks)
"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard Feynman
Grr... <3
To revive an old topic, Replicability and replication are different things.
If a study is unrepeatable, it is unsound. If a study is unrepeated, all we really need to worry about is corruption or errors in method.
Repeating a study is still good. It gives us more data, which allows us to make stronger claims. Multiple statistically insignificant results taken together may become statistically significant.
The Mod with the Migraine
You know health care is bad when people kill their loved ones over drug costs
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The shooting took place at their home in Port St. Lucie, which is north of West Palm Beach. The husband said he shot 78-year-old Carolyn Hager in the head while she slept, according to the arrest affidavit. Hager then drank coffee and called his children before contacting authorities, officials said. Officers were dispatched to their home about 1 p.m. Hager led them to a bedroom where his wife's body was covered in a blanket, the affidavit said. "I want to apologize I didn't call earlier. I wanted to tell my kids what happened first," a deputy quoted Hager as saying.
Hager said he had contemplated killing his wife for several days because she had been in pain, the affidavit stated. "Hager stated Carolyn had a lot of illnesses and other ailments which required numerous medications. Hager stated he could no longer afford the medications needed for Carolyn's care, thus decided to shoot her this morning."
Hager faces a charge of first-degree premeditated murder. CNN left messages Tuesday with the public defender's office to determine whether it represents Hager.
Ew. I know the USA is a big country and their health(care system) bad, but ow...
"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard Feynman
Formerly G.G.
I asked this in Reddit but I think it applies here. Why does it take so long to get into this field?
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Okay, seriously, why is that even a question? I mean, duh? It's a field with a lot of things to learn and are at stake. Of course it will take a lot of knowledge and training.
I'm a (socialist) professional writer serializing a WWII alternate history webnovel.
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Random rambling.
I remember reading how in most stories involving transportation to another world situation, virological barriers don't get addressed.
The most common saying is that there is possibility that foreign world's virus can wreck human. Less frequent is that it can also be the other way around. Especially in a story involving traveling back to past, it could result in hyper-advanced viruses living in 21st century human's body can practically turn the human into a walking biological weapon.
The idea does amuse me.
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Grr... <3
I think viruses do not get more advanced over time. They simply mutate into different viruses. They could still be incredibly dangerous to past humans, but I doubt viricide resistant flu will be worse than regular flu in a world with no viricide.
Also, as in the story War of the Worlds, the more advanced race may have eliminated viruses.
Evolution can cause viruses to become more or less aggressive with time, though.
"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard Feynman
Yeah, the creepiness and grossness that is common in many medical cases is precisely why I vehemently objected to my parents' notion that I could make a fine medical doctor like them.
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