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I'm sorry to hear about your friend. Unfortunately, cancer is one of the big predisposing factors for thromboembolic disease, so I'm glad to hear that controlling this issue has he…

As someone who has been treating COVID patients since early April, my working theory has been that many if not most of the secondary disease processes (non-respiratory effects of t…

I wonder what they meant by "reported misuse?"

When did we start calling them drones instead of probes?

You fail to appreciate that there is quite a bit of skills development and problem solving training. The first two years are more memorization heavy, as you have to learn the langu…

100% correct. The sleep issues alone are enough to make most people fit the diagnostic criteria for depression.

Not sure about SSRI’s, but bupropion can definitely have positive effects on your performance.

Doctor here. Can confirm this to be completely incorrect.

The issue for me is the "average commute to work". I need to be on the 6 (or 4/5). Anywhere outside of Manhattan makes my commute ~1 hour instead of ~35 min. I don't currently live…

I've been using DDG as my primary search engine for years, and this feature continues to trip me up on a daily basis.

It's worth noting that temperature control is only half the equation. In places like Houston, A/C plays a big part in controlling indoor humidity as well(for both comfort purposes …

http://www.gwern.net/ Does gwern fall into this category? While I'd need to know more about what he's like in person, the author certainly seems like a technically competent indivi…

$1.99 I can see. $4.99 might be a bridge to far for me for an app with myriad free/less expensive competitors and limited complexity and functionality. That said, I love the idea.

I'll take a look around. An instructor of mine in college had attended Princeton, and thus the information came to me from him by word of mouth.

I could be wrong, but I believe that Princeton PhD's go by "mister" instead of "doctor." Princeton considers itself a unique institution in this way. They do not accept transfer st…

Are there any ways to get involved as a medical student/physician scientist in the making?

In my experience (as a student of philosophy at a strong university program), Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy is the go-to reference resource for such articles. Here's their ve…