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Google Search has 3 sources of revenue that I am aware of: ad revenue from the search results page, sponsored search results, and AdSense revenue on the websites the user is direct…

Recently heard a physician who essentially manages every case of this disease in Alberta give a really fascinating talk. The hepatic cysts these worms produce are very difficult to…

Diabetes mellitus is an insulin problem- either a lack of insulin (Type 1) or insufficient response to insulin (Type 2). Insulin is responsible for lowering blood glucose. The horm…

What is the connection between being at risk of diabetes and hypoglycemia? Wouldn’t a pre-diabetic be very protected from hypoglycemia?

I don’t have the data for a cost-benefit-analysis but frequent inaccurate checks cause harm as well. The false positive rate is 3%; if all 330+ million Americans tested themselves …

Antibiotics harm the host as well. Giving grandma 4 antibiotics to treat a typical case of pneumonia goes against “do no harm”. Not to mention the added cost of prescribing more an…

The ED is the primary source of hospital admissions so I don’t think the two are that separable.

How do you keep a lifetime supply of LSD? Isn't it an unstable molecule with a limited shelf life?