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Actually, this isn't true in the slightest. The VAST majority of management consulting firms, law firms, and yes, even investment firms like hedge funds are very small and closely …

For this very reason, it bothers me that there is no adult equivalent to Apgar scores

It isn't low volume per say: lots of women get (medically unnecessary) 3d ultrasounds when pregnant to get "a nicer picture" at independent clinics. A lot of is regulatory, but not…

Actually, she's got a point. The stuff you don't read don't become part of a knowledge base. Figuring out how to circumvent that in order to learn and think is a huge issue, especi…

Follow-up question based on your question: Medical Devices ALSO need approval from the FDA. Why is the Epi-Pen body not approved separately from the Drug, allowing the body to be s…

Why does workalike matter?

Very true, and radically underdiscussed as an issue. Part of me really wants to know if it is Actually Cheaper for BigPharmaCo to offset research costs to university/government/sta…

you're lucky. My year didn't have nearly as entertaining a speech. I still think his points hold (as do many of the speeches points, most of which in some ways are similar). Howeve…

I'm reminded of the U of C's Aims of Education Address when this discussion comes up. EG: https://aims.uchicago.edu/node/83 I tend to think that many things that are now in college…

I don't think you understand genetics. There technically is no such thing as a "good" or "bad" gene, only an advantageous, disadvantageous, and neutral variant of a gene. Given tha…

That doesn't sound like it was properly put in. Why not cut the strings shorter (minimum issue of what you felt!

Why no copper iud? No hormones

Why no copper iud? No hormones

Can you measure linguistic shifts with your model?

No, mostly timing ones. Php was the cutting edge yet fully developed technology when they launched at Harvard. Developing CakePHP was in part a technical decision driven by the rea…

what happens if someone goes into anaphylaxis?

so why aren't there more case manufactures

Semi-yes, semi-no. The epi-pen case is specially made to try and get people to shoot it into themselves/other people correctly. They are super color coded and once triggered can't …

This is one of those devices that also should be low cost because businesses, locations, ect should have them as well as individuals (many people can have first time deadly allergi…