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Comment #5794560
I might chime in as an internal medicine resident that fecal transplantation is relatively new, and most doctors still only think of it being used for recurrent c diff (clostridium…
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Comment #5748969
I had the same thought, I was cracking up reading the website, especially the "testimonials" and the brief FAQ answers. Then I read the comments and had to search for "green" befor…
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Comment #4782329
I like to think how this could change how ideas are spread and organizing. I imagine something like google hangout but with 100 like minded people all present at the same time disc…
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Comment #4761007
I hope that somebody reads this and sits down in the automatic BP machine at the drug store. Current recommendations are for everyone to have their BP checked every two years even …
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Comment #4710489
I'm a resident in Internal Medicine and actually it is not surprising that a lot physicians tested got this wrong. The good news is that this topic, also known as "lead time bias",…
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Comment #4591794
Actually, as someone who has treated many people over the past week for heroin withdrawal, I would like to add that heroin withdrawal very very rarely kills people unless they have…
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Comment #4487345
I was also wondering how many scientists run for political office. I have never heard of one (although maybe they don't advertise it loudly due to fear of a bias). I think a lot of…
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Comment #3996751
About 3-5 min before the launch time there were many voices chiming in to say "ready". I remember one of them, "OSM" had to be asked twice before they responded ready, which was di…
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Comment #3966093
I think that a lot of it stems from an ignorance in the general population of what mental disease is. Practising psychiatrists don't use the words psychopath or sociopath when desc…
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Comment #3907390
I'm glad that the author is thinking about ways to increase communication between scientific authors, but some of the statements he made, specifically regarding "curing cancer 2-3 …