Researchers discover new salivary glands in the human head

Post by dang » Thu, Oct 22, 2020, 7:35 PM UTC

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> I've suspected for some time that medicine is actually closer to the dark ages than we like to think it is What does that even mean? Nobody's claiming that modern medicine is anywhere close to perfect but the "dark ages" medicine was Humorism, blood letting and faith healing. Surgeons didn't start washing their hands before childbirth until the 19th century. It's really weird to look back at the mind-boggling progr…

Oh dear, I should not have to labor the obvious but I will. With all the medical schools, hundreds of thousands of doctors, pathologists, diagnostic tools, xrays, MRIs, etc. etc. that we've had available in the 'modern' era of medicine - in the last 100 or so years - how the fucking hell did we miss something as 'obvious' as this? QED!

Post by flattone » Fri, Oct 23, 2020, 1:28 AM UTC

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What does that mean? (Zero medical cadaver background, with regard tk the distance of validity between one or the other). Satellites are a lot more powerful (hehe) than our eyes, so my understanding Of your point failed.

Basically both MRI and satellite imagery are forms of remote sensing. You want to have someone on the ground eventually to confirm your findings.

Post by arminiusreturns » Sat, Oct 24, 2020, 5:10 PM UTC

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> medicine is actually closer to the dark ages than we like to think it is I'm not sure it's entirely on point, but ever since my mother was almost murdered by medical malpractice, and then learning about exactly how bad (frequent and severe) medical malpractice is, it's extremely hard for me to not see it this way. Somewhere close to 300,000 people die a year from medical malpractice, give or take ~50k! Even adjusti…

This common factoid isn't actually true. The real number is almost certainly less than 10,000 people even with a generous definition, and probably closer to a few hundred annually. Further reading: https://sciencebasedmedicine.org/are-medical-errors-really-t... Takeaway: > (1) [Adverse Effects of Medical Treatment] are not uncommon; (2) the vast majority of AEMTs that occur in patients who die aren’t the primary caus…