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Comment · 1 year ago
That’s not accurate in the case of osteopenia. It’s defined by a T score. The quantile of the distribution of bone density measurements of young, healthy people that matched the bone density of this patient. Treatments for osteopenia are basically making sure you’re getting enough calcium, vitaD, and high impact exercise…if everyone did all those things (and they worked), the rate of osteopenia would drop to zero.
Comment · 1 year ago
I really want to learn eMacs but most of my work is in Jupiter notebooks in terra.bio - can eMacs interact with that?
Comment · 1 year ago
Is one month really enough data to distinguish signal from noise?
Comment · 1 year ago
2.8% doesn’t seem that crazy to me? Don’t we target like 2-2.5?
Comment · 1 year ago
How do you think developing counties come up with their poverty lines? This new international number is just the median of those…
Comment · 1 year ago
I think the goal is to understand someone else’s situation
Comment · 1 year ago
Was the politician suggesting everyone should do those things or just observing one way to do things?
Comment · 3 years ago
Right to someone else’s blood supply via placenta?
Comment · 3 years ago
I guess I forgot to directly respond - point I was trying to make is that I don’t find this insane.
Comment · 3 years ago
It’s a question of values. I’m happy to pay taxes because my vision for how the world should work includes people who are thriving (like me) helping those who aren’t. Same reason I’m happy to get vaccines even if they don’t help me much (though most, maybe all, are worth it even if I only care about myself).
Comment · 3 years ago
What do you mean by the “$100k parking spaces” bit?
Comment · 3 years ago
What fraction of the people who could benefit from LASIK get it? Would you be okay if cancer worker like that?
Comment · 3 years ago
Interesting idea - where do you hear this?
Comment · 3 years ago
I’m not sure I fully agree but I like it
Comment · 5 years ago
this doesn't sound right...but I don't know enough about etymology to dispute it

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