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Comment · 3 years ago
Like every Gore-Tex product.
Comment · 4 years ago
> some of those folks are just technically overweight - BMI at 25 - and aren't going to get as much help
Citation needed. They are absolutely going to be benefited from weight loss.
"What is becoming increasingly clear is that we need to continue to strongly advocate weight loss for all our patients, regardless of the severity of their OSA or adherence to our other therapies. The benefits of weight loss are, to a degree, unquestionable. This study highlights that tangible benefits can be obtained with weight-loss interventions. The challenge, as always, lies in the implementation of our lofty goals."
https://jcsm.aasm.org/doi/10.5664/jcsm.8384
"Results: Relative to stable weight, a 10% weight gain predicted an approximate 32% (95% confidence interval [CI], 20%-45%) increase in the AHI. A 10% weight loss predicted a 26% (95% CI, 18%-34%) decrease in the AHI. A 10% increase in weight predicted a 6-fold (95% CI, 2.2-17.0) increase in the odds of developing moderate-to-severe SDB. "
Comment · 4 years ago
Congrats I guess? Your wife is an exception to a very well established norm. Losing weight is a treatment so good (as in, effective, safe, cheap) that most doctors will recommend it as the number 1 step in treating sleep apnea.
"What is becoming increasingly clear is that we need to continue to strongly advocate weight loss for all our patients, regardless of the severity of their OSA or adherence to our other therapies. The benefits of weight loss are, to a degree, unquestionable. This study highlights that tangible benefits can be obtained with weight-loss interventions. The challenge, as always, lies in the implementation of our lofty goals."
Comment · 4 years ago
"Some 60–90% of adults with OSA are overweight"
https://diabetesjournals.org/care/article/31/Supplement_2/S3...
Comment · 4 years ago
Maybe billionaires should be forced to realize a fraction of those unrealized gains from time to time, and pay taxes on them.
Comment · 4 years ago
Losing weight.
Comment · 4 years ago
> what's causing this vast increase in myopia is not spending enough time in bright environments (i.e. outside) during one's formative years.
I'd like a source on that. AFAIK the leading factor is so called "near activities", or more specifically, lack of "far activities" (i.e. lack of looking at a distance, which makes your eyeballs get and keep proper shape and characteristics).
> In that regard cellphones (since they can be used outdoors) are a huge improvement over e.g. television.
Again, environment brightness, AFAIK, is way less important than the distance at which you are looking. Hence, looking at the TV is better than at your phone. And I suspect both are better than reading a paper book.
Comment · 4 years ago
> Parents nowadays blame screens for short-sightedness, but the truth is back then my classmates are almost all doing reading and writing all the time, and nobody was using screens (Symbian Nokia only took off years later).
Classic (i.e. in paper) reading/writing is much worse than screens.
> It's only me and the other two boys who spend all the time and money on online video games
the most important factor, AFAIK, is "outside time", i.e. the amount of "medium/far distance looking" that you do every day. A lack of it has been proven to cause myopia.
Comment · 4 years ago
> Are you implying that cell phones could be a factor?
And books, too.
Comment · 4 years ago
IMHO Matthew Green often makes bold yet unsubstantiated claims. He also creates and promotes FUD. He may be technically good, but I don't trust his personal opinion, not even on subjects he presumably knows very well.
Comment · 4 years ago
> if there was anything to remember from your dreams, you'll lose it by doing this. Dream memories are extremely fragile
I've always had a natural ability to remember my dreams. And one of the most curious things about my dreams is that I can recall (as in right now) dreams I had decades ago. I can often remember them until late in the day. I can also know when I had a dream I already had years ago (it happens often). It's almost like a deja vu.
I never had a dream diary, but I would like to make one just to find these repetitions, connections, relations, etc.
Comment · 4 years ago
Are these algorithms even capable of generating noise images? And I don't mean asking them to generate "an image of tv static".
Comment · 5 years ago
It's fascinating how my (our?) opinion on Google has changed since 2004.
Comment · 5 years ago
> I think the real problem is consumer perception/treatment of cinemas as expensive rare treats comparable (in price) to going to a theatre.
My happiest relationship with film was when I was able to go to the movies every week (some weeks even twice!). I was going alone, during the week, to independent movie theaters that charge 4-5€. It's a great experience, even if you don't love the movie. It never feels like a ripoff.
The main problem IMO is that people don't want to get out of their comfort zone (and lack time/interest to find new stuff they might like). But of course when tickets are 15€ instead of 4€ people are much less willing to take the risk.