The elephant curve[0] is an interesting quantification of global income changes in the modern era. Notably it represents global incomes so presumably the United States occupies the higher end of this range. [0]…
Curiously, 2.4ghz light corresponds to microwaves which is actually long wavelength low energy light. If you have a video stream on while the microwave oven is turned on you'll notice large enough interference to…
In cataract surgery there are three main kinds of simulation I'm aware of. 1. Computerized i.e. Eyesi Surgical Simulator 2. Practice surgery with real equipment on synthetic eyes designed to replicate human tissue 3.…
I think we should solve autonomous driving before jumping multiple steps to autonomous surgery. There are many low hanging fruit in the world of automation; automated surgery is not one of them.
These are called accommodating intraocular lenses. This is a fairly active area of research with huge potential but current technology is very limited. As a side note who needs eye tracking when your own retina does…
Medicare funds medical residency (not the NIH and not the AMA). The 1997 balanced budget act passed by congress limited the expansion of new medical residency training. [0]…
I see this argument made often on HN. I would imagine if we compared software engineering salaries in these same countries you would see that similarly software engineers in the US are also "overpaid". Software United…
To add to this here's a recent systematic review looking at rates of dog bites by and bite severity by breed. Consistently Pit-bulls and German Shepherds have higher likelihood of causing biting injury against people…
In fact Uğur Şahin CEO of BioNTech and co-inventor of the Pfizer-BioNTech mRNA vaccine was recommended by his teacher to attend a hauptschule. If his German neighbor hadn't intervened and stood up for him he may have…
This perspective of "the vaccine" may not be the best approach. It might be better to instead say given the choice of Moderna Vaccine vs Pfizer-BioNTech vs Johnson-Johnson etc, which vaccine is the best choice for the…
Even if you drive down staff salaries physician, nurse, and everyone else working in the hospital, the profits that are made from those changes would simply be pocketed by the CEOs and MBAs in the system. Many business…
I'm not convinced this specific therapy will remove the side effects. It's still administering the same contents of the pills to your body.
Theoretically this is giving you cells which not only release the medication, but they also manufacture the medication inside the cell. The microchip seems to simply be a control mechanism.
Honestly I think this solves a problem most people don't have. Carrying pills is not that annoying. But if therapies requiring prolonged clinic / hospital visits like chemotherapies or IV infusions could be given out…
Before Chicken Pox vaccination was invented people would hold "Pox Parties" to infect and immunize their children at a young age when risk of severe infection was low. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pox_party
I would point out fear of resistance is not a good reason to withhold vaccination or withhold care. Resistance will always eventually happen through evolution. What's important is that care is given when indicated.
The issue with plasma donation is that the plasma contains antibodies which are temporary (6ish months). What we want is to elicit a response which produces memory B cells so the vaccinated individual can create their…
Actually this is sort of a thing. For example the polio vaccine has a killed vaccine (analogous to spikes) and a live attenuated vaccine. The live vaccine has higher risk of side effects but provides more robust…
From the perspective of a US MD Medical Student. While the match system is certainly imperfect the numbers and points the report makes are either misleading or downright wrong. First, the match rates they reference are…
This seems consistent with the fact that Arginine is a conditionally essential amino acid. Our body can naturally make its own Arginine most of the time. When tissues are under increased stress (wound healing is a good…
I wouldn't necessarily generalize issues using brew on a mac to issues all package managers on linux. Some of those errors might be attributable to OSX locking down application installation. You can install binaries on…
Not a lawyer but I've participated in "technology transfer" at a university. At University of Washington one of the standard deals is 27% for the inventors (for patent license revenue). Of course every deal is…
The elephant curve[0] is an interesting quantification of global income changes in the modern era. Notably it represents global incomes so presumably the United States occupies the higher end of this range. [0]…
Curiously, 2.4ghz light corresponds to microwaves which is actually long wavelength low energy light. If you have a video stream on while the microwave oven is turned on you'll notice large enough interference to…
In cataract surgery there are three main kinds of simulation I'm aware of. 1. Computerized i.e. Eyesi Surgical Simulator 2. Practice surgery with real equipment on synthetic eyes designed to replicate human tissue 3.…
I think we should solve autonomous driving before jumping multiple steps to autonomous surgery. There are many low hanging fruit in the world of automation; automated surgery is not one of them.
These are called accommodating intraocular lenses. This is a fairly active area of research with huge potential but current technology is very limited. As a side note who needs eye tracking when your own retina does…
Medicare funds medical residency (not the NIH and not the AMA). The 1997 balanced budget act passed by congress limited the expansion of new medical residency training. [0]…
I see this argument made often on HN. I would imagine if we compared software engineering salaries in these same countries you would see that similarly software engineers in the US are also "overpaid". Software United…
To add to this here's a recent systematic review looking at rates of dog bites by and bite severity by breed. Consistently Pit-bulls and German Shepherds have higher likelihood of causing biting injury against people…
In fact Uğur Şahin CEO of BioNTech and co-inventor of the Pfizer-BioNTech mRNA vaccine was recommended by his teacher to attend a hauptschule. If his German neighbor hadn't intervened and stood up for him he may have…
This perspective of "the vaccine" may not be the best approach. It might be better to instead say given the choice of Moderna Vaccine vs Pfizer-BioNTech vs Johnson-Johnson etc, which vaccine is the best choice for the…
Even if you drive down staff salaries physician, nurse, and everyone else working in the hospital, the profits that are made from those changes would simply be pocketed by the CEOs and MBAs in the system. Many business…
I'm not convinced this specific therapy will remove the side effects. It's still administering the same contents of the pills to your body.
Theoretically this is giving you cells which not only release the medication, but they also manufacture the medication inside the cell. The microchip seems to simply be a control mechanism.
Honestly I think this solves a problem most people don't have. Carrying pills is not that annoying. But if therapies requiring prolonged clinic / hospital visits like chemotherapies or IV infusions could be given out…
Before Chicken Pox vaccination was invented people would hold "Pox Parties" to infect and immunize their children at a young age when risk of severe infection was low. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pox_party
I would point out fear of resistance is not a good reason to withhold vaccination or withhold care. Resistance will always eventually happen through evolution. What's important is that care is given when indicated.
The issue with plasma donation is that the plasma contains antibodies which are temporary (6ish months). What we want is to elicit a response which produces memory B cells so the vaccinated individual can create their…
Actually this is sort of a thing. For example the polio vaccine has a killed vaccine (analogous to spikes) and a live attenuated vaccine. The live vaccine has higher risk of side effects but provides more robust…
From the perspective of a US MD Medical Student. While the match system is certainly imperfect the numbers and points the report makes are either misleading or downright wrong. First, the match rates they reference are…
This seems consistent with the fact that Arginine is a conditionally essential amino acid. Our body can naturally make its own Arginine most of the time. When tissues are under increased stress (wound healing is a good…
I wouldn't necessarily generalize issues using brew on a mac to issues all package managers on linux. Some of those errors might be attributable to OSX locking down application installation. You can install binaries on…
Not a lawyer but I've participated in "technology transfer" at a university. At University of Washington one of the standard deals is 27% for the inventors (for patent license revenue). Of course every deal is…