Tuesday, March 13, 2018

Lies spread faster than truth

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A recent study (1) that shows lies spread ten times faster than truth and reach as many more believers, is troubling. This appears to go a...
Saturday, March 10, 2018

Blue monkeys

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As they roll out the next great technology - operating system and all - those behind the "revolution" seem to have missed some b...
Friday, March 9, 2018

Economics 101

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As the "best schools," attended by policy makers may have skipped Economics 101, it may be worthwhile to visit basic principles ...
Wednesday, February 28, 2018

Less precise health

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A recent article (1) proposes that precision health should prioritize actionable information and long-term user engagement. That's a l...
Monday, February 26, 2018

Stop hiring "data scientists."

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They have been riding high. The abandoned and somewhat less sexy field of Statistics has taken the business world by storm. Bottling old w...
Wednesday, February 7, 2018

Breathe, breathe in the air

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As the first biological entities emerged out of the water and into the land, the battle was just beginning. The toxic air was oxygenated o...
Monday, January 22, 2018

Personalized medicine

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It appears that the completely archaic notion of mass-produced drugs for the average patient is about to change (1). The manufacturers pai...
Saturday, January 20, 2018

The dawn of non-invasive diagnostics

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Recent news that a single blood test could provide the diagnosis of eight common cancers with 99% specificity (1) is a constant reminder t...