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A side question, for any doctors on HN-- I'm really curious, what do you think about the Blood Tests section? That is, the benefits of monthly blood testing. From talking to one earlier today about related topics (coincidentally!) I could imagine the following response:
1. The ideal ranges for each value on your blood test do not necessarily represent the ideal range for you personally -- and not only do they not necessarily represent the ideal range for you, if your number is outside them and you're otherwise asymptomatic, your number is likely already "healthy" (with very few major exceptions like blood pressure and cholesterol.)
2. So by doing this, you aren't actually tracking things that need to be improved, or rather, you have no way of knowing if you'd be "more healthy" by being within range
3. So, getting monthly blood tests is useless, and any changes detected would also be useless
4. (And as an aside, annual physicals for young healthy people are not beneficial (and can be harmful) to health)
Is this right? Was I just talking to a curmudgeon? Tech-optimistic doctors, what do you think?
The thing to remember about lab tests is that the "normals" are based on bell curves so approximately 1 out of 20 labs will be abnormal from this phenomena alone. The more labs you get, the more false abnormals you get. If each false abnormal gets worked up, you are talking a lot of additional testing and worry.
Typical recommendations to test hypercholesterolemia is every 90 days at most if actively treating and then yearly once stable.
To your aside, I think annual physicals are probably overkill, but primary care doctors are now expertly trained in screening for multiple issues that could affect young healthy folks. Seeing your PCP for a "well-person" visit every few years is a good idea. Most of the time the doctor isn't going to order labs and will just chat a bit, do a physical exam, and get you on your way. A good doctor will have informed opinions about your exercise and diet regimen, for example.
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What's this to mean? Linux and gcc took much more time from many more developers. Licensing isn't a function of your investment into the project, it's a function of how the project will best benefit the world.
I remember watching Iron Man with this guy in his apartment in LA while trying to convince him to move to SF. He took meticulous sketches and notes on the UI used in the film. I look at this, especially the initial circular ui, and see the culmination of those notes with amazing use of frontend technologies and near perfect 3rd party integrations.
Well done, man. You are an inspiration to me.
Building a site as beautiful as this must have left you inundated with job offers. It's really awesome!
I am working in genetics lab that studies complex disease. Many of these diseases have many environmental component and there is much interest in investigating these so-called gene-environment interactions.
Currently to investigate interactions between genes and the environment, we rely on patients to fill in questionnaires, which are problematic because people are inaccurate. Other more specific measurements are gathered with nurses taking blood, serum etc.
I wonder whether this could be deployed in anyway in medical research, using the smartphones currently on the market.
I assume if you combined as many of these apps(Moves, Cardiio, Foursquare, etc.) into a single app(including peripherals like the USB ultrasound, which seems impossible right now) you could get close to a pretty accurate picture of a person's total gene interactions throughout the day. Also, the app would have to be running continuously in the background.
Great design!
This is on another level. What extra resources on the side would one recommend following IDV for the Web [1], to close the gap?
[1] http://chimera.labs.oreilly.com/books/1230000000345/index.ht...
I've been waiting for this moment for years. Hopefully this will set a new trend.
That said, it is completely unusable on the phone. Not just 'it looks weird' but completely broken. I can't navigate anything or even read the article linked here. -Firefox on Nexus 5
http://www.amazon.com/BodyMetrix-Personal-Ultrasound-Body-Co...
I'm kind of surprised that both of you are living in a roommate situation. How did you guys know each other?
Bookmarked for future reference.
But, So screwed up on IE10.
http://caniuse.com/transforms2d
http://caniuse.com/css-transitions
http://caniuse.com/css-animation
http://caniuse.com/css-gradients
Must say all that -webkit- yellow on those pages is scary.
The primary difference between Anand and 'some random web developer' is that he actually shipped. You can join this club too.
I was wondering the same as the parent and not because I thought there was a 'magical backstory' but because when someone ships something this good they have usually shipped something else you know of.