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medntech··on Wind whipped fires raging through Boulder County
https://www.reddit.com/r/boulder/comments/rsib19/good_samari...
medntech··on Wind whipped fires raging through Boulder County
Part of the medical evacuation. This is bad.
medntech··on Intimate portraits of a hospital Covid unit from a photojournalist-turned-nurse
There are plastic covers you can place on cameras. The nurse is helping by sharing someone's story which is in line with their goals of care. Your comment isn't helpful and based upon your other comments, your contributions don't really fit on hackernews.
medntech··on Show HN: A tool for your learning, like Anki and Notion in one
They have quite a few other rude, dismissive responses on this thread. Turned me away from their product.
medntech··on Open Source Illustrations Kit
How does one learn how to make these? I really like them!
medntech··on Leaked Walmart memo reveals competitive threats
ScAmazon.
medntech··on How Doctors Die (2013)
I logged into HN so I can reply to your post. Thank you so so much for sharing. I can relate to your story in so many ways.
medntech··on Modern action films fetishize the body even as they desexualize it
I don't see where they are arguing that. Are you referring to absorption and/or metabolic dysfunction?
medntech··on Why You Should Take Any Vaccine
Just posting a link without commentary makes it hard to know what point you're trying to make. The CDC related vaccine safety tracker shows no difference in baseline miscarriage rates so I don't think that link is very accurate.

[1] https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/acip/meetings/downloads/slides-...

medntech··on Parler partially reappears with support from Russian technology firm
This comment isn't helpful. Could you support it with instances of when they took action versus when they didn't? Currently, you only posted your opinion.
medntech··on Parler’s de-platforming shows the exceptional power of cloud providers
This comment doesn't contribute to the discussion. What evidence would be helpful?
medntech··on Parler’s de-platforming shows the exceptional power of cloud providers
Can you explain your comment more? It isn't adding to the conversation.
medntech··on Early clinical trial shows anti-depressant prevents hospitalization from Covid
The problem is the confirmed cases are the primary part of determining efficacy. The people who do not get the virus have a smaller impact on that statistic at higher numbers. EDIT: User runamok explains it well.

[1] https://www.cdc.gov/chickenpox/outbreaks/downloads/appx-f-in...

medntech··on California nurses union plans holiday strike over PPE
I can also confirm as a student doctor we've had "used" N95s for weeks at a time (that we might not even be sized for). Often being chastised for using an N95 instead of a surgical mask in efforts to "save PPE". It's difficult as a student seeing patients with covid daily as we're given even less than staff. Some students even offered to buy their own PPE but we're not allowed to use outside equipment. So, here I am with my surgical mask seeing patients that possibly have covid but haven't been swabbed yet until I take a history.

Edit: Similarly to your partner, we are given paper bags for our face shields and kidney bean shaped plastic bins to hold our N95. They installed coat hooks to hang our masks at the end of a shift.

medntech··on My doctor gave a wrong neurological diagnosis. I should know: I'm a neurologist
Can you give an example of an algorithm?
medntech··on My doctor gave a wrong neurological diagnosis. I should know: I'm a neurologist
This was the point I was leading them to. Thanks!

A billion people are vitamin D deficiency. Many are asymptomatic.

Did you have a viral illness causing your symptoms and it got better? Was it the vitamin D? It is hard to say. Some supporting evidence would be you had a previously normal vitamin D level back at your old GP.

medntech··on My doctor gave a wrong neurological diagnosis. I should know: I'm a neurologist
I use a reflex hammer for reflexes, especially in kids. You definitely can use your hands too but it takes more skill and practice that I don't have.
medntech··on My doctor gave a wrong neurological diagnosis. I should know: I'm a neurologist
How do you know it was low vitamin D causing your symptoms?
medntech··on After century of removing appendixes, doctors find antibiotics can be enough
I was taught first year of medical school (2017-2018) that it isn't. Some physicians probably still use it though.
medntech··on Gut directly connected to brain, by a newly discovered neuron circuit
Med student here. The majority of us do research starting from day one of undergrad. It's not uncommon to graduate med school with 5+ publications. It is effective at showing how little we know, but so are the lectures we have everyday that have unknowns in them.

We're also taught by "genuine" scientist, people with PhDs, PhD/MD, and MDs on a daily basis about what we don't know.

medntech··on California Is Deteriorating into a Feudal Society of Inherited Land Wealth
They have an account thus they can flag, correct?
medntech··on California Is Deteriorating into a Feudal Society of Inherited Land Wealth
Interesting you'd flag this comment and not the parent also.
medntech··on Researchers Find Downside to Sleeping More Than 8 Hours a Day
It seems like a bait post to get people to go to an Amazon affiliate blog. It cites a paper from the 80s that has inconclusive results and then recommends you get some products from Amazon via affiliate links. I can't flag it or else I would.
medntech··on To Remember Everything You Learn, Surrender to This Algorithm (2008)
Strongly agree with this. I'm a medical student with a flashcard deck of 25K cards. The cards I remember best are the ones I took the time to create.
medntech··on Markdeep markup language
That's awesome! I'm a huge fan of tui so I was curious.
medntech··on Markdeep markup language
Is this just a wrapper for tui.editor?
medntech··on U.S. to make More Drugs Easily Available, Cutting Role Doctors Play
"Some conditions are easily diagnosable and the side effects of the drugs are minimal."

Sounds like a good time to see an NP/PA. Things should be triaged more effectively. Pharmacists <-> PA/NP <-> MD/DO.

medntech··on U.S. to make More Drugs Easily Available, Cutting Role Doctors Play
I wouldn't do absolutely whatever is required to pay off my debt nor would my peers. But we can relate to the concerns of hundreds of thousands in debt as far as we can't "want" anything. We're just as trapped in the system as the patients we treat. No wonder why there is a spike in suicides after medical school.
medntech··on Credit card thieves using free-to-play apps to launder their ill-gotten gains
Bought this online not too long ago, M&P 9c No Thumb Safety.

https://www.sportsmansoutdoorsuperstore.com/products2.cfm/ID...

medntech··on Show HN: LiveJam – A new way to listen to music on YouTube
It wouldn't play on Firefox. I'll try again and give you my browser specs.

Edit: works on Firefox mobile. Gonna try desktop in a second.

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