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By Seth RobertsMay 17, 12 03:50AMPatrick Tucker, an editor at The Futurist, posted a request on the Quantified Self Forums for “astounding” predictions based on self-quantification. He is writing a book about using data t o...» Read more
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By Seth RobertsMay 16, 12 05:00AMSpy magazine iPad archive. On the magazine’s Facebook page, Drew Friedman (the illustrator, who worked for Spy) asks, “Whatever did happen to Graydon Carter?” Echinicea reduces respi ratory...» Read more
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By Seth RobertsMay 14, 12 05:00AMParkinson’s disease often runs in families and some of the genes responsible have been identified. One is called PINK1. A new fruit fly model uses fruit flies with a similar genetic defect. Patr ik...» Read more
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By Seth RobertsMay 13, 12 05:00AMHere is a summary/directory of my posts about what I call the umami hypothesis — the idea that we must ingest plenty of microbes to be healthy. My Watts Towers. The easiest way to ingest plenty of...» Read more
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By Seth RobertsMay 12, 12 05:00AMProbiotics reduce/prevent diarrhea caused by antibiotics. News article. The abstract says “The pooled evidence suggests that probiotics are associated with a reduction in AAD [antibiotic associa ted...» Read more
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By Seth RobertsMay 11, 12 05:00AMI have already linked to this 2004 article (“How Ignorant Doctors Kill Patients”) by Russell Blaylock, a neurosurgeon, but after rereading think it deserves a second link and extended quot ation...» Read more
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By Seth RobertsMay 10, 12 05:00AMLong after the famous Kitty Genovese story — supposedly many people watched her being murdered without doing anything — doubt was cast on its accuracy. In the meantime, John Darley and&nbs p...» Read more
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By Seth RobertsMay 09, 12 04:31PMDifficulties repeating priming effects Unexpected benefits of yogurt in mice. “The yogurt-eating mice were incredibly shiny. . . . These animals had 10 times the active follicle density of other mice...» Read more
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By Seth RobertsMay 08, 12 05:00AMEveryone knows that Chinese media is heavily censored. I recently learned from my Chinese tutor, who is from Korea, that the South Korean media delights in spreading China-is-scary-and-weird stories, which...» Read more
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By Seth RobertsMay 07, 12 01:58PMI recently had lunch with Richard Sprague, an engineer at Microsoft Beijing. He raised the possibility of starting a Quantified Self Meetup group in Beijing. The meetings could be held in one of Micro soft...» Read more