#Journals

Bogdan Enache

bogdienache

* Disease prevalence = 1/1000 * Test false positive rate of 5%Q: What is the chance that a random person with a positive test actually has the disease?A question maybe

Simon Whitten

Simon_Whitten

There’s a good chance you’ve seen a version of this world IQ map. What you may not realise is that all such maps are based on BS data from a

🎃wesinjapan🎃

wesinjapan

Building a Walmart is looting a neighborhood. Where I grew up they bulldozed a (very rare) coastal dune lake to put up a Walmart- with a giant asphalt parking lot.

Dr. Daniel Grossman

DrDGrossman

Hi Rep. Trent Franks. I’m a researcher and abortion provider. This isn’t actual science. I’d be happy to educate you about it if you’d like. https://twitter.com/RepTrentFranks/status/914889566825385985 First, @RepTrentFranks, you should

André Retninger

retninger12

.@Emmanuel_microb @mariusgilbert @vanranstmarc Dans le travail difficile qui vous attends, n'oubliez pas un groupe de la société qui n'a pas voix au chapitre, mais qui est fortement impacté par le

Ryan Alcantara

Ryan_Alcantara_

The paper that convinced me GRFs *could* be used to predict tibia bone load (TBL):“Ground reaction force metrics are not strongly correlated with tibial bone load when running across speeds

Michael Clemens

m_clem

The US Administration is reportedly preparing to bar foreign graduates of US universities from staying here to work. Each percentage point fall in those graduates as a share of population

Chris Blattman

cblatts

I think @tage_rai has made good points here about money and bias in the open science movement, and got a lot of hostile pile on this weekend. But in fairness

Fumiko Ladd Chino, MD

fumikochino

#Oncoalert: There are "large & persistent risk-adjusted differences in #cancer tx outcomes associated with the type of treating hospital... The quality of cancer care in the US is inconsistent &

Ricky Turgeon PharmD

Ricky_Turgeon

Interesting to see the POPular AGE trial published in @lancet today providing randomized data to validate our findings from a large Canadian registry study published in @JAMAInternalMed last monthhttps://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamainternalmedicine/

Andrew Livingstone

realandrewliv

1/12In response to a few requests, this is another thread on norms and behaviour change, with added entry points to the social psych literatureKey message: descriptive & injunctive norms are

John Mandrola, MD

drjohnm

Proud to co-author a scientific manuscript published on the preprint @medrxivpreprintOn #COVID19 science.The question: How much faster do journals approve/publish COVID papers? Take a guess before reading our research letter

Stanford Peds Chiefs

LPCHPedsChiefs

1/ Dehydration is an important cause of morbidity and mortality as a complication of pediatric illness.Let's dive in as one of our residents, Dr. Jonji Barber, reviews how we diagnose,

leila belle sterman

calamityleila

This is your yearly reminder that @ElsevierConnect has reported a gendered pay gap of 39.4% UK avg is 9.6%). This is the highest pay gap reported by a publisher. That

Dr. Shoshana Grossbard Founder of REHO & SEHO

econoflove

Iceland tested 6% of their whole population. In community testing (random), 0/848 of children

Jonas S. Juul

jonassjuul

New paper with @stevenstrogatz is online!We ask: If an infectious disease mutates as it propagates, what fraction of the population will catch the mutant strain? How does this depend on