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Last edit:
4 Aug 2020 14:06 UTC
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Note that, for convenience, posts relating to the 2019 coronavirus outbreak are instead found
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Rational Toothpaste: A Case Study
badger
31 May 2012 0:31 UTC
118
points
59
comments
6
min read
LW
link
Diseased thinking: dissolving questions about disease
Scott Alexander
30 May 2010 21:16 UTC
377
points
353
comments
9
min read
LW
link
Fibromyalgia, Pain & Depression. How much is due to physical misalignment?
leggi
29 Oct 2019 14:58 UTC
5
points
4
comments
18
min read
LW
link
The 300-year journey to the covid vaccine
jasoncrawford
9 Nov 2020 23:06 UTC
113
points
7
comments
5
min read
LW
link
(rootsofprogress.org)
Dying Outside
HalFinney
5 Oct 2009 2:45 UTC
275
points
88
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Phage therapy in a post-antibiotics world
ChristianKl
29 Dec 2019 17:03 UTC
21
points
14
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Thirty-three randomly selected bioethics papers
Rob Bensinger
22 Mar 2021 21:38 UTC
103
points
45
comments
50
min read
LW
link
Cognitive Enhancers: Mechanisms And Tradeoffs
Scott Alexander
23 Oct 2018 18:40 UTC
41
points
3
comments
8
min read
LW
link
(slatestarcodex.com)
SSRIs: Much More Than You Wanted To Know
Scott Alexander
8 Jul 2014 2:06 UTC
12
points
0
comments
27
min read
LW
link
Why we need better science, example #6,281
lukeprog
10 Dec 2011 23:25 UTC
43
points
24
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Book review: Why we sleep
Richard_Ngo
19 Sep 2018 22:36 UTC
47
points
18
comments
5
min read
LW
link
(thinkingcomplete.blogspot.com)
Black Death at the Golden Gate (book review)
PeterMcCluskey
26 Jun 2020 16:09 UTC
17
points
0
comments
4
min read
LW
link
(www.bayesianinvestor.com)
Book Review: Complications
Annoyance
1 Jul 2009 18:39 UTC
13
points
11
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Personalized Medicine For Real
sarahconstantin
4 Mar 2019 22:40 UTC
201
points
16
comments
5
min read
LW
link
(srconstantin.wordpress.com)
Taking vitamin D3 with K2 in the morning
ChristianKl
30 Nov 2018 19:00 UTC
49
points
43
comments
5
min read
LW
link
Prediction-based medicine (PBM)
ChristianKl
29 Dec 2016 22:49 UTC
37
points
14
comments
4
min read
LW
link
The Dogma of Evidence-based Medicine
ChristianKl
25 Jan 2018 21:15 UTC
10
points
39
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Effects of Castration on the Life Expectancy of Contemporary Men
Fluttershy
8 Aug 2015 4:37 UTC
15
points
50
comments
10
min read
LW
link
Recommendations vs. Guidelines
Scott Alexander
13 Apr 2018 4:10 UTC
66
points
18
comments
5
min read
LW
link
(slatestarcodex.com)
Tales From the American Medical System
Zvi
10 May 2019 0:40 UTC
61
points
48
comments
4
min read
LW
link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)
[Question]
If someone you loved was experiencing unremitting suffering (related to a constellation of multi-dimensional factors and processes, those of which include anomalous states of consciousness and an iatrogenic mental health system), what would you think and what would you do?
Sara C
3 Jul 2020 21:02 UTC
19
points
6
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Bayes for Schizophrenics: Reasoning in Delusional Disorders
Scott Alexander
13 Aug 2012 19:22 UTC
131
points
155
comments
11
min read
LW
link
[Question]
Are parasitic worms an effective weapon against MS?
Demeter
23 Jul 2020 13:59 UTC
27
points
11
comments
9
min read
LW
link
Pulse Oximetry & the Oxygen–Haemoglobin Dissociation Curve
leggi
22 Mar 2020 7:05 UTC
7
points
3
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Some Thoughts on My Psychiatry Practice
Laura B
16 Jan 2019 23:16 UTC
144
points
43
comments
4
min read
LW
link
2
nominations
2
reviews
“No evidence” as a Valley of Bad Rationality
adamzerner
28 Mar 2020 23:45 UTC
99
points
14
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Meditations on Momentum
Richard Meadows
14 Dec 2018 10:53 UTC
99
points
29
comments
10
min read
LW
link
MetaMed: Evidence-Based Healthcare
Eliezer Yudkowsky
5 Mar 2013 13:16 UTC
108
points
193
comments
6
min read
LW
link
Draining the swamp
jasoncrawford
28 Jan 2020 21:37 UTC
89
points
0
comments
11
min read
LW
link
(rootsofprogress.org)
Even if you have a nail, not all hammers are the same
PhilGoetz
29 Mar 2010 18:09 UTC
129
points
126
comments
6
min read
LW
link
The benefits of madness: A positive account of arationality
Skatche
22 Apr 2011 19:43 UTC
120
points
122
comments
14
min read
LW
link
Defeating Ugh Fields In Practice
Psychohistorian
19 Jun 2010 19:37 UTC
89
points
95
comments
2
min read
LW
link
The ‘5 Main Muscles of Movement’ Made Easy.
leggi
7 Dec 2019 9:17 UTC
5
points
0
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Good News for Immunostimulants
sarahconstantin
16 Apr 2018 16:10 UTC
25
points
9
comments
2
min read
LW
link
(srconstantin.wordpress.com)
A rationalist’s guide to psychoactive drugs
Skatche
10 Feb 2011 1:01 UTC
85
points
49
comments
17
min read
LW
link
High Variance Productivity Advice
lynettebye
1 Mar 2020 7:05 UTC
68
points
6
comments
8
min read
LW
link
Cheerios: An “Untested New Drug”
MBlume
15 May 2009 2:26 UTC
9
points
14
comments
1
min read
LW
link
The Zombie Preacher of Somerset
Scott Alexander
28 Mar 2009 22:29 UTC
50
points
34
comments
5
min read
LW
link
The Unfriendly Superintelligence next door
jacob_cannell
2 Jul 2015 18:46 UTC
66
points
68
comments
7
min read
LW
link
Why epidemiology will not correct itself
gwern
11 Aug 2011 0:54 UTC
68
points
13
comments
1
min read
LW
link
A Step-by-step Guide to Finding a (Good!) Therapist
squidious
18 Jul 2018 1:50 UTC
42
points
5
comments
9
min read
LW
link
(opalsandbonobos.blogspot.com)
Quantified Health Prize results announced
Zvi
19 Feb 2012 8:10 UTC
68
points
64
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Coffee: When it helps, when it hurts
JustinShovelain
10 Mar 2010 6:14 UTC
51
points
109
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Effect heterogeneity and external validity in medicine
Anders_H
25 Oct 2019 20:53 UTC
48
points
14
comments
7
min read
LW
link
Direct Primary Care
sarahconstantin
25 Sep 2018 18:00 UTC
42
points
5
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(srconstantin.wordpress.com)
Epistemic Spot Check: The Dorito Effect (Mark Schatzker)
Elizabeth
3 Oct 2018 17:10 UTC
42
points
8
comments
1
min read
LW
link
(acesounderglass.com)
Prediction is hard, especially of medicine
gwern
23 Dec 2011 20:34 UTC
71
points
48
comments
23
min read
LW
link
[Question]
How Old is Smallpox?
Raemon
10 Dec 2018 10:50 UTC
40
points
5
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Is Caviar a Risk Factor For Being a Millionaire?
Anders_H
9 Dec 2016 16:27 UTC
67
points
9
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Charting Deaths: Reality vs Reported
lifelonglearner
30 Mar 2018 0:50 UTC
13
points
1
comment
1
min read
LW
link
(owenshen24.github.io)
Suspended Animation Inc. accused of incompetence
CronoDAS
18 Nov 2010 0:20 UTC
50
points
139
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Med Patient Social Networks Are Better Scientific Institutions
Liron
19 Feb 2010 8:11 UTC
46
points
49
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Dealing with the high quantity of scientific error in medicine
NancyLebovitz
25 Oct 2010 13:53 UTC
59
points
61
comments
3
min read
LW
link
The Five Main Muscles for a Full Range of Natural Movement, Dynamic Alignment & Balance.
leggi
1 Sep 2019 3:22 UTC
16
points
9
comments
10
min read
LW
link
A Sarno-Hanson Synthesis
moridinamael
12 Jul 2018 16:13 UTC
45
points
15
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Can we talk about mental illness?
riparianx
8 Mar 2015 8:24 UTC
52
points
108
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Quantified Risks of Gay Male Sex
pianoforte611
18 Aug 2014 23:55 UTC
52
points
40
comments
6
min read
LW
link
My IRB Nightmare
Scott Alexander
28 Sep 2017 16:47 UTC
31
points
1
comment
19
min read
LW
link
[LINK] Claustrum Stimulation Temporarily Turns Off Consciousness in an otherwise Awake Patient
shminux
4 Jul 2014 20:00 UTC
51
points
43
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[Link] Low-Hanging Poop
GLaDOS
16 Oct 2013 20:51 UTC
46
points
38
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Fantasy-Forbidding Expert Opinion
yamabiko
10 Aug 2020 0:01 UTC
18
points
9
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Useless Medical Disclaimers
Eliezer Yudkowsky
19 Mar 2007 16:48 UTC
21
points
15
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Mike Darwin on Steve Jobs’s hypocritical stance towards death
Synaptic
8 Oct 2011 3:32 UTC
33
points
78
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Gunshot victims to be suspended between life and death [link]
Dr_Manhattan
27 Mar 2014 16:33 UTC
37
points
17
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Theories of Pain
mingyuan
26 Aug 2018 22:05 UTC
34
points
10
comments
9
min read
LW
link
A Medical Mystery: Thyroid Hormones, Chronic Fatigue and Fibromyalgia
johnlawrenceaspden
14 Feb 2016 13:14 UTC
36
points
163
comments
23
min read
LW
link
Literature-review on cognitive effects of modafinil (my bachelor thesis)
David Althaus
8 Jan 2014 19:23 UTC
53
points
42
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Rationality Drugs
lukeprog
1 Oct 2011 11:20 UTC
38
points
123
comments
5
min read
LW
link
Interpreting genetic testing
jefftk
15 Dec 2018 15:56 UTC
24
points
1
comment
2
min read
LW
link
Self-modification, morality, and drugs
fubarobfusco
10 Apr 2011 0:02 UTC
24
points
5
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Resource on alcohol problems
juliawise
27 Feb 2020 18:17 UTC
23
points
3
comments
4
min read
LW
link
Case study: Melatonin
gwern
7 Jan 2010 18:24 UTC
27
points
176
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Is latent Toxoplasmosis worth doing something about?
jsalvatier
17 Nov 2011 17:04 UTC
37
points
29
comments
1
min read
LW
link
How did my baby die and what is the probability that my next one will?
deprimita_patro
19 Jan 2016 6:24 UTC
37
points
23
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Altruistic Kidney Donation
jefftk
17 Jun 2012 20:02 UTC
28
points
43
comments
3
min read
LW
link
[Question]
Is it worthwhile to save the cord blood and tissue?
Alexei
11 Jan 2020 21:52 UTC
18
points
6
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[Question]
Should I floss?
willbradshaw
24 Dec 2019 16:06 UTC
21
points
11
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Rationality Case Study—Ad-36
Perplexed
22 Sep 2010 18:32 UTC
32
points
54
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Too good to be true
PhilGoetz
11 Jul 2014 20:16 UTC
36
points
121
comments
4
min read
LW
link
How can I reconcile these COVID test false-negative numbers?
Optimization Process
27 Oct 2020 23:56 UTC
15
points
5
comments
2
min read
LW
link
Advice to new Doctors starting practice
anandjeyahar
7 Aug 2016 8:27 UTC
4
points
7
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Now is the time to eliminate mosquitoes
James_Miller
6 Aug 2016 19:10 UTC
33
points
89
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Were vaccines relevant to 20th century US mortality improvements?
jasoncrawford
10 Dec 2019 0:13 UTC
12
points
7
comments
3
min read
LW
link
(rootsofprogress.org)
Sample means, how do they work?
Benquo
20 Nov 2016 21:04 UTC
34
points
7
comments
3
min read
LW
link
Rational Health Optimization
jacob_cannell
18 Sep 2010 19:47 UTC
23
points
78
comments
8
min read
LW
link
[Link] How doctors die
Morendil
6 Dec 2011 13:22 UTC
29
points
26
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Longevity Insurance
canadaduane
20 Feb 2012 0:30 UTC
23
points
18
comments
2
min read
LW
link
[Question]
Are there easy, low cost, ways to freeze personal cell samples for future therapies? And is this a good idea?
Eli Tyre
9 Jul 2019 21:57 UTC
20
points
4
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Why Recent Protein Folding Advancements Should Change Your Personal Health Strategy
lisperati
3 Dec 2020 2:39 UTC
10
points
0
comments
3
min read
LW
link
An appeal for vitamin D supplementation as a prophylactic for coronaviruses and influenza and a simple evolutionary theory for why this is plausible.
Michael A
22 Dec 2020 19:40 UTC
11
points
1
comment
9
min read
LW
link
Miracle Mineral Supplement
Eliezer Yudkowsky
20 Nov 2012 21:17 UTC
30
points
82
comments
1
min read
LW
link
Link: Evidence-Based Medicine Has Been Hijacked
Anders_H
16 Mar 2016 19:57 UTC
33
points
39
comments
1
min read
LW
link
[Question]
Should I advocate for people to not buy Ivermectin as a treatment for COVID-19 in the Philippines for now?
BrianTan
31 Mar 2021 13:59 UTC
7
points
4
comments
2
min read
LW
link
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