RT @EricTopol: Mass production of redundant science nihilism? https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27620683#cm27620683_26950@MilbankFund https://t.co/ZxctHlnLEQ
So it turns not that not only can't you trust much published research, you can't trust many meta-analyses either. http://retractionwatch.com/2016/09/13/we-have-an-epidemic-of-deeply-flawed-meta-analyses-says-john-ioannidis/
RT @MedicalReport: $170m apparel contract contains clause allowing @Nike to harvest personal data from @Umich athletes http://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/11/sports/ncaafootball/wearable-technology-nike-privacy-college-football.html cc @Adam_K_Levin
Interestingly that's about the same as medical research overall. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1182327/ https://twitter.com/jaketapper/status/775780831050817537
Wow. "There is no significant evidence of long term efficacy of insulin on any clinical outcome in Type 2 diabetes." http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/m/pubmed/27391319/
RT @DPRK_News: Latest predictions by US celebrity astrologer Neil Degrasse Tyson show a mind descending into murky depths of marihuana befogged madness.
RT @dinapomeranz: Sri Lanka, one of the most malaria-affected countries just 60 years ago, is now officially malaria-free!https://www.theguardian.com/society/2016/sep/05/sri-lanka-malaria-free-world-health-organisation
RT @JohnKirk: Wikipedia is one the best things to happen during my lifetime. I only wish it had existed when I was young. https://twitter.com/dangillmor/status/772477569392271361
RT @JohnKirk: All these people lost their jobs when spreadsheets became available and unemployment soared.Uh, wait. No it didn’t https://twitter.com/BenedictEvans/status/772224755298512896
RT @erikbryn: Yep. This is playing out in autos, banking, retailing, medicine and many other fields. https://twitter.com/BenedictEvans/status/772169124738764801
RT @balbert1: The pill, the condom, and the American Dream. Great @DKThomp @TheAtlantic thought piece. @isawhill @TheNC http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2016/08/the-pill-the-condom-and-the-american-dream/498206/
RT @hunterwalk: Honor is going to employ thousands & thousands of elderly home care professionals. ❤️ https://twitter.com/rubenharris/status/771086698411200512
"Epinephrine is off-patent, was being synthesized as early as 1906, and costs about ten cents per EpiPen-load." http://slatestarcodex.com/2016/08/29/reverse-voxsplaining-drugs-vs-chairs/
RT @MarechalUSC: Unlike most actual journalists, @wikileaks (& @DrJillStein) don't give a fuck about ethics or collateral damage https://twitter.com/drjillstein/status/768961441697239040
RT @helengreiner: Robot Babies not effective birth control, Australian study finds http://www.wsj.com/articles/robot-babies-not-effective-birth-control-australian-study-finds-1472196507 via @WSJ
RT @JohnKirk: By virtually every objective measure, things are getting better……we just refuse to believe it. https://twitter.com/vigniro/status/768880294644645888
RT @sciencemuseum: James Watt died #OnThisDay in 1819. His amazing workshop is on display & this is its story http://journal.sciencemuseum.ac.uk/browse/2014/watts-workshop/ https://t.co/UIQkRFWj98
RT @xeni: I still have medical slides of my tumor tissue. Would be interesting to know if I coulda avoided chemo, so wild. https://twitter.com/xeni/status/768635590052982784
Did the introduction of modern birth control *raise* out-of-wedlock birth rates instead of lowering them? https://www.brookings.edu/research/an-analysis-of-out-of-wedlock-births-in-the-united-states/
RT @johnmccrea: If it gets decided by who attracts more ad dollars for prescription medications, it's not looking good for Buzzfeed. https://twitter.com/BuzzFeedBen/status/766023260249153536
RT @BuzzFeedAndrew: Green Party's Jill Stein tied with dead gorilla Harambe and lost to 'Deez Nuts' in Texas poll http://www.chron.com/news/article/Green-Party-s-Jill-Stein-tied-with-dead-gorilla-9147853.php?cmpid=twitter-desktop
RT @LosFelizDaycare: Indica (93 weeks) is already screen-printing "Let Malia Blaze" t-shirts. Zhe isn't selling them but is asking for patchouli donations.
RT @ricardo_hausman: Pulitzer-quality @nytimes report on Venezuela seen from the viewpoint of Malaria, illegal mining & state collapse. http://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/15/world/venezuela-malaria-mines.html?smprod=nytcore-iphone&smid=nytcore-iphone-share
