Is males' attraction to trucks and balls genetically based?
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Sally KneidelPosted
Fri 14 Jan 2011 12:00am
athletic field. From late winter on, we daily heard the THWOCK of bats hitting balls during baseball practice. Our son was barely able to walk when he began toddling out... of his fascination with balls and trucks. We couldn't understand it. He wasn't in preschool, and my husband and I cared nothing for vehicles of any kind (although Ken is a baseballRead on »
Baseball and health care - evidence based care
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Stephen M. Perle, DC, MSPosted
Thu 24 Sep 2009 8:20am
at baseball statistics is what Beane is known for. It is called sabermetrics . And the point of this op-ed is better health care is possible if we use the data, i.e. evidence based... former Congressman Gingrich and Senator Kerry.
Just brings Garrett Morris as Chico Escuela on SNL- "Baseball be berra good to me"
Why would baseball be a benchmark for health
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WhiffleBall as Respite
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Dr. Larry W.Posted
Thu 23 Oct 2008 2:10pm
It takes a kind of obsessive nuttiness to build an authentic whiffleball field in your backyard and then host games between rival states, doesn't it? Asperger's Conversations takes a break while psychologists and docs from Vermont and New Hampshire battle it out on the field. Saturday's games were played in Chesterfield, NH at the home of Dr
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Create/Run/Manage Web-Based Virtual Patients - | Web-Based Virtual Patients
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Dr. Aniruddha M.Posted
Tue 03 Mar 2009 3:12pm
Web-Based Virtual Patients: "'Web-SP is a generic web-based, interactive, student activating patient simulation system, with a built-in authoring tool allowing any teacher to develop cases with ease.
Most important case simulation features are available, including: interactive history taking, physical examination, lab section, diagnosis
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AutismPro - "Somewhat" Evidence Based Internet Autism Intervention or Not Evidence Based At All?
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Harold L D.Posted
Tue 26 Aug 2008 11:23pmBased upon a thorough examination of numerous methodologies considered as interventions
for children with autism, the MADSECAutismTaskForce has characterized the interventions
reviewed as follows:
• Substantiated as effective, based upon the scope and quality of research:
Applied behavior analysis. In addition, applied behavior analysis
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Evidence Base, Not Eminence Base for Genomic Medicine
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Dr. Steve MurphyPosted
Wed 22 Oct 2008 6:18pm
should genomic medicine become more evidence-based?"He describes why we need to make the shift and why we haven't been so good at it. One of the biggest reasons is that the geneticists and research PhD geneticists have not needed to use evidence based medicine to publish. This is in direct contrast to large medicine trials, such as those required
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Is Evidence Based medicine morphing into Algorithm Based medicine?
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Linda MacDonald GlennPosted
Wed 03 Feb 2010 8:20pm
We all want health care to be based, as much as possible, on a scientific basis. When we initiate a treatment or make a diagnosis, we need evidence that the diagnostic methods are accurate and that the treatment is efficacious. But when “evidence based” medicine goes through the political process it can turn into “algorithm based” medicine. Let
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Plant-based or animal-based?
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Dr. William D.Posted
Sun 18 Apr 2010 4:44pm
, no-plant-based meal.
I believe a strong argument can be made that a low-carbohydrate but plant-based diet with animal products as the side dish is a better way to go.
Consider that
1) Animal products have little to no fiber, while plant-based products like spinach, avocado, and walnuts and other raw nuts have substantial quantities.
2) Plant
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