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What I Read: Think Like an Epidemiologist

By Andrew Fairless on January 16, 2021December 24, 2020

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/04/science/coronavirus-bayes-statistics-math.html How to Think Like an EpidemiologistDon’t worry, a little Bayesian analysis won’t hurt you.By Siobhan RobertsAug. 4, 2020Updated 4:57 p.m. ET “Observing early research in March about how theContinue readingWhat I Read: Think Like an Epidemiologist

What I Read: Covid-19, Most of Us Have Risk Exactly Backward

By Andrew Fairless on January 15, 2021December 24, 2020

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/28/opinion/coronavirus-schools-tradeoffs.html When It Comes to Covid-19, Most of Us Have Risk Exactly BackwardWe aren’t very good at discussing trade-offs, but we need to make some during this pandemic.Aaron E. CarrollAug.Continue readingWhat I Read: Covid-19, Most of Us Have Risk Exactly Backward

What I Read: Snorkel Tutorial to Predict Multiple Sclerosis

By Andrew Fairless on January 13, 2021December 23, 2020

https://medium.com/swlh/a-snorkel-tutorial-using-clinical-notes-to-predict-multiple-sclerosis-severity-scores-e3863801630f A Snorkel Tutorial Using Clinical Notes to Predict Multiple Sclerosis Severity ScoresNLP4HJul 13 “In this tutorial, we will walk through the process of using Snorkel to generate labels forContinue readingWhat I Read: Snorkel Tutorial to Predict Multiple Sclerosis

What I Read: Mitochondria, Anxiety and Mental Health

By Andrew Fairless on January 12, 2021December 23, 2020

https://www.quantamagazine.org/mitochondria-may-hold-keys-to-anxiety-and-mental-health-20200810/ Mitochondria May Hold Keys to Anxiety and Mental Healthby Elizabeth LandauAugust 10 2020 3:43 PM “Yet a growing number of scientists have joined her during the past decade orContinue readingWhat I Read: Mitochondria, Anxiety and Mental Health

What I Read: Patients aren’t being told about AI systems

By Andrew Fairless on January 11, 2021December 23, 2020

https://www.statnews.com/2020/07/15/artificial-intelligence-patient-consent-hospitals/ An invisible hand: Patients aren’t being told about the AI systems advising their careBy Rebecca Robbins @rebeccadrobbins and Erin Brodwin @erbrodJuly 15, 2020 “An AI system’s recommendation, after all,Continue readingWhat I Read: Patients aren’t being told about AI systems

What I Read: This Algorithm Doesn’t Replace Doctors

By Andrew Fairless on January 10, 2021December 23, 2020

https://www.wired.com/story/algorithm-doesnt-replace-doctors-makes-them-better/ Tom SimoniteBusiness07.17.2020 07:00 AMThis Algorithm Doesn’t Replace Doctors—It Makes Them BetterAn artificial intelligence system has outperformed physicians when detecting skin lesions. The results are changing how one school trainsContinue readingWhat I Read: This Algorithm Doesn’t Replace Doctors

What I Read: the Effort to Stop Maternal Deaths

By Andrew Fairless on January 9, 2021December 23, 2020

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/13/upshot/maternal-deaths-policy-neglect.html UpshotThe New Health CareWhat’s Missing in the Effort to Stop Maternal DeathsThe U.S. could prevent two-thirds of deaths during or within a year of pregnancy, research suggests.Austin FraktJuly 13,Continue readingWhat I Read: the Effort to Stop Maternal Deaths

What I Read: doctor, one story at a time

By Andrew Fairless on December 17, 2020December 4, 2020

https://www.vox.com/the-highlight/2020/2/27/21152916/rita-charon-narrative-medicine-health-care This doctor is taking aim at our broken medical system, one story at a timeby Sigal SamuelMarch 5 2020 4:35 PM “Today, it’s painfully clear that health care isContinue readingWhat I Read: doctor, one story at a time

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