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another decision…

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At least for the moment, the polls seem to be leveling out a bit … … and I found myself able to think [briefly] about other things. And the other thing on the front burner was a decision I made last week  After eight years volunteering at a rural  charity  clinic, I’ve decided to wind things down […]

cute and telling…

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Likelihood of Null Effects of Large NHLBI Clinical Trials Has Increased over Time. by Kaplan RM and Irvin VL. PLoS One. 2015 10[8]:e0132382. [full text on-line] BACKGROUND: We explore whether the number of null results in large National Heart Lung, and Blood Institute [NHLBI] funded trials has increased over time. METHODS: We identified all large […]

efs respit…

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I’m not much of a sports fan, but last night was fun and a major relief from Election Fatigue Syndrome – so I pass on a few more in case the next five days are getting to you like they tend to get to me… Thursday 8:30 PM November 3, 2016 Atlanta Falcons 43 Tampa […]

an omen?…

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in polite company…

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These days, apparently in polite company we call lying ‘bias rampant",.. Bias rampant in major depression treatment literature European College of Neuropsychopharmacology Conference Coverage by Bruce Jancin October 28, 2016 VIENNA – Janneke A. Bastiaansen, PhD, has some advice for clinicians and researchers as they peruse the published literature on clinical trials of medication or […]

racing…

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It’s kind of hard to maintain my focus on the details of the clinical drug trials in a week when that graph is sitting there uncompleted – wondering where it’s going to end up. So…