Parents of kids with rare disease found a promising drug

Re:Parents of kids with rare disease found a promising drug by dekhn on Friday April 08, 2016 @09:47AM (#11454595)

This interesting approach just raises more questions than it answers; experiments with sample size n=1 being run by non-medically trained individuals are unorthodox and generally suspect in the modern medical climate.

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Re:Parents of kids with rare disease found a promising drug by aaronbrethorst on Friday April 08, 2016 @04:29PM (#11457656)

here's another experiment for you that I've run on myself:

When I consume products that contain wheat, I feel sick. When I don't, I feel fine. Sample size n=1, and I am not medically trained. What conclusions, if any, do you think I can draw from my experience?

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Re:Parents of kids with rare disease found a promising drug by dekhn on Saturday April 09, 2016 @10:58AM (#11461508)

I don't know, did you control for placebo effects? Did you verify there isn't something else in those products that makes you feel sick?

Science is hard. Control experiments are key.

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Re:Parents of kids with rare disease found a promising drug by actaeon169 on Friday April 08, 2016 @08:09PM (#11459129)

Clearly, I need to stop eating wheat.

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