Tell HN: My Brother Died Last Week. His Death Will Not Be In Vain

Re:Tell HN: My Brother Died Last Week. His Death Will Not Be... by dchuk on Wednesday February 12, 2014 @06:25PM (#7228180)

Per your logic, we should abandon heart transplant surgeries as soon as one doesn't go as planned.

Anecdotal evidence against the efficacy of any medical treatment is not reason enough to abandon it.

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Re:Tell HN: My Brother Died Last Week. His Death Will Not Be... by JustinCEO on Wednesday February 12, 2014 @07:04PM (#7228407)

Quite a lot of attempts at suicide prevention efforts don't go as planned. Do you disagree?

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Re:Tell HN: My Brother Died Last Week. His Death Will Not Be... by ceejayoz on Wednesday February 12, 2014 @07:45PM (#7228582)

Pancreatic cancer kills about 75% of patients within a year and 95% within five. From this, we take away "let's improve treatment methods", not "oncology is a scam that the free market should eradicate".

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