The Half Life of Body Hacking

Re:The Half Life of Body Hacking by speechduh on Thursday June 25, 2015 @04:43PM (#9780794)

When you have that much information, the chances for spurious conclusions are also endless.

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Re:The Half Life of Body Hacking by __z on Thursday June 25, 2015 @07:33PM (#9781592)

Yep. Too much information in the absence of symptoms can actually a bad thing.

https://www.sciencebasedmedicine.org/a-skeptical-look-at-scr...

"When pharmacies in the UK started offering glucose and cholesterol tests, the number of visits to doctors increased, but only 10% of people with positive tests needed treatment"

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Re:The Half Life of Body Hacking by 2muchcoffeeman on Thursday June 25, 2015 @11:40PM (#9782361)

I get a warning when I click on that link. Is this the same article http://www.delfini.org/Publications/SKEPDOC.15-3_Screening.p...?

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Re:The Half Life of Body Hacking by __z on Friday June 26, 2015 @09:52AM (#9784305)

Strange, i don't get a warning, but the certificate has only been valid since yesterday.

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