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Wow, a heart breaking read for sure. There is a gofundme for Jake here -https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-the-fight-against-cancer-wit...
I agree Dr. Bredesen's protocol probably can't hurt as it advocates a healthy lifestyle and diet, but there is NO evidence that it can prevent or reverse Alzheimers[1], as he claims. Also, Dr. Bredesen charges $1800+ for the protocol[2] in addition to selling branded supplements.

1 - https://www.ucsf.edu/news/2020/05/417431/pricey-protocol-not... 2 - https://www.healthleadersmedia.com/clinical-care/alzheimers-...

Re:Working Memory (2013) on Friday September 27, 2019 @09:57AM (#21092020)
Re:Andy Grove's Paranoia: Universal Lessons (1996) on Monday April 22, 2019 @11:25PM (#19725330)
Here is a more readable version https://hbr.org/1996/11/inside-intel
Re:FDA is considering drugs to help kids quit vaping on Friday January 18, 2019 @02:48PM (#18942327)
>In fact, we now have compelling epidemiological evidence that vaping almost doubles risk of cardiac events [1].

Somewhat misleading since more than half of those studied were smoking and vaping. From the study:

Among the 9,352 current and former e-cigarette users, 333 (3.6 percent) had experienced a heart attack at some point, with the highest percentage (6.1 percent) among those who used e-cigarettes daily. In the analysis, a quarter of the 2,259 people who currently used e-cigarettes were former smokers of conventional cigarettes and about 66 percent of current e-cigarette users were also current cigarette smokers.

"pacific" also means "Peaceful in character or intent."
Re:Drug 'reverses' ageing in animal tests on Saturday March 25, 2017 @02:15PM (#13956850)
When apoptosis fails, it's might be because p53 binds to foxo4 and gets stuck in the nucleus which prevents the p53 from getting to the mitochondria. In the experiment p53 in the paper, p53 unbound from foxo4 in the nuclease and bound to foxo4-dri and successfully flowed down the mitochondria so apoptosis could occur.
Re:Stop Complaining in February on Monday February 02, 2015 @09:46AM (#8984340)
No, it's about things we can't change: "What we want to get rid of in February is venting about things we can’t change."
Re:Google is Breaking the Internet on Sunday May 18, 2014 @03:32PM (#7764070)
It is really sad that instead of discussing the merit of his argument, we are debating the quality of OP's site.

It is ridiculous that I have to police my site for low quality inbound links or risk getting banned (even more so for mom and pop webmasters who are more susceptible to link penalties). Lastly, if you are penalized, try recovering unless you are big brand like Overstock or JCPenney with millions per year in Adwords spend.

Re:Ask HN: Do you have a side project you want to sell? on Sunday April 27, 2014 @04:54PM (#7656825)
Darren contact me. I might be able to help sales / seo wise.
Re:Ask HN: Do you have a side project you want to sell? on Sunday April 27, 2014 @04:52PM (#7656817)
I might be interested. Can you please email me basic revenue and traffic data?
Re:How Google is Killing Organic Search on Monday July 01, 2013 @04:59PM (#5973516)
Not surprised, but they have 65% share of search in the US, so it's a disturbing trend for high quality sites ranking organically.
Re:Stop working so hard on Thursday April 04, 2013 @02:28AM (#5491283)
How condescending... even by hacker news standards.
Re:How to Gain or Lose 30 Minutes of Life Every Day on Thursday January 03, 2013 @01:23PM (#5003701)
Spiegelhalter's TED talk about this subject is quite good.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=4...

Re:Blunt and necessary review of programming language books. on Wednesday June 01, 2011 @12:01PM (#2607865)
So aside from K&R, what are some of the best small books?
Re:What Makes A Startup Successful? on Sunday May 29, 2011 @12:25AM (#2596006)
Good article. What would be an example of premature scaling in a startup? Too many hires?
Re:You can increase your intelligence on Wednesday May 18, 2011 @11:08PM (#2562744)
I really enjoyed this article. I wish she had given specific tips on how to think more creatively. She mentioned what happens "when" you think creatively, but did not really go into the "how."
Re:Rails Installer - Get up and running on Windows on Tuesday January 18, 2011 @12:24PM (#2116558)
I'm just learning ROR from an online tutorial (http://railstutorial.org/), and I wish I had this last week. For newbies like myself, I think installing the framework is sometimes such a big hurdle, it pushes one to give up early. Which is unfortunate, because I read the real challenges happen a few weeks in.

I had a weird issue where I had to reinstall xcode from the OS X DVD. Took a bit of Googling to figure that one out.

Re:The state of the list on Sunday January 09, 2011 @01:12AM (#2084987)
Wunderlist is actually available for both Mac & Windows now.
Re:Combining Caffeine with Sugar May Improve Concentration on Tuesday December 21, 2010 @09:31PM (#2030355)
Would eating fruit along with a cup of coffee be a good way to replicate? Or would the there not be enough of a spike in sugar to get the same result?
Re:Combining Caffeine with Sugar May Improve Concentration on Tuesday December 21, 2010 @08:06PM (#2030124)
Yes, but this one was related to the effects of glucose combined with caffeine.
Re:Combining Caffeine with Sugar May Improve Concentration on Tuesday December 21, 2010 @07:44PM (#2030066)
I thought there might be some value in knowing that a study confirms it.
Re:There is no talent on Monday December 06, 2010 @12:19AM (#1974038)
The bottom line is that if you work hard enough you can compensate somewhat for lack of talent. You probably won't be the next Mozart or Einstein of your field, but the good news is that you don't have to be inorder to be very successful.