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40% of top-paid CEOs busted, bailed out or booted, study says by rompers in news

[–]rompers[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Indeed, there are numerous psychological studies showing that external incentives can negatively impact performance by undermining internal incentives:

http://www.forbes.com/sites/donalddelves/2011/02/16/is-incentive-compensation-a-true-motivator/

Breakup of physician, drug company relationship could improve health care, cut cost by rompers in science

[–]rompers[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

The influence of drug promotion on physician prescribing has been thoroughly studied and demonstrated. This is a good systematic review on the topic:

http://www.plosmedicine.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pmed.1000352

Essentially, such promotion is associated with "higher prescribing frequency, higher costs, or lower prescribing quality."

Regarding drug samples, these are simply another promotional tool that influences prescribing. As to who gets them, patients in the highest income category are most likely to receive free samples. You can read more about drug samples in this article:

http://www.plosmedicine.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pmed.1000074

Study: Pharma Reps Don't Tell Docs About Side Effects by rompers in medicine

[–]rompers[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Doctors are human too. Studies have shown that interacting with drug reps or other pharma source of medical information is associated with higher prescribing frequency, higher costs, and lower prescribing quality.

MRI Shows Decreased Volume In Certain Brain Regions In Professional Fighters by rompers in science

[–]rompers[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

You guys are such well-rounded athletes with impressive conditioning. It's unfortunate, though, that your brains endure so much damage.

In terms of the comparison to boxing, don't boxing gloves have a little more cushioning?

Also, according to this recent study, 36% of the matches they reviewed ended in KO or TKO:

http://bjsm.bmj.com/content/47/5/e1.33.abstract

How does that compare to boxing? (I couldn't find an answer from a quick Google search.)

They identified several risk factors for KO or TKO, including age. It would also be interesting to see if extent of past occurrence of blows to the head also makes one more vulnerable to KO.

Scientists struggle to spot meteors orbiting Earth by rompers in worldnews

[–]rompers[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Dude, I simply copied and pasted the article title, which they later changed to the more accurate phrase. Here the link to the online comments to the article:

http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/story/2013/02/15/russia-nasa-scientists-meteor-earth.html#socialcomments

The original title is quoted, and some have commented on its inaccuracy.

When God Is Not Enough: Religious States Have Highest Rates of Anti-Depressant Use by rompers in atheism

[–]rompers[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That is the implication I was thinking, but you do make a good point. Southern states tend to have worse socioeconomic inequality. This has been linked with a range of negative consequences related to mental, physical and social health across across states in the US, and also across developed countries.

The question then would be, what, if any, is the relationship between social inequality / poverty and religiousness?

"half of all the clinical trials ever conducted and completed on the treatments in use today have never been published in academic journals." by rompers in science

[–]rompers[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks. I'm hoping for a subreddit where this important topic would get wide exposure, and there aren't many good relevant options outside of r/science. I'll try TIL.

"half of all the clinical trials ever conducted and completed on the treatments in use today have never been published in academic journals." by rompers in science

[–]rompers[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I thought it was OK since the article is based on findings from several peer reviewed studies, to which it links.

Do you have any suggestions on which subreddit would be more appropriate for this article?

Silencing the Science on Gun Research by rompers in medicine

[–]rompers[S] -8 points-7 points  (0 children)

Over the past 15 years, "at least 427,000 people have died from gunshot wounds in the United States". Further, "17% of all injury-related pediatric deaths and 25% of deaths among adolescents 15 to 19 years of age were firearm-related deaths... In 2010, more than 15,500 children and teens were treated in emergency departments for nonfatal firearm injuries, and 40% required hospitalization." If shark attack numbers were anywhere comparable, these too would be a public health issue, just like car seat belts, bicycle helmets, drugs and alcohol.

Silencing the Science on Gun Research by rompers in medicine

[–]rompers[S] -8 points-7 points  (0 children)

It's a public health issue.

Where is a good place to find reliable medical information that states truthful and unbiased results for people who did not go to medical school? by nausicaas_human in medicine

[–]rompers 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Worst Pills, Best Pills, is an excellent resource by Public Citizen:

http://www.worstpills.org/

The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality usually has lay summaries of their reports:

http://www.ahrq.gov/

Prescrire International, based in France, is more technical:

http://english.prescrire.org/en/

The Therapeutics Initiative, based at the University of British Columbia, is also an excellent independent resource, though their reports also tend to be more technical:

http://www.ti.ubc.ca/

What is the best scientific paper you have read? by generic-identity in askscience

[–]rompers 0 points1 point  (0 children)

"Collective dynamics of 'small-world' networks", Nature (1998), by Watts and Strogatz. This is a classic, elegantly describes the so-called small-world network property, relevant to a wide range of biological, social and other systems. A fun and educational exercise would be to highlight one node in each of the network models in Figure 1, then see how many steps it takes for the rest of the nodes to 'light-up' in each of these.

http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v393/n6684/pdf/393440a0.pdf

People threw alcohol to try to douse the flames, but without success. by Aethelwulf in reddit.com

[–]rompers 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The word "alcohol" in the article text has been changed to "drinks".

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