September 2020 Links

Talking to patients about masks:  https://www.ama-assn.org/delivering-care/public-health/time-mask-5-keys-effective-exam-room-talk-patients?utm_source=fbpage&utm_medium=social_ama&utm_term=3587358422&utm_campaign=Public+Health

Identifying disease by odor - https://getpocket.com/explore/item/a-new-way-to-detect-parkinson-s-by-smell?utm_source=fbsynd&utm_medium=social&fbclid=IwAR0de4ek0WMSrI4waMbCwjOYIYZD-JQyIXpYwnqSaCnaMMG16Lkuo-fFOUw

AI in Healthcare Specialization - https://www.coursera.org/specializations/ai-healthcare?utm_source=marketing&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=2609&sfmc_id=13931451&sfmc_key=0031U00001QfB6AQAV

Prosopagnosia - The artist in search of her face: https://www.bbc.com/news/stories-53192821

COVID:Where Science Goes to Die (Medlife Crisis take on why there is so much bad science relating to COVID 19) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7leWXMr3ayk

Old but fun article debunking some common “Neuromyths” :https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/uncovering-brainscams/

Amazon Halo - new fitness tracker that also tracks mood: https://www.engadget.com/amazon-halo-fitness-platform-134146361.html

Sensational journalism - No safe level of coffee for pregnant women: https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2020/aug/24/no-safe-level-coffee-drinking-pregnant-women-study-says?CMP=share_btn_tw

The actual study: http://press.psprings.co.uk/ebm/august/ebm111432.pdf

Science credibility - The effect of ad hominem attacks on the evaluation of claims promoted by scientists - https://journals.plos.org/plosone/articid=10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0192025&fbclid=IwAR1qGSKC2LW-wzv8f_V0kGDBXi6OYr7ksciC5YUgFb541_F_Sa4GI3v6GV0

What studies should be replicated: https://osf.io/preprints/metaarxiv/2gurz/

How COVUD invades the body:  https://elemental.medium.com/a-supercomputer-analyzed-covid-19-and-an-interesting-new-theory-has-emerged-31cb8eba9d63 (Contains link to original article.)

Good link on various forms of validity:  http://changingminds.org/explanations/research/design/types_validity.htm

Read Carefully (Parental behavior, epigenesis and more): https://advances.sciencemag.org/content/6/36/eabb9116

Drug discovery and distribution:  https://blogs.sciencemag.org/pipeline/archives/2020/08/31/cold-chain-and-colder-chain-distribution?fbclid=IwAR0KcF8u_cbBTXgphBBx4Wfmvt41IVQJl3108YBvpiigrLyBDRroaZkpacQ

https://getpocket.com/explore/item/the-godfather-of-sexist-pseudoscience?utm_source=pocket-newtab

What a p value is - and isn’t - https://surfdrive.surf.nl/files/index.php/s/gi8KrNL7vjTzOmB

Neck gaiters: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qXTG0a53MzU

Profile of John Arnold, who has financed much of the work of the open science initiative and other similar undertakings -The war on bad science: https://www.wired.com/2017/01/john-arnold-waging-war-on-bad-science/?fbclid=IwAR0LpTOIdLzAjeKPl7alp7ltcpXP8RWM3CxM61AI2R-MVDgHBUI3bBpXaBo