I plan to write a massive critique of the medical profession, but for now I want to quickly criticize their interaction with patients. They treat patients as idiots unable to understand numbers, basic scientific research, and entities incapable of doing cost/benefit analysis. And while many people may suffer from one or more of these conditions, [...]
Also tagged Healthcare, medicine, organsBeing an organ donor is important. If you are, then good. If not, then you clearly are in need of a transplant…a brain transplant. Stop screwing around.
Also tagged Healthcare, help, medicine, morals, organsGreat news! Remember those times when we thought I was going to drop dead from a heart attack because of the sharp stabbed-with-a-knife-like* pain I felt “in” my heart? Well, a co-worker–who suffers from the same pain–told me it is precordial catch syndrome (pdf), which is semi-common and nothing to get super-worried about.
So when this [...]
I had my hearing checked the other day. Surprisingly, and despite what my brain tells me, my hearing is great.
While waiting for my appointment, I browsed through hearing-aid literature. It is more amusing than you might think.
For example, Oticon–a high-end hearing-aid manufacturer–claims to have put Artificial Intelligence into its devices. Amazing how they were able [...]