Kat McGowan

@mcgowankat

Reporting on health, medicine, science, other stuff. Contrib. Ed for Discover. Producer of discontent. Follow journalists, geniuses, cranks and funnies.

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    Apr 8

    Makes us think, doesn't it? Today's doc-patient conversation should be about partnering with one another, not .

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    Apr 8

    When dozens of employees in 7 states falsify data on veterans care, these are not bad apples. This is system failure

    VA's David Shulkin about to speak at . This news: VA bosses in 7 states falsified vets' wait times for care
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  3. Apr 8

    The upshot: Citing cost per genome is fun, but misleading. Economies of scale is the real story in genomics.

  4. Apr 8

    And look at this--TCGA so overwhelms anything else. Didn't realize the scale.

    9:19 AM - 8 Apr 2016 · Details
  5. Apr 8

    How cool is this? The real cost of sequencing (why there's no $1k genome) h/t

    9:18 AM - 8 Apr 2016 · Details
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    Apr 8

    Do sex offenders have higher levels of testosterone? A meta-analysis says: no. If anything, they may have less.

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    Apr 8

    I talked to members of Theranos' scientific advisory board, which has not met. They see promise, but seek proof.

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    Apr 8

    “Our Medical Data Must Become Free” by interesting article related to et al

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    Apr 8

    Huge news! Enroll-HD just reached TEN THOUSAND participants = 10,000

    8:53 AM - 8 Apr 2016 · Details
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    Apr 7

    Most New York person in this pic is the lady w/ headphones on who doesn't give a damn about the spectacle around her

    12:05 PM - 7 Apr 2016 · Details
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    Mar 21

    Twitter: I’m so funny. Facebook: I’m so happy. Tinder: I’m so hot. Medium: I got fired.

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    Apr 7

    California, Oregon officials sign unusual pact to tear down hydroelectric dams

    9:14 AM - 7 Apr 2016 · Details
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  13. Apr 6

    love this. wish everybody did it, at least on their own website. h/t

    My (very incomplete) COI slide from my talk.
  14. Apr 6

    cool story!

    This molecular biologist is challenging one of evolutionary theory’s central tenets.
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    Apr 6

    Experience trying to integrate with an EHR? Take the survey:

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    5:17 AM - 6 Apr 2016 · Details
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  16. Apr 5

    Dude. Check it out: Chicken cankles.

    And here are Dong Tao (aka dragon chickens) of east Asia, bred for insanely thick legs and feet.
  17. Kat McGowan followed , and
    • John Coupland
      @JohnNCoupland

      Professor of Food Science at Penn State. President-elect of . Interested in things. Personal account.

    • Todd Disotell
      @ToddDisotell

      Primate, Hominin, Biological Anthropologist, Molecular Primatologist

  18. Apr 5

    Amazing. Suicide among white women peaks ~50? Rates for black women so low. And white men... h/t

    Suicide rates by race, gender, and age. From my new post:
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  19. Apr 5

    New issue is all about patient/consumer use of evidence...and it's all paywalled. Great issue--can you open some up?

  20. Apr 5

    And strong finding that videoconferencing/phone better than chat for diagnosis. Seems like common sense.

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