Read this if you're ill, have been ill, or might ever become ill. In other words, just read it:https://blog.longreads.com/2016/09/14/stat/ …
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Summary: 'RCTs too often underpowered & vulnerable to stat manipulation. Check out these low-N observational studies instead!'
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I have several family members with MS. I appreciate the essay, particularly the challenges of navigating the med establishment.
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but observational nutrition research extremely hard! Particularly with so much variability in disease progression like with ms.
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see paolo Zamboni and CCVI for a recent example of potential miracle cure that's not really panning out. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chronic_cerebrospinal_venous_insufficiency …
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I would also enjoy a take by
@slatestarcodex on this essay and a survey of research on diets and MS.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
Some good discussion by SSC readers at https://www.reddit.com/r/slatestarcodex/comments/536q96/an_ms_sufferer_tries_to_get_doctors_to_tell_her/ …?
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