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leplen t1_j7io778 wrote

Reply to comment by SelarDorr in Analysis showed that 65.6% of women who took extra Vitamin D gave birth naturally. The study analysed results from the MAVIDOS trial which involved 965 women being randomly allocated an extra 1,000 International Units (IU) per day of vitamin D during their pregnancy or a placebo. by Wagamaga

Eh, the more secondary outcomes you allow the more you run the risk of multiple comparisons. If the p-valur is low enough I'm fine with it, but otherwise you get into green jelly beans cause acne territory.

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DigitalSteven1 t1_j7in27k wrote

Reply to Researchers tested a large sample of the prominent major AI technologies available today and found not only did they reproduce human biases in the recognition of facial age, but they exaggerated those biases by giuliomagnifico

Study finds model that replicates training data replicates training data, and more specifically repeated training data.

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Is this a joke or something? This is also how the human brain works, is it not? We exaggerate the our biases all the time, and the way we fix it is "feeding" our brain more data (learning).

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PinkFloydBoxSet t1_j7imxgt wrote

Reply to In a study examining conversation as a vehicle for social influence, researchers found that changing the mind of someone who is dismissive of efforts to protect the planet could be accomplished by sharing a pro-sustainability point of view during a verbal or written exchange. by memorialmonorail

This has always been the best venue for positive climate impact.

Same reason in deep red states with high hunting populations have a bunch of "conservation groups" who push anti deforestation/development/mining bills to the locals. It works. Simple pitch. Vote for bill XYZ so they don't cut down a bunch of forests and destroy your hunting areas.

It's also working for banning a bunch of inhumane practices like trapping.

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DaemonLasher t1_j7imtab wrote

Reply to comment by Mississimia in Analysis finds antimicrobial drug use in agriculture is much higher than reported. The use of antibiotics in animal farming — a major contributor to antimicrobial resistance — is expected to grow by 8% between 2020 and 2030 despite ongoing efforts to curtail their use. by MistWeaver80

The bad news is that the gulf between what we can do and will do is bleak as you've described it.

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SelarDorr t1_j7ilxie wrote

Reply to comment by SaltZookeepergame691 in Analysis showed that 65.6% of women who took extra Vitamin D gave birth naturally. The study analysed results from the MAVIDOS trial which involved 965 women being randomly allocated an extra 1,000 International Units (IU) per day of vitamin D during their pregnancy or a placebo. by Wagamaga

i dont see that as a major caveat. you can have a primary study with multiple secondary outcomes, in which the results of the secondary outcomes are just as meaningful as a study in which those outcomes are the primary.

the results of this analysis are still of a randomized double blind placebo controlled trial that directly compared the treatment group to the placebo group for the outcome in question. the fact that these results were not the primary focus of the study does not change its significance.

if it were a case where sample selection for the primary outcome somehow added a confounder for some of the secondaries, i see an argument there. but as far as i can tell, this wasn't the case here.

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buzmeg t1_j7illsf wrote

Reply to comment by KetosisMD in Analysis showed that 65.6% of women who took extra Vitamin D gave birth naturally. The study analysed results from the MAVIDOS trial which involved 965 women being randomly allocated an extra 1,000 International Units (IU) per day of vitamin D during their pregnancy or a placebo. by Wagamaga

Except that Vitamin D and Folic Acid are known to be atagonistic.

So, if you dose too much Vitamin D, it decreases Folic Acid and places your baby at risk of birth defects.

As always, these things are a balance.

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SelarDorr t1_j7ilh7a wrote

Reply to Analysis showed that 65.6% of women who took extra Vitamin D gave birth naturally. The study analysed results from the MAVIDOS trial which involved 965 women being randomly allocated an extra 1,000 International Units (IU) per day of vitamin D during their pregnancy or a placebo. by Wagamaga

why would you write a title like this, with the percentage of natural births for the treatment group but not the control? Has much less meaning as an empirical number in my opinion.

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the placebo group was 58%, resulting in a relative risk ratio of 1.13.

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Dominisi t1_j7ilg8q wrote

Reply to Sound Waves Trigger Anti-Cancer Immune Responses in Mice by dissolutewastrel

Unfortunately this study will be used as reinforcement of snake oil salesman selling sound therapy over the internet to desperate cancer victims.

My biological father fell pray to this, stopped his cancer treatment, and thought he was "melting" his small cell lung cancer tumors by drinking liquid he bought off a holistic healing website along with a $1000 dollar sound setup.

Truly sad.

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Aporkalypse_Sow t1_j7ijxhv wrote

Reply to comment by Whako4 in A systematic review and meta-analysis has concluded that increased consumption of dietary carbohydrate intake is associated with increased risk of cardiovascular disease, stroke, and all-cause mortality. by Meatrition

My dad has never been close to overweight and lives off of simple carbs and chocolate. His arteries were all 70% blocked and worse. One was completely blocked, he had a heart attack.

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