Comments on: Green women, fat livers, and the cultural side of disease http://boingboing.net/2012/12/14/green-women-fat-livers-and-t.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Wed, 19 Jun 2013 10:12:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: fuzzyfuzzyfungus http://boingboing.net/2012/12/14/green-women-fat-livers-and-t.html#comment-1608813 fuzzyfuzzyfungus Sat, 15 Dec 2012 22:47:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=200701#comment-1608813 There is a significant (and sometimes very problematic) bias against negative results; but <em>excluding<em> variables is a pretty important business... "The only variable positively correlated with mortality was age" sounds dull, since we all know that being old isn't the most brilliant health choice in the book; but it constitutes information about all the other variables that were examined for correlation with mortality. There is a significant (and sometimes very problematic) bias against negative results; but excluding variables is a pretty important business…

“The only variable positively correlated with mortality was age” sounds dull, since we all know that being old isn’t the most brilliant health choice in the book; but it constitutes information about all the other variables that were examined for correlation with mortality.

]]> By: OgilvyTheAstronomer http://boingboing.net/2012/12/14/green-women-fat-livers-and-t.html#comment-1608505 OgilvyTheAstronomer Sat, 15 Dec 2012 12:49:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=200701#comment-1608505 Curiously, my fatty liver was diagnosed and then undiagnosed a few years later with no significant changes to my weight or lifestyle.  Curiously, my fatty liver was diagnosed and then undiagnosed a few years later with no significant changes to my weight or lifestyle. 

]]> By: CH http://boingboing.net/2012/12/14/green-women-fat-livers-and-t.html#comment-1608477 CH Sat, 15 Dec 2012 10:50:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=200701#comment-1608477 Well... there is the "only" part there, that makes it interesting. Well… there is the “only” part there, that makes it interesting.

]]> By: BillStewart2012 http://boingboing.net/2012/12/14/green-women-fat-livers-and-t.html#comment-1608440 BillStewart2012 Sat, 15 Dec 2012 07:44:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=200701#comment-1608440 Hey, it isn't easy being green. And at least the greenness goes away with improved nutrition, as opposed to that guy who turned blue because of taking silver-based quack cures, which could leave him with a pretty long-term excessive virginity problem. Hey, it isn’t easy being green.

And at least the greenness goes away with improved nutrition, as opposed to that guy who turned blue because of taking silver-based quack cures, which could leave him with a pretty long-term excessive virginity problem.

]]> By: BillStewart2012 http://boingboing.net/2012/12/14/green-women-fat-livers-and-t.html#comment-1608437 BillStewart2012 Sat, 15 Dec 2012 07:41:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=200701#comment-1608437 I wouldn't recommend vampirism and zombieism for everybody, but they've always worked for me... I wouldn’t recommend vampirism and zombieism for everybody, but they’ve always worked for me…

]]> By: Preston Sturges http://boingboing.net/2012/12/14/green-women-fat-livers-and-t.html#comment-1608427 Preston Sturges Sat, 15 Dec 2012 07:06:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=200701#comment-1608427 I actually read a paper where they said  "The only variable positively correlated with mortality was age," and I was like really, you went to med school for that? I actually read a paper where they said  “The only variable positively correlated with mortality was age,” and I was like really, you went to med school for that?

]]> By: rastronomicals http://boingboing.net/2012/12/14/green-women-fat-livers-and-t.html#comment-1608328 rastronomicals Sat, 15 Dec 2012 03:31:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=200701#comment-1608328 Tangentially related: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_children_of_Woolpit Tangentially related:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_children_of_Woolpit

]]> By: Preston Sturges http://boingboing.net/2012/12/14/green-women-fat-livers-and-t.html#comment-1608322 Preston Sturges Sat, 15 Dec 2012 03:22:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=200701#comment-1608322 Green skin or blue balls? Green skin or blue balls?

]]> By: Tribune http://boingboing.net/2012/12/14/green-women-fat-livers-and-t.html#comment-1608311 Tribune Sat, 15 Dec 2012 03:02:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=200701#comment-1608311 can we recommend Vampirism? can we recommend Vampirism?

]]> By: niktemadur http://boingboing.net/2012/12/14/green-women-fat-livers-and-t.html#comment-1608188 niktemadur Sat, 15 Dec 2012 00:58:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=200701#comment-1608188 Orion slave girls suffer from excessive virginity?  Now the list of things I've heard contains <b>everything</b>! Orion slave girls suffer from excessive virginity?  Now the list of things I’ve heard contains everything!

]]> By: Donald Petersen http://boingboing.net/2012/12/14/green-women-fat-livers-and-t.html#comment-1608127 Donald Petersen Sat, 15 Dec 2012 00:14:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=200701#comment-1608127 Me too, though I suffered a tragic relapse in the late 90s.  One never can tell when it might strike next.  Do your nightly exercises, folks. Me too, though I suffered a tragic relapse in the late 90s.  One never can tell when it might strike next.  Do your nightly exercises, folks.

]]> By: planettom http://boingboing.net/2012/12/14/green-women-fat-livers-and-t.html#comment-1608124 planettom Sat, 15 Dec 2012 00:10:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=200701#comment-1608124 The problem is, once you're green, the only ones lining up to cure you of your excessive virginity are Trek and She-Hulk fans! The problem is, once you’re green, the only ones lining up to cure you of your excessive virginity are Trek and She-Hulk fans!

]]> By: edgore http://boingboing.net/2012/12/14/green-women-fat-livers-and-t.html#comment-1608114 edgore Fri, 14 Dec 2012 23:58:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=200701#comment-1608114 Gosh, that's too bad. I was about to patent my cure for excessive virginity. Gosh, that’s too bad. I was about to patent my cure for excessive virginity.

]]> By: Casey Kerr http://boingboing.net/2012/12/14/green-women-fat-livers-and-t.html#comment-1608101 Casey Kerr Fri, 14 Dec 2012 23:42:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=200701#comment-1608101 There are a few typos, please proof read. There are a few typos, please proof read.

]]> By: mocon http://boingboing.net/2012/12/14/green-women-fat-livers-and-t.html#comment-1608089 mocon Fri, 14 Dec 2012 23:25:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=200701#comment-1608089 "The diagnosed cause: Excessive virginity. " I had that in high school. I got better. “The diagnosed cause: Excessive virginity. ”

I had that in high school.

I got better.

]]> By: fuzzyfuzzyfungus http://boingboing.net/2012/12/14/green-women-fat-livers-and-t.html#comment-1608087 fuzzyfuzzyfungus Fri, 14 Dec 2012 23:23:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=200701#comment-1608087 There are certainly <em>much</em> better recommendations for dealing with anemia, but I'd be totally unsurprised (given the effects on menstrual blood, and thus iron, loss rates of pregnancy and breastfeeding, along with the absence of confounding factors like widespread hormonal contraceptive use and diets that aren't horribly iron deficient) if the characterization of those at risk of 'chlorosis', as well as the proposed 'cure' turned out to have achieved some degree of accuracy by accident... There are certainly much better recommendations for dealing with anemia, but I’d be totally unsurprised (given the effects on menstrual blood, and thus iron, loss rates of pregnancy and breastfeeding, along with the absence of confounding factors like widespread hormonal contraceptive use and diets that aren’t horribly iron deficient) if the characterization of those at risk of ‘chlorosis’, as well as the proposed ‘cure’ turned out to have achieved some degree of accuracy by accident…

]]> By: GawainLavers http://boingboing.net/2012/12/14/green-women-fat-livers-and-t.html#comment-1608061 GawainLavers Fri, 14 Dec 2012 22:50:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=200701#comment-1608061 I Am Not a Medical Researcher, but I think there is some meaningful discussion about the <i>type</i> of fat that tends to accumulate around organs, and that it is A) different to normal (i.e. belly, elbow) fat and B) a better predictor of these ailment than other types of fat. I Am Not a Medical Researcher, but I think there is some meaningful discussion about the type of fat that tends to accumulate around organs, and that it is A) different to normal (i.e. belly, elbow) fat and B) a better predictor of these ailment than other types of fat.

]]> By: xzzy http://boingboing.net/2012/12/14/green-women-fat-livers-and-t.html#comment-1608053 xzzy Fri, 14 Dec 2012 22:38:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=200701#comment-1608053 Seeking grant money to research "chronic aging syndrome". Seeking grant money to research “chronic aging syndrome”.

]]> By: ntsteflonnts http://boingboing.net/2012/12/14/green-women-fat-livers-and-t.html#comment-1608047 ntsteflonnts Fri, 14 Dec 2012 22:34:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=200701#comment-1608047 Typo in third sentence.  ;-)  ("It turned their skin turn green") Typo in third sentence.  ;-)  (“It turned their skin turn green”)

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