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brandonb
9,336karma·1,335submissions·January 17, 2011
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Data for good.
Co-Founder at Empirical Health (https://empirical.health). Don't die of heart disease.
Before: Co-Founder @ Cardiogram (ML for heart health)
CTO at Sift Science (YC S11, machine learning to fight fraud)
Data Science @ UCSF Cardiology
HealthCare.gov rescue team
Google (Android speech recognition, search ads ML)
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Also worth noting: women experience heart attack symptoms differently. For example, pressure, tightness, or burning instead of crushing pain.
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This post summarizes four government programs that launched in the last 60 days: * ARPA-H ADVOCATE: autonomous AI cardiologist. * CMS ACCESS: pays for outcomes, not visits, with reimbursement set that…
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Cool! What do you think Mimir's biggest advantage is over, say, ChatPRD?
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The main result is: > HDHP status was associated with worse OS (hazard ratio [HR], 1.46; 95% CI, 1.19-1.79) and CSS (HR, 1.34; 95% CI, 1.01-1.77) among cancer survivors. "OS" is overall s…
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About 20% of people who have normal LDL cholesterol will have normal ApoB. So they agree a lot, but disagree sometimes.