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pmoriarty
on Oct 13, 2021
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Reversal of cognitive decline: A novel therapeutic...
"They did a trial,
https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.05.10.21256982v
..., and it worked very well."
Only 25 patients, not double-blind, no controls.
krrrh
on Oct 13, 2021
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The protocol is mostly lifestyle changes, there’s no meaningful way it could be double-blind. It has to be compared to standard of care outcomes.
adrianN
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The control group could use a different set of lifestyle changes. Changing
something
always has an effect. You need to somehow figure out whether the changes you propose are better than just doing anything.
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Only 25 patients, not double-blind, no controls.