Originally Posted by
Velo Vol
Hey datlas,
What kind of medical research claims get you excited? Every so often the news media reports some sensational breakthrough (e.g., HIV guy cured!) but it seems such claims rarely pan out into real-world applications that most people can benefit from.
I am pretty skeptical about most "research" that is published in the lay press. Most of it is exaggerated or misleading.
I get more excited by reading real medical journals like the New England Journal of Medicine, etc. It's kinda dry for the non-medical folks but interesting to me.
I also am up on a lot of the cancer research. The down side is that most recent "advances" in cancer treatment offer only modest incremental improvements in survival.