This is a great read and very relevant to anyone measuring outcomes at base-line and following exposure. Really lucid treatment of the pitfalls of change-scores and some easy-enough recommendations.
Peter Tennant
Oct 15, 2025 at 7:29 AM
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Fact Sheet 2: Post-exertional malaise (PEM)
Fact Sheet 2: Post-exertional malaise (PEM) Published May 2025 Link to pdf: PEM_Factsheet.pdf Link to pdf of French translation: Malaise_post_effort-S4ME-Feuille_information.pdf Discussion...
88 Prompts for Long Term Thinking
In January 2019 I wrote out scores of prompts for thinking long term that I felt should inform the foundation I was later co-chair of, The Long Now Foundation.
Dream of the Red Chamber
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Fact Sheet 3: ME/CFS: Information for Medical Professionals
Fact Sheet 3: ME/CFS: Information for Medical Professionals Published December 2025 Link to pdf: ME/CFS: Information for Medical Professionals.pdf Discussion thread: Fact sheet #3: Information...
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The central role of the propensity score in observational studies for causal effects
Abstract. The propensity score is the conditional probability of assignment to a particular treatment given a vector of observed covariates. Both large and
Burnout Phase Transition - meri's missives
Modelling chronic stress effects on my mental health and the end of monopolies
Nikhil Krishnan on Twitter / X
yeah there used to be a company called Eureka that powered these types of observational, more lifestyle style studies (here's an example looking at coffee's effect on different biomarkers/conditions)https://t.co/urQRvTVTb7I think it can work if you have enough people in…— Nikhil Krishnan (@nikillinit) September 14, 2025
Has anyone looked at this paper more closely? I've seen many of my bachelor students refer to it when it comes to depressive disorders. Authors find worldwide depression rates doubled from 1990 to 2020, which seems like a lot. pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40313474/
Trends in Prevalent Cases and Disability-Adjusted Life-Years of Depressive Disorders Worldwide: Findings From the Global Burden of Disease Study From 1990 to 2021 - PubMed
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.govWhat is the impact of IMF structural adjustment on social outcomes in the global South? Our analysis in the BMJ Global Health compiles evidence from existing empirical studies with advanced methods. The record is devastating. Buckle up:🧵 gh.bmj.com/content/bmjgh/11/Suppl_1/e017…
Good news, everyone! I have a short piece coming out in The Conversation on Monday that explains the main issues with this study. It's impossible for me to have the same media reach as the original press release. So I'd be extremely grateful if people could help me share it as widely as possible 🙏
G. Willow Wilson
Good news, everyone cnn.com/2026/05/14/health/arts-ageing…
