Statistical Inference as Severe Testing

Statistical Inference as Severe Testing

Author: Deborah G. Mayo

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2018-09-20

Total Pages: 503

ISBN-13: 1108563309

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Mounting failures of replication in social and biological sciences give a new urgency to critically appraising proposed reforms. This book pulls back the cover on disagreements between experts charged with restoring integrity to science. It denies two pervasive views of the role of probability in inference: to assign degrees of belief, and to control error rates in a long run. If statistical consumers are unaware of assumptions behind rival evidence reforms, they can't scrutinize the consequences that affect them (in personalized medicine, psychology, etc.). The book sets sail with a simple tool: if little has been done to rule out flaws in inferring a claim, then it has not passed a severe test. Many methods advocated by data experts do not stand up to severe scrutiny and are in tension with successful strategies for blocking or accounting for cherry picking and selective reporting. Through a series of excursions and exhibits, the philosophy and history of inductive inference come alive. Philosophical tools are put to work to solve problems about science and pseudoscience, induction and falsification.


Mayo Clinic on High Blood Pressure

Mayo Clinic on High Blood Pressure

Author: Sheldon G. Sheps

Publisher: Orient Paperbacks

Published: 2005-03

Total Pages: 196

ISBN-13: 9788122202823

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Many people have high blood pressure for years without knowing it. High blood pressure is serious, even deadly. Uncontrolled high blood pressure can lead to stroke, heart attack, heart failure or kidney failure. This is why high blood pressure is often called the "silent killer". This book is well written, understandable and offers valuable information on many topics surrounding high blood pressure, diet, medications, exercise, as well as alternative therapies and provides the essence of the subject covering the technical background of high blood pressure. The book includes a well-written overview of factors that lead to high blood pressure, plus tips and helpful suggestions for improving your lifestyle. It seeks to enable you to live longer and better with high blood pressure or help prevent it if you are at risk. This easy to understand book focusses on what you can do to better manage high blood pressure and keep it at a safe level. Within these pages you will find answers to your questions about factors that lead to high blood pressure plus tips and helpful suggestions for improving your lifestyle.


The Mayo Clinic

The Mayo Clinic

Author: David Blistein

Publisher: Rosetta Books

Published: 2018-09-18

Total Pages: 337

ISBN-13: 0795351682

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A photo-filled history of the world-renowned medical center, based on the award-winning PBS documentary by Ken Burns, Erik Ewers, and Christopher Loren Ewers. On September 30, 1889, W.W. Mayo and his sons Will and Charlie performed the very first operation at a brand-new Catholic hospital in Rochester, Minnesota. It was called Saint Mary’s. The hospital was born out of the devastation of a tornado that had struck the town six years earlier, after which Mother Alfred Moes of the Sisters of Saint Francis told the Mayos that she had a vision of building a hospital that would “become world renowned for its medical arts.” Based on the film by acclaimed documentary filmmaker Ken Burns, The Mayo Clinic: Faith, Hope, Science chronicles the history of this unique organization, from its roots as an unlikely partnership between a country doctor and a Franciscan order of nuns to its position today as a worldwide model for patient care, research, and education. Featuring more than 400 compelling archival and modern images, as well as the complete script from the film, the book demonstrates how the institution’s remarkable history continues to inspire the way medicine is practiced there today. In addition, case studies reveal patients, doctors, and nurses in their most private moments as together they face difficult diagnoses and embark on uncertain treatments. The film and this companion book tell the story of an organization that has managed to stay true to its primary value: The needs of the patient come first. Together they make an important contribution to the critical discussions about the delivery of health care today in America—and the world.


The Mayo Clinic Book of Home Remedies

The Mayo Clinic Book of Home Remedies

Author: Mayo Clinic

Publisher: Oxmoor House

Published: 2010-10-26

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781603201599

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Many common health problems can be treated with simple remedies you can do at home. Even if the steps you take don't cure the problem, they can relieve symptoms and allow you to go about your daily life, or at least help you until you're able to see a doctor. Some remedies, such as changing your diet to deal with heartburn or adapting your home environment to cope with chronic pain, may seem like common sense. You may have questions about when to apply heat or cold to injuries, what helps relieve the itch of an insect bite, or whether certain herbs, vitamins or minerals are really effective against the common cold or insomnia. You'll find these answers and more in Mayo Clinic Book of Home Remedies. In situations involving your health or the health of your family, the same questions typically arise: What actions can I take that are immediate, safe and effective? When should I contact my doctor? What symptoms signal an emergency? Mayo Clinic Book of Home Remedies clearly defines these questions with regard to your health concerns and guides you to choose the appropriate and most effective response.


The Value of Sharing

The Value of Sharing

Author: Spencer Johnson

Publisher:

Published: 1978

Total Pages: 72

ISBN-13:

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The Mayo brothers, knowing the importance of sharing, enter a career in which they can share their knowledge, skills, and money with sick people and other doctors.


Gentry's R’o Mayo Plants

Gentry's R’o Mayo Plants

Author: Paul Schultz Martin

Publisher: University of Arizona Press

Published: 1998-09

Total Pages: 584

ISBN-13: 9780816517268

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The Río Mayo region of northwestern Mexico is a major geographic area whose natural history remains poorly known to outsiders. Lying in a region where desert and tropical, northern and southern, and continental and coastal species converge, it boasts an abundance of flora first documented by Howard Scott Gentry in 1942 in a book now widely regarded as a classic of botanical literature. This new book updates and amends Gentry's Río Mayo Plants. Undertaken with Gentry's support and participation before his death in 1993, it reproduces the original text, which appears here with annotations, and contains information on over 2,800 taxa—more than twice the 1,200 species first described by Gentry. The annotated list of plants includes information on distribution, habitat, appearance, common names, and indigenous uses. A new introduction provides historical background and a review of geography and vegetation. It also describes changes to the land and river wrought by agricultural development, expanded grazing, and lumbering. Throughout the text, the authors have endeavored to provide information on Río Mayo vegetation while emphasizing local knowledge and use of plants, to preserve Gentry's field-oriented focus, and to present botanical information with Gentry's exuberance and style. Río Mayo Plants has long stood as a book that displays a scientist's love of the English language, his fondness for native peoples, and his eye for beauty in nature. This updating of that work fills a gap in the botanical literature of this portion of North America and will be useful not only for botanists but also for biogeographers, taxonomists, land managers, and conservationists.


The Mayo Clinic Guide to Stress-Free Living

The Mayo Clinic Guide to Stress-Free Living

Author: Amit Sood MD

Publisher: Da Capo Lifelong Books

Published: 2013-12-24

Total Pages: 338

ISBN-13: 0738217123

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A specialist at the Mayo Clinic offers a practical, two-step stress management program that is the result of two decades of research and work and that has already helped over 15,000 people annually. 40,000 first printing.


Mayo Clinic on Alzheimer's Disease and Other Dementias

Mayo Clinic on Alzheimer's Disease and Other Dementias

Author: Jonathan Graff-Radford

Publisher: Rosetta Books

Published: 2020-10-06

Total Pages: 487

ISBN-13: 0795352921

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A reference on preventing, treating, and coping with dementia, from “one of the most reliable, respected health resources that Americans have” (Publishers Weekly). This book from the world-renowned Mayo Clinic offers an update on what experts know about Alzheimer’s and related dementias, including the latest research into treatment and prevention, ways to live well with dementia, and recommendations for caregivers. While Alzheimer’s disease is the most common type of dementia, many related types also affect adults worldwide, causing loss of memory, reason, judgment, and other cognitive functions. Although the diseases that cause dementia have long been considered unrelenting and incurable, recent advances offer hope. This book includes information about: • What to expect of typical aging and what are the earliest signs of abnormal aging • Memory loss and other forms of cognitive impairment that may lead to dementia • Characteristic features of Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias, including frontotemporal degeneration, Lewy body dementia, and vascular cognitive impairment • The latest research on Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias • Caring for and supporting someone living with dementia Are there ways you can lower your risk? Can dementia be prevented? Can you live well with dementia? If so, how? You’ll find answers to these important questions and more in this book.


The Mayo Clinic Diet Journal, 2nd Edition

The Mayo Clinic Diet Journal, 2nd Edition

Author: Donald D. Hensrud

Publisher: Mayo Clinic Press

Published: 2017-01-01

Total Pages: 224

ISBN-13: 9781945564017

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The second edition of The Mayo Clinic Diet Journal is a handy companion to the newly revised Mayo Clinic Diet book. The 224-page guide is designed to help individuals plan, track and review their progress over 10 weeks as they follow The Mayo Clinic Diet. The second edition of The Mayo Clinic Diet Journal is a useful and important companion to the revised Mayo Clinic Diet book. The journal includes simple forms to compile daily food and exercise records. It also includes hand food lists, easy-to-use activity records and motivational tips.