This is a basic piece of code before things get more complicated… I have had a course in public health that introduced SAS (Statistical Analysis Software) to me as a public health researcher. It was the first time that I had to code or program something to get a result…

That is the new public health dilemma. I once worked as a Hospital Medical Director, and without exception, every patient who came to the hospital with a severe abdominal pain in the right lower abdomen was suspected of having appendicitis (an inflamed appendix). Among those above, those who show elevated…

An application of the SEER*Stat software — In previous articles, I have highlighted the value of the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) database as a readily available source of population-based cancer data for researchers from all over the world. In short, if you are an aspiring researcher who is passionate about cancer epidemiology, you can use…

Is there something you can really do about it? — How many times have you spent your day off scrolling on your phone when you should have been doing other things that you have been planning for all week? What about that episode of regret that attacks you every weekend you spend at home doing nothing, and which immediately resolves…

I will answer this question using the SEER database This is a no-brainer question because its answer is present in most oncology textbooks. I am writing this article today to answer this question using the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) database, which I have written two articles about it…

A new evidence of why coffee time is better than coffee itself I was always told that early morning was the best time to do an exercise. Also, I was always told that it is best to exercise on an empty stomach. By nature, our bodies were not built to…

Dementia is much closer than you think! — Getting older sucks for most people! Although we can feel how old we become in many ways, yet the most noticeable feature of getting old is when you start losing your ability to think clearly, to solve problems, to remember people and dates, to accommodate thought, and ultimately to communicate…

Why not add a little spice to the way we learn about data science? I am a doctor of Medicine who made a career shift about 10 years ago from medicine to healthcare. I spent 2 years in the United States studying business from a healthcare perspective, but the subject…

Have hope, for “automated insulin” is on the way Insulin is a hormone that lowers blood sugar in patients who are suffering from type 1 Diabetes Mellitus (DM). …