How to Think About “Risk” Part 1

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How to Think About “Risk” Part 1

December 6, 2023

Patients and caregivers frequently grapple with profoundly intricate and challenging decisions that carry significant risks.

“How to Think About Risk” is arguably the most crucial topic ever discussed on the Patient Empowerment Program. Navigating decisions with substantial risk can be challenging, intricate, and even intimidating. The ability to detach from the intense emotions surrounding these choices is critical for making the best and most logical decisions.

On This Episode We Discuss:

Why nano-rare patients and their families need to think effectively about risk
Risk vignettes: infectious diseases, automobile and smoking deaths
A rational way to think about risk
Being comfortable with a probabilistic reality
The 80/20 rule
Considering consequences
The process to assess risk
Getting serious about risk/benefit evaluations
Risk/benefit judgements

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The host of the show is Dr. Stanley Crooke, a scientist, a physician, an entrepreneur and the father of antisense technology. Dr. Crooke is responsible for driving the development of antisense or ASO technology, an RNA-targeted technology responsible for the commercialization of three best- and first-in class medicines and more than 40 drugs in development. In 2020, Stan formed n-Lorem to use this powerful technology to develop experimental personalized ASO medicines for nano-rare patients (1 to 30 patients worldwide) for free, for life.

Credits:

Hosted by: Dr. Stan Crooke.
Videographer: Jon Magnuson of Mighty One Productions.
Producers: Colin Delaney, Kira Dineen, Jon Magnuson, Andrew Serrano and Amy Williford

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