WEBVTT 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 As a kid I've always loved information 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 that I could get from data 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 and the stories that could be told with numbers 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 I remember growing up I'd be frustrated on 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 how my own parents would lie to me 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 using numbers you know. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 [?] "I've told you once I've told you a thousand times." 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 No dad, you've only told me 17 times and twice it wasn't my fault. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 I think that's one of the reasons I got a PhD in statistics. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 You know I always wanted to know, 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 what are people trying to hide with numbers? 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 As a statistician, I want people to show me the data 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 so I can decide for myself. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Donald and I were pregnant with our third child 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 and we were at about 41 and a half weeks, 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 what some of you may refer to as been overdue. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Statisticians we call that being within the 95% confidence interval. [Laughter] 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 And, at this point in the process 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 we had to come in every couple of days 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 to do a stress test on the baby, and this is just routine, 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 it tests whether the baby is feeling any type of undo stress. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 And you are rarely, if ever, seen by your actual Doctor, 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 just whoever happens to be working at the hospital that day. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 So we go in for a stress test and after 20 minutes 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 the Doctor comes out and he says, 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 "your baby is on distress, we need to induce you". 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Now, as a statistician, what's my response? 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Show me the data! 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 So he proceeds to tell us the baby's heart rate trace went from 18 minutes, 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 the baby's heart rate was on the normal zone 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 and for 2 minutes it was in what appeared to be 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 my heart rate zone and I said, 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 "well, is it possible that maybe this was my heart rate"? 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 You know, I was moving around a little bit... 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 it's hard to lay still on your back, 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 41 weeks pregnant for 20 minutes... 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 you know, maybe it was shifting around. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 He said "well... we don't want to take any chances". 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 I said okay..."what if I was at 36 weeks with the same data, 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 would you decision be to induce"? 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Well, no, no I would wait until you were at least 38 weeks 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 but you are almost 42, there is no reason to leave 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 that baby inside let's get you a room. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 I said... well... 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 why don't we just do it again? 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 We can collect more data, I can try to be really still for 20 minutes, 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 we can sort of average the two and see .... you know, what that means ... (laughter) 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 and.. he goes, 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 "Ma'm,I just don't want you to have a miscarriage". 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 That makes 3 of us. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 And he says, "your chances of having a miscarriage double 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 when you go past your due date, let's get you a room". 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Wow. So now as a statistician, what's my response? 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Show me the data! 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Dude you're talking chances, 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 I do chances all day long, tell me all about chances. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Let's talk chances. (Laugher) 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Let's talk chances. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 So I say, ok, do I go from like a 30% chance to a 60% chance? 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Like, where are we here with this miscarriage thing? 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 And he goes..."not quite but it doubles 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 and we really just want what's best for the baby". 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Undaunted, I try a different angle. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 I say ok out of 1000 full term pregnant woman, 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 how many of them are going to miscarry 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 just before their due date? 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 And then he looks at me, and looks at Donald then he goes, 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 "about 1 in a thousand". 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 I said Ok, Ok, and so of those thousand women, 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 how many are going to miscarry NOTE Paragraph 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 just after their due date? ..."About two". 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 I said ok, so you are telling me that my chances 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 go from 0.1% chance 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 to a 0.2% chance. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Ok, so at this ppoint the data is not convincing us 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 that we need to be induced 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 and so then we need to have a conversation 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 about how inductions leads to a higher rate 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 of cesarean sections and if at all possible we'd like to avoid that. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 And then I said, you know, 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 and I really don't think my due date is accurate. (Laughter) 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 And so this really stunned him 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 and he looks sort of puzzled 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 and I said, well you may not know this 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 but pregnancy due dates are calculated 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 assuming that you have a standard 28 cycle 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 and my cycle ranges, sometimes it's 27 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 sometimes is up to 38, 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 and I have been collecting the data to prove it. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 And so we ended up leaving the hospital that day 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 without being induced, 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 we actually had to sign a waiver to walk out of the hospital. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 And I'm not advocating that you not listen to your Doctors, 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 because even with our first child 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 we were induced at 38 weeks, cervical fluid was low, 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 I'm not anti-medical intervention. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 But why we were confident to leave that day? 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 We had data that told a different story. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 We had been collecting data for 6 years. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 I had this temperature data, 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 and it told a different story. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 In fact, we could probably pretty accurately estimate conception. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Yeah, that's a story you want to tell 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 at your kid's wedding reception... 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 I remember like it was yesterday ... (Laugher)... 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 my temperature was a sizzling 97.8 degrees 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 as I stared into your father's eyes, oh yeah, (Laughter) 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 22 more years we're telling that story. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 But we were confident to leave because 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 we had been collecting data. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Now what does that data look like? 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Here's a standard chart 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 of a woman's waking body temperature 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 during the course of a cycle. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 So from the beginning of the menstrual cycle 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 until the beginning of the next. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 You'll see that the temperature is not random. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Right, there clearly there is a low pattern 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 at the beginning of her cycle 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 and then you see this jump and then a higher 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 set of temperatures at the end of her cycle. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 So what's happening here? 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 What is that data telling you? 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Well ladies, at the beginning of our cycle, 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 the hormone estrogen is dominant and that estrogen 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 causes a suppression of your body temperature. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 And at ovulation, your body releases an egg 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 and progesterone takes over, pro-gestation. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 And so your body heats up in anticipation 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 of housing this new little fertilized egg. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 So why this temperature jump? 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Well, think about when a bird sits on her eggs... 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 why is she sitting on them? 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 She wants to keep them warm, 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 protect them and keep them warm. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Ladies, this is exactly what our bodies do every month, 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 they heat up in anticipation 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 of keeping a new little life form. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 And if nothing happens, if you are not pregnant, 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 then estrogen takes back over and that cycle starts all over again. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 But if you do get pregnant, sometime you 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 actually see another shift in your temperatures 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 and it stays elevated for those whole 9 months, 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 that's why you see those pregnant woman 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 just sweating and hot, 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 because their temperatures are high. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Here is a chart that we had about 3 or 4 years ago 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 we were really very excited about this chart, 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 you'll se the low temperature level 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 and then a shift and for about 5 days, 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 that's about the time it takes for the egg to travel 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 down the fallopian tube and implant, 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 and then you see those temperature charts go up a little bit. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 And in fact, we had a second temperature shift 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 confirmed with a pregnancy test that were indeed pregnant 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 with our fist child, very exciting. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Until a couple of days later 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 I saw some spotting and then I noticed heavy blood flow, 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 and we had in fact had an early stage miscarriage. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Had I not been taking my temperature 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 I really just thought my period was late that month. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 But we actually had data to show 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 that we had miscarried this baby, 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 and even though this data revealed a really 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 unfortunate event in our lives, 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 it was information that we can then take to our doctor. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 So if there was a fertility issue or some problem 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 I had data to show, 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 we got pregnant, our temperature shifted, 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 we somehow lost this baby... 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 what is it that we can do to help prevent this problem? 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 And it's not just about temperatures 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 and it is not just about fertility, 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 we can use data about our bodies to tell us a lot of things. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 For instance, did you know that taking your 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 temperature can tell you a lot 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 about the condition of your thyroid? 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 So your thyroid works a lot like the thermostat in your house. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 There is an optimal temperature that you want in your house, 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 you set your thermostat, 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 when it gets too cold in the house your thermostat kicks in 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 and says, "hey we need to blow some heat around", 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 or if it gets too hot your thermostat 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 sort of registers turn the AC on, cool us off 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 that's exactly how your thyroid works in your body. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Your thyroid tries to keep an optimal temperature 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 for your body. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 If it get too cold your thyroid says we need to heat up, 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 if it gets too hot, your thyroid cools you down. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 But what happens when your thyroid is not functioning well? 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 But when it doesn't function then it shows up 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 in your body temperatures, 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 they tend to be lower than normal and very erratic. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 So by collecting this data 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 you can find out information about your thyroid. NOTE Paragraph 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Now, what is it, if you had a thyroid problem and you went to the doctor, 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 your doctor would actually test the amount of 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 thyroid stimulating hormone in your blood. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 But the problem with that test is 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 it doesn't tell you how active the hormone is in your body. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 So you may have a lot of hormone present 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 but it might not be actively working to regulate 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 your body temperature. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 So just by collecting your temperature every day 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 you get information about the condition of your thyroid. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 So what if you don't want to take your temperature every day? 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 I advocate that you do 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 but there's tons of other things you can take. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 You can take your blood pressure, you can take your weight... 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 yeah, who's excited about 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 taking your weight every day. (Laughter) NOTE Paragraph 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Early on in our marriage Donald had a stuffy nose 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 and he had been taking a slu of medications 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 to try to relieve his stuffy nose to no avail. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 And so that night he comes and he wakes me up and he says 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 "honey, I can't breath out of my nose". 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 And I sort of roll over and I look, and I said, well can you breath out of your mouth? 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 And he goes, "yes, but I cant breath out of my nose"! 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 And so like any good wife, I rushed him 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 to the emergency room 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 at 2 o'clock in the morning. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 And the whole time I'm driving and I'm thinking 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 you can't die on my now. (Laughter) 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 We just got married 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 people would think I killed you! 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 And so, we get to the ER and the nurse sees us 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 and he can't breath out of his nose and so 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 she brings us to the back and the doctor say, 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 what seems to be the problem and he goes, 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 " I can't breath out of my nose". 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 And he said, you can't breath out of your nose? "No"... 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 but he can breath out of his mouth...(laughter) 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 OK, he takes a step back and looks at both of us 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 and he says sir, I think I know the problem, 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 you're having a heart attack, 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 I'm going to order an EKG and a CAT scan 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 for you immediately. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 And we are thinking, 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 no no no, it's not a heart attack he can breathe 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 just out of his mouth...no, no, no, 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 and so we go back and forth with this doctor 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 because we think it is the incorrect diagnosis 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 and he's like no really, it'll be fine, just calm down. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 And I'm thinking, how do you calm down... I don't think he's having a heart attack. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Fortunately for us, this doctor was at the end of the shift. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 This new doctor comes in he sees us clearly 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 distrust with a husband who can't breath 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 out of his nose. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 He starts asking us questions. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 He says well, do you two exercise? 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 We ride our bikes, we go to the gym... occasionally. (Laughter) 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 We move around. And he says, what were you doing 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 just before you came here? 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 I'm thinking, I was sleeping, honestly, 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 But OK, so Donald goes into the slu of medications 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 he was taking and he lists, 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 "I took this decongestant, and then I took this nasal spray"... 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 and then all of a sudden the light bulb goes off 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 and he says, "oh, you should never mix 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 this decongestant with this nasal spray 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 clogs you up every time. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Here, take this one instead", gives us a prescription 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 We're looking at each other and I looked at the doctor 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 and I said why is it that it seems you 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 were able to accurately diagnose his condition 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 but this previous doctor wanted to order 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 an EKG and a CAT scan? 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 And he looks at us and says, 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 when a 350 pound man walks in the ER 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 and says he can't breath, 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 you assume he's having a heart attack 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 and you ask questions later". 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 ER doctors are trained to make decisions quickly, 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 but not always accurately. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 And so had we had some information 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 about our heart health to share with him 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 maybe we would have gotten a better diagnosis 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 the first time. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 I want you to consider the following chart, 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 of systolic blood pressure measurements 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 from October 2010 to July 2012. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 You'll see that these measurements start 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 in the prehypertension/Hypertension zone, 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 but over about the course of a year and a half 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 they move into the normal zone. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 This is about the hear rate of a healthy 16 year old. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 What story is this data telling you? 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Obviously is the data from someone 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 who's made a drastic transformation 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 and fortunately for us, that person happens to be here today. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 So that 350 pound guy that walked into the ER with me 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 is now an even sexier and healthier 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 225 pound guy, and that's his blood pressure trace. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Over the course of that year and a half 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Donald's eating changed 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 and his exercise regimen changed and 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 his heart rate responded, 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 his blood pressure responded to that change 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 that he made in his body. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 What's the take home message 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 that I want you to leave with today? 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 By taking ownership of your data just like we've done, 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 just by taking this daily measurements about yourself, 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 you become the expert of your body, 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 you become the authority. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 It's not hard to do. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 You don't have to have a PhD in statistics 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 to be an expert in yourself. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 You don't have to have a medical degree 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 to be your body's expert. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Medical doctors, they're experts on the population, 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 but you are the expert on yourself. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 And so when the two of you come together, 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 when two experts come together 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 the two of you are able to make a better decision 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 than just your doctor alone. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Now that you understand the power of information 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 that you can get through personal data collection, 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 I'd like you all to stand and raise your right hand. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Yes, get it up. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 I challenge you to take ownership of your data 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 and today, I hereby confer upon you 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 a TEDx associate's degree in elementary statistics 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 with a concentration in time dependent data analysis 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 with all the rights and privileges adverteining there to 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 and the next time you are in your doctor's office. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 As newly inducted statisticians, 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 what should always be your response? 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Show me the data! I can't hear you... 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Show me the data! One more time... 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Show me the data! 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Show me the data. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Thank you.