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Clinical Reader: Malicious or just stupid?3 comments

Alan wrote 5 days ago: I’d never heard of Hanlon’s razor before. Apparently it is an adage that reads “Ne … more →

Tags: Blogging On Blogging, Information Industry, Web 2.0 & all that, Website Reviews, Clinical reader, Eagle Dawg Blog, Hanlon's Razor, legal threats, Nicole Dettmar

American Short Stories About Life In These United States

pittsburghflashfictiongazette wrote 5 days ago: To be a modern day American is to be faced with the sometimes daunting complexities of life.  The Ob … more →

Tags: Commentaries, American, Big Banking, climate change, Economy, federal, great flash fiction, Institutions, Leaders

Human slaves...in a robot world

Danielle wrote 1 week ago: I was reading a very interesting article in the New Scientist about, er, robots, that can detect our … more →

Tags: Emotional Robots, Facial Expression Recognition, facial-tracking technology, Littlewort, New Scientist

The Nocebo Effect...how beliefs kill effectively1 comment

humantwopointzero wrote 1 week ago: You’ve heard of the placebo effect right? In its most simplistic term, the placebo effect suggests t … more →

Tags: The Mind, Consciousness, phamaceutical drugs, placebo effect, Beliefs, Belief Systems, Pharmaceutical Industry

Using Twitter to track disease outbreaks1 comment

Alan wrote 1 week ago: A few months ago I wrote a short post on Phil Baumann’s 140 healthcare uses for Twitter. Well, … more →

Tags: social networking, Web 2.0 & all that, adverse event reporting, Chris Thorman, Phil Baumann, twitter

NHS health records to private sector?1 comment

Alan wrote 1 week ago: Personally, I’d be delighted if the Tories got Google or Microsoft or someone to build the NHS … more →

Tags: David Cameron, Google, health records, Microsoft, Microsoft Vault, Personal Health Records, Quango's

What Does Secondhand Smoke Do to an Asthmatic?1 comment

thekickable wrote 1 week ago: The short answer: It causes an asthma attack, which can potentially be life-threatening, should the … more →

Tags: Asthma, health, Medicine, smoking, Lung Disease

What will US healthcare reform look like?

Hanna wrote 2 weeks ago: Fascinating article  in Economist about the United States healthcare system that proves that throwin … more →

Tags: Evidence based Medicine, How to work better, Nice

New Company Expanding in The USA

teddyj wrote 1 month ago: If you’re like many people, then you have always dreamed of working from home. Imagine waking … more →

Tags: work at home, easy home business

Complementary therapy and disenfranchisement1 comment

Hanna wrote 1 month ago: Stephen Ginn, a psychiatrist with the wonderfully named Frontier Psychiatrist blog (Avalanches ooh!) … more →

Tags: consumer health information, Primary Care, Complementary Therapy

Seeing the light for the pollen trees3 comments

Hanna wrote 1 month ago: Just saw Lloyd’s Pharmacy advert for the hayfever device so I’m like eh what is it? I ha … more →

Tags: Evidence based Medicine, consumer health information

Sweet victory for Coca-Cola's PR team3 comments

Alf Grumble wrote 1 month ago: Hah. A triumph for Coca-Cola’s PR people, a setback for Sue Kedgley and her mob of food fanati … more →

Tags: Food Safety, Sue Kedgley, New Zealand Food Safety Authority, Coca-Cola, Network PR, aspartame, sugar-free drinks, Dr. Betty Martini, Mission Possible International

What doesn't work and why

Hanna wrote 1 month ago: Interesting article which features homeopathic practitioners arguing that old chestnut about non-tra … more →

Tags: Evidence based Medicine, Homeopathy

America's Medical History Form: Understanding the Complex Proposals for U.S. Health Reform

Thinkocrat wrote 1 month ago: Confused by the varying discussions and controversies regarding U.S. health reform? Frankly, it appe … more →

Tags: Capital Hill, Economic Policy, Health Policy & Politics, Lobbying, Obama Administration, Politics, Public Policy, Health Care, health reform

Are We Going to Let Health Industry Propaganda Derail Obama's Plans for Reform?

James O'Rourke wrote 1 month ago: =By Joshua Holland, AlterNet. Posted May 21, 2009. Millions of dollars will be poured into deceptive … more →

Tags: Health Care, health, Lobbyists, Barack Obama, MoveOn, HCAN

An (unholy?) alliance between charities and pharma7 comments

Alan wrote 1 month ago: If you’re like me you would have grown up naively believing that medical charities and patient … more →

Tags: Pharma, Cancer Research UK, GlaxoSmithKline, cancer uk, drug testing, cancer research technology, Douglas Adams, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

Obama, the healthcare Riddler

rogerhollander wrote 2 months ago: David Sirota www.salon.com, May 16, 2009 Why is the president suddenly so afraid of a single-payer … more →

Tags: Barack Obama, Health, roger hollander, Health Insurance, Health Care, Single Payer, health, Healthcare, Medicare

Health Industry Promises: A Giant Trojan Horse1 comment

archrone wrote 2 months ago: Update below I have been floored at the response by dems, progressive, liberal and moderates alike, … more →

Tags: Health Care, humanism, medicare/medicaid, Health Insurance, Obama Administration, health, obama, trojan horse, false promises

Guides on how to develop integrated care pathways

Alan wrote 2 months ago: So you want some guides/toolkits on how to put together an integrated care pathway? These might help … more →

Tags: Evidence based Medicine, care maps, care pathway, Clinical Pathway, ICP, integrated care pathways, nhs institute, Protocol based care


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