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e-Patient Dave
| January 13, 2011
A recurring them on this blog is the need for empowered, engaged patients to understand what they read about science. It’s true when researching treatments for one’s condition, it’s true when considering government policy proposals, it’s true...
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e-Patient Dave
| January 1, 2014
The next day I made a correction per Dick Morris’s comment, and toned down some of my adjectives to be more suitable outside of our private listserv. Dr. Bratton, of course we welcome dialog. In our Society for Participatory Medicine, part of our work is to...
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e-Patient Dave
| January 6, 2013
Addition Oct 2014: added link to the Reproducibility Initiative, now at validation.ScienceExchange.com Correction Monday morning: the project is called the Reproducibility Initiative, not Project. Also, note that we got a comment from co-founder Elizabeth Iorns...
By
e-Patient Dave
| April 17, 2012
Updates: The text below the video was added later on 4/17, and the graphic was added 4/18. For me the evidence highlight of TEDMED last week was a talk by Ben Goldacre MD (@BenGoldacre), a charming and articulate doctor who’s dug deeply into what seems to be...
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e-Patient Dave
| March 20, 2012
This is longer than it might be, because this point is essential. If this subject is familiar to you, skip to the heading “Today’s update.” As we said in December, an e-patient essential is sorting out what writings to trust, whether we find them...
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e-Patient Dave
| December 2, 2011
A prime benefit of individual membership ($30) in our Society for Participatory Medicine is the right to participate in our members-only listserv. It was pretty sleepy a year ago, but these days it’s a hotbed of juicy discussions. Here’s something that...
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e-Patient Dave
| June 23, 2011
e-Patients who want to collaborate with their physicians, and be responsible for their medical decisions, need to clearly understand what constitutes good evidence. It’s not always easy. Now Richard Smith, a 25 year editor of the British Medical Journal, has...
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