by Juhan Sonin | Apr 26, 2011
When confronted with a shockingly high number during a routine cholesterol check at work, the author realized that he knew nothing about his own health metrics. The experience led him to develop a tool called HealthCard to address the questions, “How do I become...
by Peter Frishauf | Aug 9, 2010
In medicine, evidence separates modern scientific treatment from folk art. Medical evidence is acquired through observation, experimentation, and information sharing in scientific peer-reviewed journals. When new treatments are used, millions of patients around the...
by Peter Frishauf | Jan 15, 2010
Can we trust traditional peer review? If it’s broken, how might we fix it? These questions are put to a panel of experts in this Journal of Participatory Medicine podcast. The spirited discussion accompanies 2 articles on the subject in JPM’s inaugural issue: ...