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Saying no to a re-tweet request, and whether Twitter as a legitimate news source

November 15, 2009

by Marya Zilberberg, MD, MPH
The other day I re-tweeted a tweet from someone whose Twitter activity I enjoy very much. I like where his links take me, and I appreciate the intellectual and emotional honesty of his own writing. The message I re-tweeted was about Gardasil, Merck’s HPV vaccine marketed in the US.
Diane [...]

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Thanksgiving Drive concludes, and KevinMD on your mobile phone

November 14, 2009

Thank you for making the first Thanksgiving Drive a success.
I have received 592  new Twitter followers and 200 new Facebook fans during the Drive. A total of $1,000 was donated to the United Way of Greater Nashua, which includes a generous contribution by Joan Allen.
I would like to thank Epocrates, for donating an [...]

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Does television make toddlers more aggressive?

November 13, 2009

Originally published in Insidermedicine
Both watching television and having a television on in the household are associated with a higher level of aggression in three-year-olds, according to research published in the latest issue of the Archives of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine.

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$1 for every new Twitter and Facebook follower, raising the Thanksgiving Drive stakes

November 9, 2009

Thank you all for participating in the Thanksgiving Drive.
As of today, there have been 400 new Twitter followers, and 130 new Facebook fans since November 1st.
I’m now raising the stakes.
The contribution will now be doubled, meaning $1 for every new Twitter and Facebook follower will be donated to the United Way of Greater Nashua. Including [...]

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Why is the American College of Rheumatology barring the media from adding CME?

November 9, 2009

by Robert Stern, MA, CCMEP
In our continuing saga with the American College of Rheumatology (ACR) and their oppressive media policies, one of our readers kindly forwarded a letter received by her from the president of the ACR who provides his justification for attempting to restrict MedPage Today’s access to their annual meeting.

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Everybody loses when physician conferences restrict medical news reporting

October 23, 2009

by Robert Stern, MA, CCMEP
Almost a decade ago, I had a simple idea — deliver fast, accurate medical news to clinicians in a format that was easily accessible, and turn that news into a “teachable moment.” Almost five years ago, that idea became reality with the launch of MedPage Today.
Monday through Friday (and if news [...]

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What if newspapers reported science the way they cover the World Series?

October 21, 2009

by Larry Husten, Ph.D.
October brings the Nobel Prize announcements and the World Series. No one will mistake media coverage of one for the other. Each Nobel Prize will get one article and 10 seconds on the evening news. A soft feature will quote the new Nobel recipient’s complete surprise at the 4 AM phone call.
By [...]

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How House, M.D. is affecting patients’ expectations of medical care

October 6, 2009

More patients are expecting doctors to be more like Gregory House, the fictional doctor of Fox’s House, M.D.
But when you consider how much unnecessary testing is already going on, can this be a good idea?
Well, no. But that doesn’t stop a handful of patients with rare diseases to implore that their doctors do [...]

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Why our health care system promotes disease maintenance

September 25, 2009

by Marya Zilberberg, MD, MPH
When I was growing up in the 1970s, news was different, and this is not just the everything-was-better-in-my-day nostalgia. News was about news. News was not sexy. What has changed? Robert Reich’s Supercapitalism, makes the answer obvious: competition.
Interestingly, according to economic theories, competition is good for the consumer – it drives [...]

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Medical bloggers at Blog World Expo, October 15th, 2009

September 7, 2009

I have been graciously invited to participate on a panel in the medical blogger track at Blog World Expo 2009, held in Las Vegas on Thursday, October 15th.
My panel, entitled, The State of the Health Blogosphere: We’ve Come A Long Way, Baby, will be moderated by Emergiblog’s Kim McAllister. I am honored to [...]

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Why do people cling to false health reform beliefs?

September 4, 2009

Blame motivated reasoning.
Newsweek’s Sharon Begley writes about the phenomenon, which goes a long way why the myth about “death panels” continues to persist in the health reform conversation. She cites the work of sociologist Steve Hoffman, who explains: “Rather than search rationally for information that either confirms or disconfirms a particular belief, people actually [...]

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Does being on the America’s Best Hospitals list affect patient outcomes?

September 4, 2009

by Charles Bankhead, Staff Writer, MedPage Today
A news magazine’s rankings of top-rated hospitals for heart failure care did not include many hospitals that performed at least as well as the ranked centers, according to a comparison of the magazine’s list and government data.
Hospitals that made the U.S. News & World Report list had a [...]

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H1N1 rap and a swine flu freestyle

September 3, 2009

Dr. John Clarke is the medical director of the Long Island Railroad and raps some sweet rhymes to H1N1.
“Hand sanatiza I advise ya get it why, it makes germs die when you rub and let it dry.”
Genius.

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Are network morning news shows an emerging public health threat?

August 28, 2009

Journalism professor Gary Schwitzer is the foremost health media watchdog, with his organization rigorously monitoring the health content of major media.
During the past year, he notes a disturbing trend. According to his analysis, the health segments on network television morning shows, “unquestioningly promote new drugs and new technologies, feed the ‘worried well’ by raising [...]

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How to make industry influence transparent in continuing medical education

August 25, 2009

by Larry Husten, Ph.D.
A recent hearing of the Senate Aging Committee on continuing medical education (CME) should scare anyone who might need to see a doctor in the next few years. But you don’t need to be a Washington policy wonk to discover that there’s a huge problem with CME.
Just walk into the lobby of [...]

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Submit a guest post on KevinMD and be heard

August 15, 2009

KevinMD is among the web’s most influential and well-read medical blogs, with almost 30,000 subscribers and 13,300 Twitter followers.
You can have the opportunity to reach this audience by submitting a guest opinion piece on anything related to health care.
Articles of about 500 words in length and free of grammatical and spelling errors are preferred. [...]

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