MedWorm provides a medical RSS filtering service. Over 6000 RSS medical sources are combined and output via different filters. This feed contains the latest medical blog items that have been tagged with 'anecdote'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:54:12 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5139649&cid=t_196517_87_f&fid=34765&url=http%3A%2F%2Fhcrenewal.blogspot.com%2F2011%2F08%2Ffrom-senior-clinician-down-under.html A poster who wishes to remain anonymous, a Senior Clinician in the state of Victoria, Australia, added this comment to my March 2011 post on 'anecdotes.' (That post was entitled "Australian ED EHR Study: An End to the Line "Your Evidence Is Anecdotal, Thus Worthless?".)He makes a critical point I think has gotten lost in the HIT domain (emphases mine): Anonymous August 15, 2011 9:26:00 PM EDT said... Anecdote and Medicine. We are actually talking about two different things here. 1. Anecdotal reporting of a new and potentially exciting finding in Medicine is NEVER a reason to widely implement a new treatment or procedure. It represents the lowest category of evidence in any systematic review In any orthodox system of medicine in the developed world a new intervention would not be r... Health Care Renewal blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5139649 Wed, 17 Aug 2011 22:25:00 +0100 5139649 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4902425&cid=t_196517_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fan-at-home-laser-hair-removal-system-that-works%2F2011.06.04 Without going into TOO much detail of how I know this… I have personally observed that the TRIA Laser Home Removal System does work after observing its use and its effects over a 6 month period of time. And before anybody asks… no… I was not paid to write this nor did I get a free one to try. Rather, someone I am close to bought it off Amazon.com and I was a skeptic on-looker. In any case, the caveat being that I know it works (admittedly anecdotal) as long as the hair is dark (ideally black or brown) on very light colored skin (ideally white). The way laser hair removal works is (more…) *This blog post was originally published at Fauquier ENT Blog* (Source: Better Health) Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4902425 Sat, 04 Jun 2011 18:00:00 +0100 4902425 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4670081&cid=t_196517_87_f&fid=34765&url=http%3A%2F%2Fhcrenewal.blogspot.com%2F2011%2F03%2Fthose-who-dismiss-heathcare-and-healht.html At my Sept. 2010 post "The Dangers of Critical Thinking in A Politicized, Irrational Culture" I wrote:... It's the EMR "anecdotalists" (as opposed to the "Markopolists") who say that "anecdotes" of HIT-related injury are meaningless. They deem reports of safety issues and HIT-related misadventures and risk as simply "anecdotal", and that "anecdotes don't make evidence" (or "anecdotes don't make data").For "anecdotes" of patient harm due to medical devices even from the most reliable of sources to be counted as "evidence" of device risk, apparently, the stories need to be blessed with Statistical Holy Water. The Holy Water must also be of a brand approved by the academic pundits.For me, this is no longer merely a professional debate. My elderly mother became one of those "anecdotes" in M... Health Care Renewal blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4670081 Sun, 27 Mar 2011 12:12:00 +0100 4670081 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4642550&cid=t_196517_87_f&fid=34765&url=http%3A%2F%2Fhcrenewal.blogspot.com%2F2011%2F03%2Fthose-who-dismiss-heathcare-and-healht.html At my Sept. 2010 post "The Dangers of Critical Thinking in A Politicized, Irrational Culture" I wrote:... It's the EMR "anecdotalists" (as opposed to the "Markopolists") who say that "anecdotes" of HIT-related injury are meaningless. They deem reports of safety issues and HIT-related misadventures and risk as simply "anecdotal", and that "anecdotes don't make evidence" (or "anecdotes don't make data").For "anecdotes" of patient harm due to medical devices even from the most reliable of sources to be counted as "evidence" of device risk, apparently, the stories need to be blessed with Statistical Holy Water. The Holy Water must also be of a brand approved by the academic pundits.For me, this is no longer merely a professional debate. My elderly mother became one of those "anecdotes" in M... Health Care Renewal blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4642550 Sun, 27 Mar 2011 12:12:00 +0100 4642550 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4560208&cid=t_196517_87_f&fid=34765&url=http%3A%2F%2Fhcrenewal.blogspot.com%2F2011%2F03%2Faustralian-ed-ehr-study-putting-lie-to.html In conclusion, the anecdotalist refrain of "your evidence is anecdotal" [therefore of little or no value] when used repetitively against competent observers is the refrain of eggheads, fools and gonifs.In healthcare, the end result is "your patient's dead."As at my Mar. 2011 post "Hospital: "While We're the Bee's Knees in IT, We Aren't Perfect And We Are Always Willing To Look In The [Smashed Up, Rear-View] Mirror", my "anecdotal mother" is sadly an example.As for myself, I am a Markopolist (see my Sept. 2010 post "Health IT: On Anecdotalism and Totalitarianism").-- SS (Source: Health Care Renewal) Health Care Renewal blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4560208 Mon, 07 Mar 2011 14:55:00 +0100 4560208 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4352733&cid=t_196517_97_f&fid=35606&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.theangriestpharmacist.com%2F2011%2F01%2F14%2Fcall-it-like-you-see-it%2F A few days ago, I stood before the candy. I was having trouble making a decision on what I desired -- 3 Musketeers? Kit-Kat? The new Hershey's Drops? When I had, quite possibly, the oddest exchange in the history of my time as a pharmacist. There I stood in awe of the sugary heaven before me, when a young mother, pushing a cart, walked down the aisle in which I was. A young girl, about 5-years old, stood in her cart staring at me. As they approached, the girl raised her hand and pointed one finger directly at me. In her best womanly accusatory tone, she exclaimed her one-word title for me, "PENIS!" Her mother immediately turned red and lowered the child's pointing finger with her hand. I, taken aback, wasn't sure how to take the comment. Assuming the young girl was merely sharing with the ... The Angriest Pharmacist blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4352733 Sat, 15 Jan 2011 05:00:26 +0100 4352733 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4060596&cid=t_196517_88_f&fid=38129&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Flifeinthefastlane%2FWZHV%2F%7E3%2F3HnRT2dRJig%2F Yes, that's right, a Life in the Fast Lane doctor seems to suggest that homeopathy might help a patient... Can it be true? (Source: Life in the Fast Lane) Life in the Fast Lane blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4060596 Wed, 13 Oct 2010 00:00:36 +0100 4060596 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2227167&cid=t_196517_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2009%2F03%2F01%2Fthe-disease-of-a-thousand-things-to-do%2F I have contracted an illness called “the disease of a-thousand-things-to-do.” That’s how author Abby Seixas describes it in her insightful book, “Finding the Deep River Within.” It’s a modern condition whereby human beings are always rushing, trying desperately to cross off every task on their to-do lists, and are bombarded by interruptions and information overload. Does this sound famililar? Consider these observations she makes to claim her case of what has become a very unbalanced and frenetic culture: The average working couple in America spends 20 minutes a day together. “Family time” has become a goal, an achievement, rather than a natural consequence of being a family. Most Americans are trapped in a vicious cycle of overwork and overconsumption. Dropping in on ... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2227167 Sun, 01 Mar 2009 20:20:42 +0100 2227167 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1689062&cid=t_196517_133_f&fid=35096&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAutismVox%2F%7E3%2FJzBXAL59iA8%2F We started our son Charlie on the gluten-free casein-free diet over nine years ago, when he was two years old. After several years of faithfully adhering to it, with the rationalization that “since Charlie can’t say how he feels when eats wheat and dairy, we’d best just keep him off them,” wheat (not dairy—-milk products remain to be avoided) is slowly reappearing in Charlie’s diet and it’s been no big deal. Especially after Jenny McCarthy made claims of seemingly miraculous improvements for her son Evan on the diet, people have been wondering, and debating, its effectiveness. The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston has begun one of the first double-blind, clinical studies to determine whether the gluten-free casein-free diet indee... Autism Vox blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1689062 Thu, 07 Aug 2008 23:35:43 +0100 1689062