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 'cyberspace'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 03:01:35 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4445802&cid=t_193712_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fcan-your-avatar-affect-the-way-you-live%2F2011.02.07 If you own a Nintendo Wii, have played World of Warcraft, or seen James Cameron’s cinematic spectacle, then you probably know what an avatar is. And because an avatar is simply a representation of yourself that you design, your avatar’s attributes could be as similar or different to you as you wish. [This editor's avatar is 6' 8", has six-pack abs, wears only fine European clothing, and has the voice of YouTube sensation Ted Williams.] Do online avatars have any influence on their real-world counterparts? Researchers at the new Virtual Human Interaction Lab (VHIL) at Stanford University think so. According to VHIL, while avatars tend to be idealized versions of their users, evidence has suggested one’s virtual avatar does indeed influence a person. In one experiment, a fe... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4445802 Mon, 07 Feb 2011 20:00:16 +0100 4445802 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3563964&cid=t_193712_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fthe-value-of-social-media-for-patients-doctors-and-nurses%2F2010.05.13 A patient apologized to me for asking so many questions. “There’s no need to apologize,” I said to the patient, “It’s wonderful that you have so many questions concerning your healthcare.” I mentioned to her that she is an “empowered and engaged patient,” and that’s a good thing. It’s no secret that health consumers are turning to the Internet for health information. In a recent article from MediaPost News, Gavin O’Malley writes that, according to new a study by Epsilon Strategic & Analytic Consulting Group, “40% of online consumers use social media for health information — reading or posting content — while the frequency of engagement varies widely. According to the study, individuals who use healthcare social media fall into two br... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3563964 Thu, 13 May 2010 16:00:53 +0100 3563964 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3542600&cid=t_193712_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fthe-economics-of-medical-jargon%2F2010.05.07 Many of the peculiar terms and phrases we’ve learned in medicine have found a new use in cyberspace, as titles of websites (consider 10 out of 10, The Central Line, or this blog — and that’s just emergency medicine sites). But that’s the virtual world — what about the real world? I [recently] saw a couple of products that make me think medical parlance could sell physical products. (more…) *This blog post was originally published at Blogborygmi* (Source: Better Health) Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3542600 Fri, 07 May 2010 14:00:00 +0100 3542600 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2556081&cid=t_193712_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2F_9nO-FoxdPk%2F Last week, I had the opportunity to testify before the House Science Committee’s Subcommittee on Technology and Innovation on the topic of “cybersecurity.” I have been reluctant to opine on it because of its complexity, but I did issue a short piece a few months ago arguing against government-run cybersecurity. That piece was cited prominently in the White House’s “Cyberspace Policy Review” and — blamo! — I’m a cybersecurity expert. Not really — but I have been forming some opinions at a high level of generality that are worth making available. They can be found in my testimony, but I’ll summarize them briefly here. First, “cybersecurity” is a term so broad as to be meaningless. Yes, we are constructing a new “space” analogo... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2556081 Tue, 30 Jun 2009 12:48:59 +0100 2556081 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2469446&cid=t_193712_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FKbOsfE3_zJQ%2F National Journal’s “Expert Blog” on National Security asked me late last week to comment on the question, “How Can Cyberspace Be Defended?” My comment and others went up yesterday. My response was a fun jaunt through issues on which there are no experts. But the highlight is the response I drew out of Michael Jackson, the former #2 man at the Department of Homeland Security. It does little to promote serious discourse about the truly grave topic of cyber security threats to begin by ridiculing DHS and DOD as “grasping for power” or to suggest that President Obama has somehow been duped into basing his sensible cyber strategy on “a lame and corny threat model called ‘weapons of mass disruption.’” It shows ignorance of the fac... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2469446 Tue, 09 Jun 2009 12:37:45 +0100 2469446 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2386822&cid=t_193712_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FYhi6yWYuuqY%2F Code and Other Laws of Cyberspace, Lawrence Lessig’s seminal work on Internet law, turns ten this year. To mark the occasion, Cato Unbound has invited a distinguished panel of Internet law experts to discuss the book’s enduring significance: What did it get right? What did it get wrong? And where do we go from here? Joining us will be Adam Thierer, Jonathan Zittrain, and Lawrence Lessig himself. The lead essay, up this morning, is by Declan McCullagh. Readers of Code will recall that McCullagh was called out by name in the book’s final chapter, and his “do-nothing” cyberlibertarian views were criticized at length. Ten years later, is it time to reconsider? Join us and find out. (Source: Cato-at-liberty) Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2386822 Mon, 04 May 2009 15:21:03 +0100 2386822 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1709163&cid=t_193712_87_f&fid=34935&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmedicine.com.my%2Fwp%2F%3Fp%3D4088 (via Kevin MD) Related post: Doctors in Cyberspace (Video non-parody) a Doctors in Cyberspace (Video, parody) (Source: Malaysian Medical Resources) Malaysian Medical Resources blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1709163 Thu, 14 Aug 2008 04:00:00 +0100 1709163