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 'deceptive'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 03:00:34 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3998987&cid=t_172753_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fdeceptive-health-websites-are-all-too-plentiful%2F2010.09.24 By Lisa Neal Gualtieri. (Her earlier much-commented post on this subject is here.) The Boston Globe reported this month on the sentencing of a former US Airways Express pilot, Stephen Sharp, “for selling a powdered drink mix over the Internet that he claimed was ‘100 percent’ effective in helping drug-using truck drivers, pilots, and train engineers pass federally mandated drug tests.” The ungrammatically-named “yourintheclear.com” no longer seems to exist. Mindful of ongoing debate by Gilles Frydman and others about indicators of health website credibility, I searched for other sites selling similar products (there is no shortage) and looked on sites like Craigslist where people post questions about how to pass drug tests and how to detoxify. Based on a quick perusal, I found ... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3998987 Fri, 24 Sep 2010 18:00:42 +0100 3998987 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3472052&cid=t_172753_151_f&fid=35818&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FRecoveryIsSexycom%2F%7E3%2FApw2DczIfiQ%2F Addictive Thinking, 2nd Edition Addictive thought is inherently self-deceptive, yet offers a superficial logic that can be misleading to the addict as well as to the addict’s family members. Abnormal thinking in addiction was originally recognized by members of Alcoholics Anonymous, who coined the term “stinking thinking.” Addictive thinking often appears rational, but only on a superficial level. Addicts, as well as their family members, are easily seduced by the attendant–and erroneous–reasoning process it can foster. In Addictive Thinking, author Abraham Twerski reveals how self-deceptive thought can undermine self-esteem and threaten the sobriety of a recovering individual. This timely revision of the original classic includes updated information and resea... Recovery Is Sexy.com blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3472052 Wed, 14 Apr 2010 04:01:09 +0100 3472052 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1593800&cid=t_172753_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2008%2F07%2F07%2Fsurprise-mental-health-parity-is-inexpensive%2F Massachusetts released a report late last week showing that full mental health parity legislation to bring the payment of mental health conditions in line with physical health conditions would add negligible costs. Historically, health insurers and businesses have discriminated against equal treatment of mental disorders because they could — the stigmatization of such concerns made it easy to suggest they shouldn’t receive equal treatment coverage. The new report blows away any remaining legitimate criticism of such legislation: The Department of Public Health evaluation - based on a review of past studies, an actuarial analysis, and interviews with Massachusetts insurers and providers - projected that the mental health parity legislation, which overwhelmingly passed the Hou... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1593800 Tue, 08 Jul 2008 02:31:42 +0100 1593800 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1286211&cid=t_172753_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2008%2F03%2F07%2Fneed-a-particular-survey-result-turn-to-nonprofits%2F Marketing surveys help companies and organizations better understand what’s important to the people who purchase (or may purchase) their product. I worked for a few years in marketing for a company, and during that time I learned a lot about how these surveys, when done right, could provide a company with some valuable insight into their product. But sometimes an organization’s press release about their own survey data will misconstrue their own findings. Why would an organization do that? Well, two answers spring to mind — sloppy reporting by the organizations’ PR people (which seems unlikely, given that is one of the primary purposes of these organizations), or selectively reporting the results that cast the sponsoring pharmaceutical company in the best light. ... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1286211 Fri, 07 Mar 2008 14:00:56 +0100 1286211