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 'internet health'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:23:03 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4003256&cid=t_166567_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Ffriends-and-searching-for-health-information-online%2F2010.09.27 Turning to friends for online information is the hot topic within the Web world, and in Monday’s New York Times Technology and Business section, Jenna Wortham writes about how “Search Takes a Social Turn.” Online sites are taking notice of what people like. Web companies are trying to make searching online for information more useful by tapping into the inner thoughts of what people like: After a decade when search engines ruled supreme — tapping billions of Web pages to answer every conceivable query — many people now prefer getting their online information the old-fashioned way: by yakking across the fence. Turning to friends is the new rage in the Web world, extending far beyond established social networking sites and setting off a rush among Web companies looking for ways to... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4003256 Mon, 27 Sep 2010 16:00:06 +0100 4003256 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3786130&cid=t_166567_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fhow-reliable-is-health-information-on-the-web%2F2010.07.24 Recently some Science-Based Medicine (SBM) colleagues (David Gorski, Kimball Atwood, Harriet Hall, Rachel Dunlop) and I gave two workshops on how to find reliable health information on the Web. As part of my research for this talk I came across this recent and interesting study that I would like to expand upon further: Quality and Content of Internet-Based Information for Ten Common Orthopaedic Sports Medicine Diagnoses. The fact that the article focuses on orthopedic diagnoses is probably not relevant to the point of the article itself, which was to assess the accuracy of health information on the Web. They looked at 10 orthopedic diagnoses and searched on them using Google and Yahoo, and then chose the top results. They ultimately evaluated 154 different sites with multiple reviewers fo... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3786130 Sat, 24 Jul 2010 22:00:13 +0100 3786130 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2738036&cid=t_166567_165_f&fid=37959&url=http%3A%2F%2Fhealthskills.wordpress.com%2F2009%2F08%2F27%2Fdont-go-to-the-internet-to-get-good-information-about-chronic-pain%2F …it’s true, you know, the quality of the information about chronic pain found on the internet is poor – at least it was when this study was conducted (of course, that was before this blog got started!). ‘In December 2007, there were an estimated 1.3 billion Internet users worldwide with the usage growth increasing by 265% from 2000 to 2007′ – I don’t think that numbers will have decreased since then! Anyway, in this study, Corcoran and colleagues developed a scoring tool to measure the quality of the material they found when searching the internet using the terms ‘chronic pain’, and using the popular search engines like Google and Yahoo. Their scoring was developed from terms from the Health on the Net code, with some modification to im... HealthSkills Weblog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2738036 Wed, 26 Aug 2009 19:30:33 +0100 2738036 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2027171&cid=t_166567_87_f&fid=35060&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.healthnewsblog.com%2Fcgi-bin%2Fhnblog.pl%3Fhnblog%3D1205081 Everyone likes to search for information about their ailments online. There's always detailed information all kinds of diseases and conditions. There are also online communities filled with people dealing with similar ailments and illnesses. The BBC reports on a study that found some of this online research may feed health fears and breed a "generation of cyberchondriacs." The study surveyed 515 Microsoft employees about their health-related searching. The researchers found Web searches for common symptoms such as headache and chest pain were just as likely or more likely to lead people to pages describing serious conditions as benign ones, even though the serious illnesses are much more rare. Searching for "chest pain" or "muscle twitches" returned terrifying results with the same freq... HealthNewsBlog.com blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2027171 Sat, 06 Dec 2008 02:00:00 +0100 2027171 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1491960&cid=t_166567_86_f&fid=36669&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffadelibrary.wordpress.com%2F2008%2F06%2F04%2Fnew-location-for-rsm-journals-and-new-access-to-journal-of-integrated-care-pathways%2F RSM Journals have just got a whole lot easier to use, you can now find all of them on one page at http://www.rsmjournals.com. Key link to look for is the Sign In via User Name/Password which is where you type your Athens (you can get one here if you work for a PCT in the North West and view the Getting an NHS Athens Password Flash Video 2.21 min here) password to get access. Alternatively you can go straight to each journal’s individual archive: Annals of Clinical Biochemistry Clinical Ethics Clinical Risk He@lth Information on the Internet Health Services Management Research International Journal of STD & AIDS Journal of Health Services Research & Policy Journal of Integrated Care Pathways Journal of Medical Biography Journal of Medical Screening Journal of the Royal Soci... Fade Library blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1491960 Wed, 04 Jun 2008 11:09:59 +0100 1491960 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1323178&cid=t_166567_87_f&fid=35052&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FWomensBioethicsBlog%2F%7E3%2F257078125%2Fpatientslikeme-new-paradigm.html Interesting story in Sunday's NYT Magazine. It's about a new website, PatientsLikeMe.com, that goes beyond the usual online disease support groups to actual data collection. Currently offering... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] (Source: Women's Bioethics Blog) Women's Bioethics Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1323178 Mon, 24 Mar 2008 14:56:52 +0100 1323178 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1182717&cid=t_166567_113_f&fid=34636&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.rodspace.co.uk%2Fblog%2F2008%2F01%2Fhioti-toc.html (Source: Informaticopia) Informaticopia blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1182717 Mon, 28 Jan 2008 13:52:00 +0100 1182717 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1035008&cid=t_166567_105_f&fid=36673&url=http%3A%2F%2Fweb2097.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F11%2Fdigital-literacy-how-to-search-web.html W e are living in the era of information. Information is knowledge, and knowledge is power. But how to find what you look for? That is why it is important to learn and to develop "digital literacy skills". Nowadays it is so common to find patients who look for answers to their health problems before they go to their primary doctor. With the information accessible to any person from their computers, lot of people without access to the health care system will try to cure themselves. But what type of answers are people finding? I think we have to spread awareness about this fact in the health care community. And that is why we have to learn how to search for information on internet. This presentation was made by Patricia Anderson. I highly recommend it. At the end of the post you will find mo... Web 2.0 and Medicine blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1035008 Fri, 09 Nov 2007 16:21:00 +0100 1035008