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Low-Tech Models of Participatory Medicine: The Astounding Results of Group Prenatal Care
A signal moment in the history of this blog was the arrival in late summer of a new ally, the birthing movement, represented by Amy Romano, the blogger at Science and Sensibility, the Lamaze International blog. Amy gets it: participatory medicine is not just about the internet – it’s about being empowered and engaged. Her [...]
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e-Patients Discover Unrecognized Side Effects
Detecting drug complications is too important to leave to doctors or FDA administrators. We have learned the hard way that randomized controlled trials (RCTs) don’t detect all the adverse drug effects that may be important. Far too often, serious side effects brought on by popular drugs can go unrecognized for years. A recent review in [...]
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