The journal Health Affairs reports on a study that finds Evidence That Consumers Are Skeptical About Evidence-Based Health Care. According to the abstract, We found many of these consumers’ beliefs, values, and knowledge to be at odds with what policy makers prescribe as evidence-based health care. Few consumers understood terms such as “medical evidence” or […]
Patients Don’t Believe the Evidence! What’s Wrong With Us? Read More »
I have been remiss… not posting for two months… and plead the fact that there just are not enough hours in the day! Of course, I’ve kept up with blog posts at About.com – all the commentary about healthcare reform, new hiccups in the system we patients must deal with and more. But yes, this,
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While Congress continues its monkey shines, American patients are continuing to get substandard, too-expensive healthcare, or no healthcare at all. We are getting sicker, and dying, because we can’t get decent care. However, if you think this post is going to be a call to action for Congress – think again. While I am a
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A couple of weeks ago I posted a flu vaccine commentary and poll after listening to Dr. Dean Edell on the radio. He was talking about people who refuse to get vaccinated. He made the comment that vaccines have been proven effective for decades, and he’s tired of trying to defend them. That if people
Conspiracy Theorists and Flu Vaccines – Pick Another Battle Please Read More »
In my life, I’ve given birth three times — to Becca, my older daughter, Ashley, my younger daughter — and now to my first book. Labor! ay! Let me tell you about my labor! The gestation period has taken years (please, no elephant jokes!) — but the baby was worth waiting for. You Bet Your
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My mother, Betty Louise (Stetson) Torrey, died this week. I’m sad, mourning our loss, and grieving, of course. But I also rejoice! Because more than a decade of Alzheimer’s disease had ravaged her brain, and her body, and she was not Mom for many, too many years. She is now free of that prison. I
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There’s so little I can say about swine flu that hasn’t already been said. And to that point, I’ve already said plenty! In fact, I’ve said it all on my About.com Guide to Patient Empowerment, so I figure it’s best just to give you a master list of all the articles I’ve written, by topic:
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Update on this post: AdvoConnection is launched! Patients are being helped, and patient advocates are ready to help you. Learn more at: www.AdvoConnection.com. ……………………………………… Hard at work we’ve been! And AdvoConnection, a dream of mine for several years, is getting ready to launch. Since beginning my advocacy work almost five years ago, and being highly
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