Wish I had a nickel for each of the emails I’ve received from people who have followed this blog of mine…. Where have I been? It’s a fair question. It’s been months since I’ve blogged here… because, well, I’ve been doing my Willie Nelson thang… on the road again…. See all those stars on the
Where’ve You Been Trisha? Read More »
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 »
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 »
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:
H1N1 Swine Flu Rears It’s Ugly Head – Time for Help and Truth Read More »
Have you ever been frustrated trying to get copies of your medical test results? It may be because there is an existing law that says you can only get them from the doctor or other provider who ordered them for you. That law is yet another example of how patients are excluded from being allowed
Quick Action Needed! To Get Your Medical Test Results… Read More »
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
AdvoConnection Gets Ready to Launch – Outreach to Patients Read More »
I’ll begin this post by saying that I understand the basics — that many parents of children with autism believe that autism was brought on by vaccines. And that scientific research has over and over again proven that link does not exist. Then I watched the Dateline / Matt Lauer interviews and exposé, A Dose
Autism and MMR Link, Parents Fooled, Follow the Money, Then LISTEN Read More »
