Chomsky: 'I Don't Look at Twitter Because It Doesn't Tell Me Anything'

From www.huffingtonpost.com - Today, 12:30 PM

Three decades ago, Prof. Noam Chomsky, who is seen by some as the most brilliant and courageous intellectual alive and by others as an anti-U.S. conspiracy theorist, penned his powerful critique of the Western corporate media in his seminal book "Manufacturing Consent," with co-author Edward S. Herman. The book had a profound impact on my perception of the mainstream media in my teenage years, and was crucial in some ways to my decision to start Byline with my co-founder Daniel Tudor. By cutting out the advertiser and political bias of the proprietor, we believed that crowdfunding had the potential to democratize the media landscape and support independent journalism.

Ossessionati da Twitter, la satira di @Stromae

From www.youtube.com - Today, 12:29 PM

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Twitter makes me a better doctor: 4 reasons why I use Twitter

From www.kevinmd.com - Today, 12:29 PM

I continue to hear doubts echoing from my fellow medical students, residents, and attendings, particularly about the use of Twitter.
Many of them ask how using Twitter has benefited me, and my answer almost always makes them stop and think.My life has been enriched by the network of intelligent and forward-thinking people I have connected with on Twitter–many of them medical students, doctors, nurses, pharmacists, or other professionals who have made the leap into social media.

Illuminiamo la Salute su “Etica, trasparenza e legalità nelle Aziende Sanitarie” FIASO Roma, 10-11 giugno 2015

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Giovani CambiaMenti - Segnalato da Giulia Cencetti

From www.facebook.com - Today, 12:25 PM

Le nostre parole d’ordine sono: libertà, consapevolezza, salute, benessere, sobrietà, amicizia e condivisione!Siamo un gruppo di ragazzi che hanno deciso di impegnarsi in prima linea per migliorare il proprio futuro!
Abbiamo piccole esperienze maturate in questo campo attraverso l'AICAT (Associazione Italiana dei Club Alcologici Territoriali) e vogliamo costruire una rete su scala nazionale che ci permetta di dialogare con i nostri coetanei sui temi della salute, quindi dell’adozione si stili di vita sani, sulle abitudini erroneamente ritenute non pericolose e sulla capacità di migliorare il nostro benessere, attraverso scelte consapevoli. Una rete che possa anche favorire lo scambio di esperienze già maturate nel campo della peer education a livello territoriale e che possa favorire alla costruzione di una rete giovanile tra le associazioni che si occupano di queste tematiche.

Evidence based medicine: a movement in crisis? | BMJ

From www.bmj.com - Today, 12:24 PM

Distortion of the evidence based brandThe first problem is that the evidence based “quality mark” has been misappropriated and distorted by vested interests. In particular, the drug and medical devices industries increasingly set the research agenda. They define what counts as disease (for example, female sexual arousal disorder, treatable with sildenafil16 and male baldness, treatable with finasteride17) and predisease “risk states” (such as low bone density, treatable with alendronate).18 They also decide which tests and treatments will be compared in empirical studies and choose (often surrogate) outcome measures for establishing “efficacy.”19Furthermore, by overpowering trials to ensure that small differences will be statistically significant, setting inclusion criteria to select those most likely to respond to treatment, manipulating the dose of both intervention and control drugs, using surrogate endpoints, and selectively publishing positive studies, industry may manage to publish its outputs as “unbiased” studies in leading peer reviewed journals.20

Le migliori APP per "Starbene" selezionate da Luca Conti. Un progetto innovativo di Annalisa Monfreda per promuovere la salute.

From www.scoop.it - Today, 12:30 PM

Ne parliamo a Milano il 16 giugno: ITALIAN DIGITAL HEALTH SUMMIT 2015 Mobile Health and Wearable Devices

From www.aboutpharma.com - Today, 12:29 PM

Quali opportunità per clinici, pazienti, istituzioni e industria? Milano, 16 giugnoIl convegno di quest’anno, incentrato su mobile health & wearable devices, vuole esplorare le opportunità di diffusione di queste tecnologie in ambito sanitario, analizzandone: le possibilità di applicazione, il valore in termini di empowerment e qualità della vita dei pazienti, gli impatti in termini di contenimento della spesa sanitaria, le ripercussioni per una migliore gestione dell’assistenza domiciliare, gli sviluppi possibili a livello industriale.

Social Media Week Rome - eHealth 2.0: How Social Media is Transforming Patient Communications

From socialmediaweek.org - Today, 12:28 PM

Ormai l’utilizzo delle tecnologie dell’informazione e della comunicazione per migliorare servizi e processi nel settore healthcare sta diventando un asset dell’assistenza sanitaria anche in Italia.
I social media diventano uno strumento “necessario” per favorire un dialogo tra pazienti affetti da una stessa patologia, tra pazienti e medici e operatori healthcare.
Durante questo evento saranno discussi tutti i vantaggi e le opportunità offerte dall’utilizzo di strumenti e tecnologie social, sia per i protagonisti del Sistema Sanitario che per l’utente finale di tale sistema, ovvero il paziente.

Health System’s transformation as a consequence of neoliberal globalization. Gavino Macciocco - Sistema Salute

From www.scoop.it - Today, 12:26 PM

HIV in the Internet Age | The Scientist Magazine®

From www.the-scientist.com - Today, 12:25 PM

Social networking sites may facilitate the spread of sexually transmitted disease, but these sites also serve as effective education and prevention tools. So has social media helped or hurt the HIV community? According to Simon Rosser, director of the HIV/STI Intervention and Prevention Studies (HIPS) Program at the University of Minnesota School of Public Health, that’s the wrong question to ask. “Something as complex as new technology and media, it’s like asking the question, ‘Is the Internet good or bad?’ It’s just too simplistic a question when framed that way,” says Rosser. On the other hand, “asking what are the effects of the Internet, how is it changing society, and what are the benefits and risks inherent in it is very, very helpful, even critical.”