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I grew up thinking that a research scientist was a natural thing to be - Stephen Hawking
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A New Dimension of Health Care: Systematic Review of the Uses, Benefits, and Limitations of Social Media for Health Communication
Social media is changing the nature and speed of health care interaction between individuals and health organizations. The general public, patients, and health professionals are using social media to communicate about health issues.
In the United States, 61% of adults search online and 39% use social media such as Facebook for health information. Social media adoption rates vary in Europe; for example, the percentage of German hospitals using social networks is in “single figures”, whereas approximately 45% of Norwegian and Swedish hospitals are using LinkedIn, and 22% of Norwegian hospitals use Facebook for health communication.
Recent UK statistics reported Facebook…
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Medical Researchers Look to Enlist Patients as Partners
Scientists say it’s crucial to make long-term connections with study participants if they want to get the data they need.
Why I Became a Scientist
Some of the world’s leading vaccine scientists share their inspirations, triumphs and challenges.
A surprising amount of medical research isn’t made public. That's dangerous
When the results of clinical trials aren’t made public, the consequences can be dangerous — and potentially deadly.
Are Scientists Doing Too Much Research?
It sounds almost absurd, but that could be one factor behind the so-called “reproducibility crisis”
Cancer Research Is Broken
There’s a replication crisis in biomedicine—and no one even knows how deep it runs.
Humans Run Experiments, a Robot Writes the Paper
The future of automated scientific writing is upon us—and that's a good thing.
Lies, Damned Lies, and Medical Science
Much of what medical researchers conclude in their studies is misleading, exaggerated, or flat-out wrong. So why are doctors—to a striking extent—still drawing upon misinformation in their everyday practice? Dr. John Ioannidis has spent his career challenging his peers by exposing their bad science.
Literature Searching, Reading, Organizing
My go-to search engines for finding scientific literature are Google Scholar and PubMed. You can search key words, titles, authors, year, narrow by article type (review, patent, clinical study, research article etc).
Scientists Have Conducted Decades of Research on Mislabeled Cell Lines
Since 1950, many cell lines used in research have been mislabeled as being from the wrong individual, tissue, or species.
Study: half of the studies you read about in the news are wrong
And yes, this could be one of them.
What Victor Frankenstein Got Wrong
A modern bioengineer explains how fiction and reality both demand open science.
Why a Lot of Important Research Is Not Being Done
Lawsuits have an intimidating effect on an already difficult enterprise.
A New Dimension of Health Care: Systematic Review of the Uses, Benefits, and Limitations of Social Media for Health Communication
Social media is changing the nature and speed of health care interaction between individuals and health organizations. The general public, patients, and health professionals are using social media to communicate about health issues.
Experiment
Microryza is an online crowdfunding platform for research, where donors learn and share discoveries through updates in real-time. It's simple: Microryza gives donors the ability to discover a great research idea, support it with a contribution, and learn by connecting directly with the researcher.
OpenMD
Search billions of documents from medical organizations, journals, and databases.
The 7 biggest problems facing science, according to 270 scientists
Science is in big trouble. Or so we’re told. In the past several years, many scientists have become afflicted with a serious case of doubt — doubt in the very institution of science.
theNNT
We are a group of physicians that have developed a framework and rating system to evaluate therapies based on their patient-important benefits and harms as well as a system to evaluate diagnostics by patient sign, symptom, lab test or study. We only use the highest quality, evidence-based studies (frequently, but not always Cochrane Reviews), and we accept no outside funding or advertisements.
BestBETs
BETs were developed in the Emergency Department of Manchester Royal Infirmary, UK, to provide rapid evidence-based answers to real-life clinical questions, using a systematic approach to reviewing the literature.
BioMed Central
BioMed Central is an independent publishing house committed to providing immediate open access to peer-reviewed biomedical research.
BMJ Research
Latest research.
CenterWatch
At CenterWatch, our mission is to be the leading source of clinical trials information for both clinical research professionals and patients. To support our mission, we offer several professional, educational and informative services and resources from news and analysis on the industry to trial listings seeking study volunteers. For more information, click on the links below under the appropriate category.
ClinicalResearch.com
Quintiles created ClinicalResearch.com to increase clinical research awareness, understanding and participation. Here you can find clinical research studies recruiting in your area and learn about advances in medical areas of interest to you.
ClinicalTrials.gov
ClinicalTrials.gov is a registry of federally and privately supported clinical trials conducted in the United States and around the world. ClinicalTrials.gov gives you information about a trial's purpose, who may participate, locations, and phone numbers for more details.
CTR
Clinical Trial Results Educational Lecture Series - Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics (TCT) Annual Meeting. This CME program covers late breaking clinical trials, hot topics in cardiology, and unique disease management discussions.
Horizon
The EU research and innovation magazine.
JournalWATCH
To help physicians and allied health professionals save time and stay informed by providing brief, clearly written, clinically focused perspectives on the medical developments that affect practice.
MedBio World
MedBioWorld is a premier online resource portal for professional medical and biotechnology information.
New Under the Sun Blog
The main goal of this blog is to bridge the gap between cutting-edge research by specialists and the public. As a scientist, my ideals compel me to share these novel insights in a way such that they are understandable and valuable to a general audience. Here you will be able to find information about what is new under the sun. Primarily, the content will focus on all things green: from pond scum to plants, energy, agriculture, conservation and sustainability. However, current events and other special interests may skew the content elsewhere.
Cochrane
Improving healthcare decision-making globally, through systematic reviews of the effects of healthcare interventions, published in The Cochrane Library.
Genamics
Genamics JournalSeek is the largest completely categorized database of freely available journal information available on the Internet. The database presently contains 93424 titles. Journal information includes the description, journal abbreviation, journal homepage link, subject category and ISSN.
MITLibraries
The mission of the MIT libraries is to create and sustain an intuitive, trusted information environment that enables learning and the advancement of knowledge at MIT.
National Library of Medicine
The Library collects materials in all areas of biomedicine and health care, as well as works on biomedical aspects of technology, the humanities, and the physical, life, and social sciences.
NIH
The Library collects materials in all areas of biomedicine and health care, as well as works on biomedical aspects of technology, the humanities, and the physical, life, and social sciences.
PubMed
PubMed is a service of the U.S. National Library of Medicine that includes over 17 million citations from MEDLINE and other life science journals for biomedical articles back to the 1950s. PubMed includes links to full text articles and other related resources.
ScienceDaily
Latest Health and Medicine News.
The University of Iowa Libraries
Find articles in scholarly journals and magazines with these databases and indexes.
UpToDate
UpToDate is a comprehensive evidence-based clinical information resource available to clinicians on the Web, desktop, and PDA. UpToDate is designed to get clinicians the concise, practical answers they need when they need them the most - at the point-of-care.
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Your Path to Meaningful Connections in the World of Health and Medicine
Connect, Collaborate, and Engage!
Coming Soon - Stitches, the innovative chat app from the creators of HWN. Join meaningful conversations on health and medical topics. Share text, images, and videos seamlessly. Connect directly within HWN's topic pages and articles.
