Health Improvement Blog

...in one article. I felt the need to post since the same story was in my Sunday paper. This is my previous explanation of medical memes. The headline: "Experts: Good Hygiene Can Ward Off Flu" got my attention in light of the recent flu vaccine shortage. Unfortunately, the "experts" let me down again. Searching PubMed for the credentials of the experts quoted did not yield any publications

A reader pointed out a bad link from a previous post and suggested the improvement. Thank you. I think this from the lay press says it better than I could.

I wonder if this Private Sector Advocacy’s (PSA) online Health Plan Complaint Form from the American Medical Association (AMA) really works?

Or, if there is no evidence, then is it a guideline? The American Urological Association (AUA) released a "guideline" on premature ejaculation. At lease they are overt about it when they say:The mission of the committee was to develop recommendations, that are analysis-based or consensus-based, depending on panel processes and available data, for optimal clinical practices in the diagnosis and

I'm pretty busy with sick people so I have a high threshold for screening tests. Unless there is good outcomes data and the interventions are clear, I am wary of the "raise awareness" people. I'm sure they mean well but they don't see their favorite disease screening as displacing something more important. I have to leverage my time. This (Changing the Clinical Management of Hereditary