Medical Information - why it can be hard to work out what's reliable and what isn't

How we access medical information and where it comes from is all important. It has changed hugely in the last 50 years and in this episode I look at how and why that has happened and also the future.

Change in news sources: https://pressgazette.co.uk/media-audience-and-business-data/most-popular-news-sources-uk-tiktok-ofcom-news-consumption-survey/

Cochrane: https://www.cochrane.org/

Medline (electronic library): https://medlineplus.gov/

Dipex: https://dipexcharity.org/about-us/

Electronic records: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5171496/

Medical knowledge doubles every 73 days: https://www.nature.com/articles/s43856-021-00003-5

YouTube Health: https://health.youtube/

Prof Kausik Ray’s meta-analysis (a study of studies): https://bjcardio.co.uk/2012/03/aspirin-in-primary-prevention-new-meta-analysis/

Statins - one view: https://www.bmj.com/content/348/bmj.g3458/rr/761453

Reliable health info sources (in my opinion):

https://www.healthline.com/

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