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S1Ep8 Finding reliable medical information online
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Welcome to the eighth episode of Care Partner's Compass: Navigating CRC where I talk to medical librarian Carrie Price about how to find reliable medical information online.
I know I learned a lot from Carrie during this episode (including how awesome medical librarians are!), I hope that you do too.
Full transcription can be found on the website (http://carepartnerscompass.transistor.fm)
Host, producer/editor, and composer: Elsa Lankford
Guest: Carrie Price, Research Impact & Health Professions Librarian at Towson University
Kristine - here's to doing fun stuff - I love you ❤️
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Helpful links related to this episode:
- PubMed: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/
- MedlinePlus: https://medlineplus.gov/
- NCI: https://www.cancer.gov/
- To limit a google search:
fruquintinib site:.gov
(first result is sponsored but rest of results are .gov sites)
- Examples of patient health libraries at cancer centers:
- Google alerts - to get an email once a day, once a week, or as it happens with search results (I have Google alerts for clinical trials, pharmaceutical companies, etc. that I'm following
- (01:28) - Being bombarded with information, not knowing if it's trustworthy
- (02:34) - Why medical librarians are awesome
- (03:30) - Finding trustworthy and understandable information - Medline Plus and the NCI database
- (05:03) - MedLine Plus can be helpful to look up supplements too
- (05:41) - How to make Google be a little more predictable and trustworthy with its results
- (06:38) - Getting somebody more science-oriented onto your support team can be very helpful
- (08:02) - PubMed has a lot of articles, here's some tips on narrowing down the results
- (11:09) - How to be more sure about your article from PubMed
- (13:04) - Google Alerts can be helpful, but it can be more helpful if an article has been vetted and isn't sensationalist
- (14:00) - When the headline is too good to be true
- (15:33) - FDA drug approval database
- (16:38) - Larger cancer centers have helpful online patient health libraries
- (17:15) - The importance of looking up supplements (and asking the onc about them too)
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