Blog Posts on evidence based medicine

Research Headache by Qi Spot on Feb 22, 2012Greetings all! I know it’s been a while since I’ve blogged, so here we go – merry christmas, happy hanukah, happy new year, happy chinese new year happy valentine’s day yada yada been there done that. What I wish to write abou...

Evidence Based Medicine: Even Modest Alcohol Use Increases Breast Cancer Risk by Flight of Ideas on Nov 22, 2011Most of my emails from Medscape go into my archive unread, but certain words catch my attention. Like chocolate (which BTW is good for you), and softdrinks (which apparently cause violent behavior in children), and now alcohol, which according to the...

Evidence Based Medicine: Eat More Chocolate. by Flight of Ideas on Sep 19, 2011Early morning blog entry. I just read my first email of the day and it's from Medscape. Haha. Usually, the articles are about stress in the hospital and stuff like such which I already KNOW hello so the it usually goes through my auto-ignore routine:...

EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE NURSING by Thinking Made Easy on Jun 12, 2011EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE NURSING Scientifically speaking, Evidence-Based Practice (EBP) in nursing refers to the standard use of mental and behavioral health involvement on the patient’s specific health problems. There are areas of medical practice...

Evidence Base Care Plan Essay on Cardioversion by Thinking Made Easy on May 23, 2011Cardioversion People often refer to the heart as if it were the seat of certain strong emotions. A person who is very determined is described as a person who has ‘a lot of heart’ and the person who’s been disappointed romantically is called as...

Defining Placebo: the Saint Jude Thaddeus of Medical Terminology by Qi Spot on Feb 15, 2011After reading an article by one Andy Ho, I am appalled at how many people don't understand placebo effect.

Mainstream Medical Journals say Acupuncture Works; Skeptics Irritated. by Qi Spot on Sep 5, 2010The title says it all.

The Sour Dating Game by Qi Spot on Aug 22, 2010Further comments on Suan Zao Ren Tang...

It’s Nice to Be Noticed by Qi Spot on Aug 17, 2010Granted, I haven’t been posting as frequently since coming back from China (more on my busy 2nd week of August later), but I am glad that my humble little nook in cyberspace is being noticed. 30 Best Blogs to Learn More About Acupuncture/ was a...

“No Approved Therapeutic Claims” – Food “Supplements” vs Medicine by Qi Spot on Jun 19, 2010Phil shares his opinions and reflections on food vs medicine.