The current COVID-19 pandemic has exerted an unprecedented impact across the globe. More than 29.4 million cases have been reported worldwide, including over 930,000 deaths.…
Clinical Trials: You Can’t Always Get What You Want
–Trial investigators have lost control of their trials’ messages. Editor’s Note: The following is a lightly edited version of a talk I presented (without slides!)…
Social Media And Medical Journals: The Streetlight Effect
–Another study tests the wrong approach to social media in medical publishing Here’s the main problem with a new study published in the Journal…
Another One Bites The Dust: On The Death Of A Social Media Site For Doctors
Like a certain late lamented parrot, CardioExchange is no more. It has ceased to be. The website was started by the New England Journal of Medicine and the Massachusetts…
Intent To Tweet And A Failure Of Communication
For more than 15 years I’ve been trying to figure out how physicians can get involved with social media without devolving into Beliebers. It’s not easy. I often joke that…
2012 In Review: Social Media In Cardiology
For a whole variety of reasons most cardiologists are not really comfortable diving into social media. For some reason they’re more comfortable remaining poolside, reading Braunwald or…
Scientific Statement Examines Role Of Social Media In Fighting Childhood Obesity
Social media may become an important weapon in the battle against childhood obesity, according to a new American Heart Association scientific statement published in Circulation. However, the statement…
YouTube, NEJM, Whitney Houston, and Alpha Male Monkeys
Take a close look at this screenshot from YouTube (click to expand): Jim Ware, the legendary New England Journal of Medicine biostatistician: 8 views. Jerome Kassirer,…