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#TweetRegret?

Docnotes

In ~ 2004 there was a platform called blogger , created by Evan Williams. It’s also an easy way to say something – or imply something – that you didn’t quite mean, or didn’t get to explain deeply enough. Blogs are better. This post is about why I should have blogged instead of tweeted. This was a new idea.

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Early warning signs of a mental health tsunami: A coordinated response to gather initial data insights from digital services providers

Lloyd Price

As governments attempt to contain the virus, we must mitigate the mental health impact of the pandemic and economic crisis, especially given that pre-COVID-19 predictions already indicated that by 2030 depression will be the leading cause of disease burden globally [1].

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A Matter of Trust, Perception, Risk, and Uncertainty – The Big Issues Raised by the Acquisition of PatientsLikeMe and Other Patient Data Transactions

Health Populi

First, some of the backstory: PLM was way ahead of its time, recognizing the power of peer-to-peer connections and the importance of data as currency long before many others in health care figured that out. Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs is right on target here – if one is facing death or grave disability, the other risks fade to the back.

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Where Democrats and Republicans Agree on Health Care Policies – From Medicare and Prescription Drugs to Gun Safety

Health Populi

Surprisingly, there are many health policies on which Democrats and Republicans concur, as found in a series of YouGov polls conducted in May 2024. YouGov fielded the health policies poll in five waves online, each among roughly 1,100 U.S. adults in May 2004. In a super-divided electorate like the U.S.

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Measuring Progress for Life Sciences: Trust, Patient Access, and Prevention at a Fork in the Road of Public Health

Health Populi

The metric illustrated here in the fourth chart from the report shows us that childhood vaccination rates continued to decline in the 2023-24 school year, discussed in a Kaiser Family Foundation report published in November 2004.