Bill Tancer is the general manager of global research at Hitwise and writes a column for Time.com called “Science of Search.” His recent column on “Restless Leg, Mumps and Other Maladies” addressed the effect of media attention to certain conditions & diseases. The column is a neat summary of a pattern we had noticed: The […]
cancer
Chemotherapy Fog Is No Longer Ignored as Illusion–Susannah Fox
April 29’s New York Times featured a story about breast cancer survivors who meet online to talk about “chemo brain” and how to cope with it: “Chemotherapy Fog Is No Longer Ignored as Illusion” (http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/29/health/29chemo.html?em&ex=1178164800&en=8ddebc22187bd826&ei=5087%0A). Here are some excerpts which reminded me of our ongoing discussions about e-patients: – “Until recently, oncologists would discount it, […]
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