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
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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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