Day: January 30, 2012

Thank goodness TV’s not all bad

Aaron Carroll January 30, 2012

As a major consumer of television and computers, I’m constantly dismayed at how every single study seems to find that their use is linked to

Scholars seek new ways to track impact

Don Taylor January 30, 2012

The Chronicle of Higher Education had a piece yesterday on the emerging field (movement?) of altmetrics, or alternative means of measuring the impact of research

Lake Woebegon: Overuse, underuse, and misuse of health care

Austin Frakt January 30, 2012

The US suffers from overuse, underuse, and misuse of health care. Deborah Korenstein and colleagues expressed the problems well in a recent article in the Archives

Day: January 30, 2012

Thank goodness TV’s not all bad

Scholars seek new ways to track impact

Lake Woebegon: Overuse, underuse, and misuse of health care

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