S1Ep8 Finding reliable medical information online

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 LankfordGuest: Carrie Price, Research Impact & Health Professions Librarian at Towson UniversityKristine - here's to doing fun stuff - I love you ❤️Please remember to share, subscribe, like, and rate the podcast.Helpful links related to this episode:PubMed: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/MedlinePlus: https://medlineplus.gov/NCI: https://www.cancer.gov/To limit a google search:fruquintinib site:.gov(first result is sponsored but rest of results are .gov sites)Examples of patient health libraries at cancer centers:Mayo: https://monument.health/mayo-clinic-health-information-library/Johns Hopkins: https://johnshopkinshealthcare.staywellsolutionsonline.com/MSK (Memorial Sloan Kettering): https://www.mskcc.org/cancer-care/diagnosis-treatment/symptom-management/integrative-medicine/herbsGoogle 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)