Medscape.... reliable source of information or spam magnet? Need to know before I

[2on2u]

get myself in a jam again.

[maddezmom]

1. are they selling something?

if so, it's probably a commercial advertising site and would be considered spam.

[2on2u]

5. Well, here's the thing.... this text shows promising results for mild alzheimer's patients.....

and overseas and elsewhere this would be applied by prescription and paid for by the NHS. Here however it would probably not be covered due to various warring factions. I didn't find any links on this page for products, no ads, no commercial doo doos. I am being very cautious here since I already have one foot in the grave so to speak (Here I mean).... juries and all, sometimes it seems like all you have to do is show up.

I don't see anything for sale here....

http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/767960
New Management Approach?

Developed by researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, in Boston, Souvenaid is a medical nutrition test product designed to support synapse formation.

"It is medical nutrition, and we think it may offer a new approach — a dietary management approach, if you like — for people with very early AD," Dr. Scheltens told reporters attending a press briefing.

Synapse loss, he said, is an early event in the AD process. By providing the nutritional precursors and cofactors for synapse formation, researchers hope to support the formation and function of synapses.


I don't see anything for sale here.... but tell me asap if you feel this is inappropriate and I can self delete immediately.

http://blogs.vancouversun.com/2012/07/19/the-souvenaid-memory-drink-what-alzheimers-experts-say-about-the-m-i-t-patented-elixir/

"We need to aim for treatments that are financially acceptable and which carry minimal risk. I really believe we should put most of the research focus on prevention.

[maddezmom]

6. from the others on this thread looks like medscape is fine but I'm not a member so I can't

see the article. The Vancouver Sun's link looks fine to me. Probably would be a good post for the health group.

[MineralMan]

2. Medscape.com is a legitimate health information site.

No quackery there.

[MindMover]

3. I use it all the time ... very good site that you have to be a member ...

[2on2u]

7. I just became a member for the low low cost of approximately 2300 pixels.

[mom2threegirls]

4. Been using it for years...

I'm a doctor and started using Medscape many years ago when they offered physicians free email accounts (physicians on line)...before gmail or yahoo had their email service! They are very reliable and have good, scientific based information.

[Warpy]

8. I've been a member there for 15 years

and it's my go to site for both abstracts and full articles on ongoing research in areas that interest me as a retired nurse and present gimp.

I've never seen any evidence of spam in the professional membership stuff.

Just be aware it's chockablock full of Medicalese. Civilians would do best to approach it cautiously and with medical dictionaries in their laps.

[MADem]

9. This thread is better suited to META, not GD.

FWIW I think if you stick to putting medical crap in the health forum, with disclaimers if something commercial is on offer that you're not benefitting from it and simply curious about the efficacy, you'd be on firmer ground.

I'd suggest you repost in META and shut this thing down.

[SidDithers]

10. Why don't you just put your health stuff in the Health Group?...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=forum&id=1142

Sid