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This web link talks about the social media-powered, patient-driven Metastatic Breast Cancer Project that aims to speed cures.

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This resource is to complement your learning, and introduce you to other perspectives on the topics under discussion.

This resource is to complement your learning, and introduce you to other perspectives on the topics under discussion.

This resource is to complement your learning, and introduce you to other perspectives on the topics under discussion.

This resource is to complement your learning, and introduce you to other perspectives on the topics under discussion.

This newslink reports on Roz Ward, a cofounder of the Safe Schools program, controversial suspension by The University of La Trobe.

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This is a compilation of the latest social media statistics of consumer adoption and usage. Social networks are now so well established, that there are now a core 'top 5' social networks which doesn't change much from year-to-year. But, as we'll see in this post, the most popular social media sites vary a lot by level of usage in different countries and demographics. So understanding these differences in popularity of different social networks is really important when targeting specific audiences. When comparing the most popular social networks it's best to review them by active account usage, not just the number of user accounts.

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For clinical trial sites  there can be  a great deal of apprehension when using social media for the first time. We keep hearing about all the things that could go wrong, the risks to business and reputation, the ethical concerns, breaches of privacy and so on. As site managers we must be aware of all these things absolutely. We must acknowledge and respect each risk, although at the same time must not let fear of the risks stop us from ever trying or limit our recruitment options for instance.

Millions of people all over the world are constantly sharing an extremely wide range of fascinating, quirky, funny, irrelevant and important content all at once. Even scientists are no strangers to this trend. Social media has enabled them to communicate their research quickly and efficiently throughout each corner of the world. But which social media platforms are they using to communicate this research and how are they using them? One thing is clear: the range of social media platforms that scientists are using is relatively vast and dependent on discipline and sentiment. While the future of social media is unknown, a combination of educated speculation and persuasive fact points to the industry's continual growth and influence. Thus, is that not only are scientists utilizing social media to communicate their research, they must. The ability to communicate to the masses via social media is critical to the distribution of scientific information amongst professionals in the field and to the general population.

There is currently a lack of information about the uses, benefits, and limitations of social media for health communication among the general public, patients, and health professionals from primary research. This paper reviews the current published literature to identify the uses, benefits, and limitations of social media for health communication among the general public, patients, and health professionals, and identify current gaps in the literature to provide recommendations for future health communication research. The article concludes that social media brings a new dimension to health care as it offers a medium to be used by the public, patients, and health professionals to communicate about health issues with the possibility of potentially improving health outcomes. It is a powerful tool, which offers collaboration between users and is a social interaction mechanism for a range of individuals. Although there are several benefits to the use of social media for health communication, the information exchanged needs to be monitored for quality and reliability, and the users’ confidentiality and privacy need to be maintained.