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Article: Discovering community: A young woman with migraine finds support online

Discussion in 'Other health news and research' started by Andy, Dec 4, 2017.

  1. Andy

    Andy Committee Member

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    <sarcasm> Doesn't she understand that this just reinforces her false illness beliefs???
    https://www.statnews.com/sponsor/20...ty-young-woman-migraine-finds-support-online/
     
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  2. TiredSam

    TiredSam Committee Member

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    The article ends with:

    I tried clicking on the link but 4 different browsers wouldn't open it because it's unsafe. I wanted to see if the Migraine Impact Assessment tool recommended any specific products, seeing as I noticed this at the top of the article:

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    Which I think means "this is an advert".

    Is this the second advert dressed up as a news article this evening, or am I becoming an old cynic?
     
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  3. Allele

    Allele Senior Member (Voting Rights)

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    Not to mention, how on earth is it newsworthy or even breathworthy that people are finding support online in 2017?
    "Woman Finds Adding Sugar To Tea Makes It Taste Sweeter".
     
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