Permanent Wisdom from the Health Memes Stream

The river of daily Health Memes contains many keepers, so I've started a section of permanent links that will grow to extra pages as the content develops. Here's the first batch. (Suggestions are welcome.)

PERMALINKS
Attention should be paid to such posts.

A 21st Century Plague? The Syndrome of Inappropriate Over-Confidence in Computing   Healthcare Renewal
A timely rant on rotten studies, clueless simulations, IT arrogance and the "cyber-industrial complex."

Consumer-Driven Healthcare  Dr. Wes
"What a crock of excrement."

Next Steps for Progressive Stem Cell Politics Center for Genetics & Society

Are We Finally Entering the Golden Age of Healthcare Transparency?  Wachter's World
A little sunshine goes a long way.

The impact of gene patents on the future of personal genomics  Genetic Future
Important topic: Companies own patents on specific genes for specific diseases. Good comment thread. "It's like patenting the stars."

My Genome, My Self  NY Times Magazine
Harvard psychologist Stephen Pinker's excellent review of the possibilities and limitations of consumer genetics.

Why Most Published Research Findings Are False  PLoS Med
"It ain’t what we don’t know that hurts us. It’s what we know that ain’t so.” -- not Mark Twain

The Chart Is Dead, Long Live The Chart  The Last Psychiatrist
If the chart is not shaped by the doctoring, the doctoring will be shaped by the chart.