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Where is their revenue from?

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It is advertised as a free service. It would be interesting to find out where does Medscape's revenue come from? Does Medscape sell sensitive private medical information to third parties? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 89.223.128.201 (talk) 16:14, 20 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

If this question has a bearing on anything, what is it? The set of possible answers includes only two possibilities. Each can be addressed, even without knowing the answer. So, what is the purpose of the question? Kernel.package (talk) 12:00, 5 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Their revenue is from explicit advertising, clearly marked on each page on which appears, and from Continuing Medical Education (CME) that attracts pharmaceutical company sponsors. A "Chinese wall" is maintained between sponsors of CME and authors of CME, if these are ethical people, which they seem to be. 69.86.155.132 (talk) 00:15, 24 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

"Mainstream media's" attention was irrelevant

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The purpose of the analysis was not to provide a comparison of the two. This point managed to escape the discussions. That it did escape the scrutiny of mainstream media is no surprise, though, since the overwhelming majority of medical journal articles is well beyond the ability of most writers in mainsteam media, to comprehend. This opinion is based on what I've read; nothing I've read outside of a medical journal but that pertains to a peer-reviewed journal article, is accurate and no article has ever reached an appropriate conclusion. It seems that media writers believe they can draw an epidemiological conclusion from a single study, whereas no author of a peer-reviewed journal article is capable of doing this. Kernel.package (talk) 11:54, 5 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

 Done: I went ahead and removed the offending sentence. Be bold! Tomásdearg92 (talk) 22:05, 6 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

You must be joking.

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"Medscape was birthed to solve a problem. The problem was that physicians were overwhelmed with information, but straining to access and focus on the knowledge that would actually improve patient care."

This appears to have been written by a drone in P.R. - totally and absolutely says nothing whatsoever. Now if you want interesting, it's the fact that they renamed to 98point6. Which they abandoned. But it's interesting to read how they came up with it, which was documented in a 1999 Slate article. It's been abandoned now, but then these guys went bankrupt. - Letsbefiends (talk) 11:20, 10 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

updated article

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i created a history section as well as a reception section, and added some more information to the article. let me know if you have any questions about my edits. thank you.GoGatorMeds (talk) 17:48, 11 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

References.

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I am working on finding some references to help develop the article. There is a dearth of secondary sources and they are made harder to find as searches tend to return primary. I am posting what I come across here. MrBill3 (talk) 07:25, 21 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

  • Gorski, David (7 August 2008). "Medscape quietly pulls a bad news article". Science-Based Medicine. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |deadurl= (help)
  • Glatter, Robert (17 June 2015). "Merck Manuals launches medical information website". Forbes. ...widely recognized medical websites such as WebMD and Medscape represent trusted sources of medical information... {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |deadurl= (help)
  • Azer, Samy A. (1 March 2015). "Is Wikipedia a reliable learning resource for medical students? Evaluating respiratory topics". Advances in Physiology Education. 39 (1): 5–14. doi:10.1152/advan.00110.2014. PMID 25727464.
  • "Fired med editor lands on net". Wired. 24 February 1999. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |deadurl= (help)
  • Khalifian, S; Markman, T; Sampognaro, P; Mitchell, S; Weeks, S; Dattilo, J (2013). "Medical Student Appraisal: Searching on smartphones". Applied Clinical Informatics. 4 (1): 53–60. doi:10.4338/ACI-2012-10-CR-0047. PMC 3644814. {{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter |displayauthors= ignored (|display-authors= suggested) (help)
  • Tomasulo, Patricia (2000). "Searching Medscape". Medical References Services Quarterly. 19 (3): 63–70. doi:10.1300/J115v19n03_05.
  • Wicklund, Eric (13 November 2015). "Medscape unveils Consult digital platform". Medical Practice Insider.

D-Dimer results

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I need to know if a 619 result is concerning 2603:7080:4D01:E0F5:DD76:BA97:FF3A:2E2A (talk) 23:00, 14 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

D diner results

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My results are 619 2603:7080:4D01:E0F5:DD76:BA97:FF3A:2E2A (talk) 23:04, 14 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]