Ebm, Cochrane & Sceptics

ben goldacre

Nerd cheerleader, Bad Science person, stats geek, research fellow in epidemiology, procrastinator. TED here: http://bit.ly/qUcrmf And email: ben@badscience.net
195,254 followers |

Bad Journalism

Reading the Daily Mail so you don't have to
47,641 followers |

NHS Choices

Online gateway to the National Health Service in England, providing health & lifestyle advice, find & compare GPs/ hospitals/dentists and leave your feedback
23,784 followers |

NICE

Official twitter feed of the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence
13,173 followers |

annabel bentley

doctor in london,likes beaches, patient-orientated evidence, informed decision making &health2.0 Blogs Onmedica.com, BMJ http://bit.ly/bwyoAx [personal tweets]
12,637 followers |

Cochrane Collab

The Cochrane Collaboration: Working together to provide the best evidence for health care
11,204 followers |

Jennifer Gunter

OB/GYN, writer, sex health expert, defender of evidence-based medicine. I wield the lasso of truth. Tweets are not medical advice. I speak for no one but me.
10,424 followers |

Evidence Matters

because science reporting and decision-making should be evidence-based. RTs do not always imply endorsement.
9,771 followers |

The Skeptic Magazine

The Skeptic: The UK’s only magazine taking a scientific look at pseudoscience and the paranormal.
8,856 followers |

Gary Schwitzer

Publisher, HealthNewsReview.org and Health News Watchdog blog.
7,649 followers |

Edzard Ernst

researcher,co-author'Trick or Treatment: alternative medicine on trial'+~40 other books; apparently i called HRH a snake-oil salesman+not sorry
5,711 followers |

ACP

Public Relations Dept. of the American College of Physicians (ACP), the largest medical specialty organization and second-largest physician group in the U.S.
5,615 followers |

Andy Lewis

The 80th most important twitterer in the Universe. Well, joint-80th with Jemima Khan.
5,578 followers |

Yoni Freedhoff, M.D.

Obesity medicine doc, Assistant Professor of Family Medicine, blogger, speaker, and author of as yet unnamed S&S Free Press book (on shelves Spring 2013).
4,954 followers |

ScienceBasedMed

Science-Based Medicine is a group blog exploring issues and controversies in the relationship between science and medicine
4,759 followers |

Liz Ditz

Dyslexia consultant, autism advocate, and blogger. @k_5remediation for dyslexia; see http://thinkingautismguide.blogspot.com/ for autism advocacy.
4,618 followers |

David Colquhoun

Pharmacologist and blogger. Likes stochastic processes, dislikes managerialism and quacks.
4,345 followers |

Wiley Health Medical

The source for health sciences/medical content: Oncology, Surgery, Rheumatology, Dentistry, Pathology, Dermatology, Nursing, Cardiology, EBM, Allied Hth & more.
4,113 followers |

EB Medicine

We publish Emergency Medicine Practice, Pediatric EM Practice, and the LLSA Study Guides - evidence-based CME journals for emergency clinicians
3,441 followers |

richard horton

Welcome to a permanent attack on the present
3,387 followers |

Orac

Orac is a (not so) humble pseudonymous surgeon/scientist with an ego just big enough to delude himself that someone might actually care about his miscellaneous
3,088 followers |

muir gray

3,021 followers |

fiona godlee

At the moment I'm editor of the BMJ and mother to two young children and am hoping my friends understand.
2,986 followers |

Gilles Frydman

ACOR Founder, Daily witness of the power of networked patients, Content Bots are my toys
2,846 followers |

UK-Skeptics

This Skepticism-UK twitterfeed is the random musings of skeptical minds. Please be informed & entertained. Tweets by Wendy Cousins & the quantum pixies .
2,657 followers |

The Gimpy Blog

Massive progressive.
2,520 followers |

carl heneghan

CEBM director, blogger, interest in evidence-base medicine and the truth behind health research findings.
2,493 followers |

badscienceblogs

update of all postings from badscienceblogs
2,486 followers |

Jo Brodie

(Job 1) Science Information Officer, Diabetes UK & (Job 2) Public Engagement Co-ordinator, @CHI_MED, EECS, QMUL. Views are my own etc. etc. :)
2,420 followers |

Skeptic Network

Let's make critical thinking easy (and fun).
2,336 followers |

Laika (Jacqueline)

Medical Librarian,scientist, mom, wife and human....
2,232 followers |

CMRO Medical Journal

MEDLINE-indexed medical journal for rapid publication of clinical evidence
2,121 followers |

Australian Skeptics

The offical Twitter of Australian Skeptics
1,992 followers |

Marya Zilberberg

Physician blogger, health services researcher, author of Between the Lines: Finding the truth in Medical Literature.
1,925 followers |

Richard Smith

Richard Smith. Makes words, soup, marmalade. porridge, and trouble. Was once editor of the BMJ. Started Tweeting when 56, now 59.
1,915 followers |

NHS Evidence ISC

The NHS Evidence - infections specialist collection at the Health Protection Agency (UK) Centre for Infections
1,839 followers |

BG Austin

HIT exec with a vision for meaningful use, background in EBM, goal to improve patient care. Husband and father making it happen every day for my family
1,739 followers |

Trish Groves

Deputy editor BMJ and editor-in-chief BMJ Open. Tweeting in a largely personal capacity though
1,669 followers |

margaretmccartney

evidence, medical professionalism, politics, screening, risk, ethics, NHS, general practice.
1,577 followers |

Blue Wode

Editor of an anti-quackery website.
1,485 followers |

Kevin Clauson

Academician focused on consumer health informatics and Web 2.0 from a pharmacy perspective; Director of CCHIR.com
1,409 followers |

Medicalskeptic

Searching for the devil in the details and the science in medicine
1,307 followers |

EvidenceUpdates

Alerts from premier clinical journals, pre-rated for quality and clinical relevance to support evidence-based clinical decisions.
1,289 followers |

Evidence Based Med

An RSS-driven feed of publications considering evidence-based medicine from across the web. I'm a bot so I can't follow you, but my curator @andrewspong might.
1,175 followers |

Carlos Cuello

My methods: science, technology & knowledge translation; my goals: equity & better health outcomes. I´m a lecturer in EBM, clinical research & paediatrics
1,175 followers |

Tracy Allison Altman

Opening up a big ol' can of evidence & explaining it in bite-size portions. I work @UglyResearch, designing technology that makes info easier to consume.
1,110 followers |

Alan Henness

1,071 followers |

@jdc325

Another idiot with a keyboard: I write about alt-med, media reporting and legal chill (among other things).
1,019 followers |

Jon Brassey

http://tilt.tripdatabase.com, www.tripdatabase.com & www.tripanswers.org
993 followers |

Euan Lawson

British doctor (GP) interested in the use and abuse of medical evidence, substance misuse and medical education. Writer, fell runner and beekeeper.
983 followers |

Marilyn Mann

securities lawyer, skeptic, breast cancer survivor, mother of daughter who has heterozygous familial hypercholesterolemia, blogger
863 followers |

Tracy Allison Altman

Making ugly information easier to consume. Founder of PepperSlice.com: Where people slice useful information into bite-size portions. (My blog: @EvidenceSoup)
842 followers |

Ray Moynihan

Journalist, author, academic researcher, teacher, would-be Salsa dancer and just published 'Sex, Lies & Pharmaceuticals'
815 followers |

James Butcher

Publisher, Open Access at Nature Publishing Group. Previously: Executive Editor, The Lancet; Editor, The Lancet Neurology. All views my own etc.
814 followers |

CCT Editorial

CCT manages the ISRCTN Register, an online free-to-view Clinical Trials Register of clinical trials worldwide. CCT is a sister company of BioMed Central.
806 followers |

Animal Evidence

Understanding Animal Research
756 followers |

Doug Salzwedel

Medical research librarian & Cochrane Hypertension Group Trials Search Coordinator living in the urban rainforest. Opinions are my own, save RTs, links, quotes.
749 followers |

NYCSkeptics

NYC Skeptics is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt nonprofit organization that promotes critical thinking, skeptical inquiry, and science education.
739 followers |

Ruben Roa

Family Doctor & Epidemiologist & Health Technology Assesment
725 followers |

JHU Better Evidence

Evidence-based education updates from Johns Hopkins University's School of Education
690 followers |

Peter Gill

MD/DPhil candidate @UniofOxford and @UAlberta. Interested in primary care, paediatrics, evidence-based medicine and global health. Co-founded @pedscases
666 followers |

Holford Watch

Concerned about the evidence base for nutritional interventions
637 followers |

Ben Toth

Information Manager NISCHR CRC
615 followers |

Chris Mavergames

information architect | web manager | Drupal user | semantic web & linked data enthusiast | librarian & info scientist | work for healthcare .org
562 followers |

James Lind Alliance

Bringing patients, carers and clinicians together to identify and prioritise the unanswered questions they want health research to address.
555 followers |

Bram Hengeveld

Nurse @liviozorg | Skeptic | Wannabe guitarist | Geek | Geriatrics & Palliative Care | Writing | Blogger
543 followers |

Alan Fricker

A London based NHS library person. Prone to having an opinion. Positive for the most part.
534 followers |

David Tovey

Editor in Chief The Cochrane Library
506 followers |

Gabriel Rada

Internal medicine, Cochrane, EBM, HPSR, KT, medical informatics, medical education and more
504 followers |

GIORDANO

Pediatrician and EBM promoter. Hospital Pediátrico de Sinaloa
478 followers |

Kat Werner

Diagnosed with Breast Cancer @ age 31, mom of 3, wife & cancer research advocate. My son has Aspergers & I am a STRONG believer in evidence based medicine.
457 followers |

CndCochraneCentre

Comunications Specialist; evidence-based medicine; all Canadians deserve best info to make health decisions
441 followers |

Leontien Kremer

Kinderarts AMC & Compassion | Childhood Cancer & CCSurvivors | Optimale Informatie & Zorg 3.0 | Cochrane Collaboration & Guidelines | Zeilen & M v 3 kanjers
420 followers |

Anne Littlewood

Qualified Librarian and Trials Search Co-ordinator at the Cochrane Collaboration's Oral Health Group
419 followers |

EM BLOGGER

The Blog for Emergency Medicine
405 followers |

Bianca Albers

Director @FECCopenhagen. Huge interest in #evidence-based approaches to social work & #implementation. Also tweeting for @GIC_purv_interm
364 followers |

Lorne Becker

Director Cochrane Collaboration Trading Company, retired academic, family physician
347 followers |

Cochrane PaPaS

Twitter for the Cochrane Pain, Palliative and Supportive Care Review Group.
254 followers |

Prim Care Companion

Prim Care Companion CNS Disord is an evidence-based, peer-reviewed medical journal about the treatment of neurologic and psychiatric disorders in primary care.
243 followers |

Paula Thomas

220 followers |

Danielle Worster

Interested in communicating health info & stats, project management, information appraisal, training/learning, psychology and...the Olympics!
198 followers |

David Rind

Academic primary care doctor; Medical editor; Volleyball player; Pilot; Dad
183 followers |

rebecca rees

Teaching/researching: the what, why, who & how of systematic reviews. Special interests: ethics, participation, food, obesity. Aim: work less & dance more...
153 followers |

Beatis

Blogging against alternative cancer treatments.
142 followers |

UK Cochrane Centre

Providing training and support to Cochrane entities and contributors to The Cochrane Collaboration
140 followers |

Emma Welsh

Managing editor of Cochrane Airways Group interested in science, evidence based medicine, pottery, sceptical and enlightening debates and the usual fun stuff.
135 followers |

Mary Ellen Schaafsma

Fortunate Executive Director of the Canadian Cochrane Centre, part of the independent global effort to synthesize the best health care research for all!
128 followers |

cschardt

121 followers |

Bryony Urquhart

Developing new evidence-based medicine resources at Wiley-Blackwell, working with Cochrane , Duodecim and others.
100 followers |

Scientific Evidence

Expert Witness/Legal Services/Law Vioxx Paxil
94 followers |

Ivan Solà

85 followers |

Ruth Stewart

researcher, traveller, refuge
82 followers |

Terry Klassen

Terry Klassen is a pediatric emergency physician who is focused on improving the quality and quantity of RCTs and systematic reviews in child health.
74 followers |

debibliotheker

Medical information specialist for the Childhood Cancer Group of the Cochrane Collaboration. Searching Pubmed, Embase, Cochrane Library for evidence
66 followers |

Jos Verbeek

I want to know what works in Occupational Safety and Health / Health and Safety at Work
65 followers |

Colin and Nico

Blue-Genes.net is our blog: we're interested in the latest science stories and the fight for improved scientific communication
60 followers |

Martin Offringa

Martin Offringa is a neonatologist who is focused on improving the quality and quantity of clinical research in child health.
38 followers |

Catherine Voutier

Clinical librarian @ Melbourne Health and Chair - HTAi Information Resources Group. Avid reader doing the 1001 Read B4 You Die Challenge!
20 followers |

Curated by Laika (Jacqueline)

98
people
18
followers
0
recs
EBM, SBM, sceptics and anti-quack people worth following

Recommend someone for this list

Who:
Why:
30 characters left