Anecdotal evidence in science is a controversial topic because data points are gathered in an ad hoc manner, and so they are difficult to combine into a proper study that points to definitive conclusions. Yet lots of useful information has been gathered this way over the centuries, and Sean Ahrens, someone we covered before, and who suffers from Crohn’s disease, founded Crohnology.com to help search for clues for this condition from a crowd of dispersed Crohn’s patients.
Here’s a video from Stanford Medicine X, an upcoming conference, introducing Sean and his concept:
Crohnology blog: Believing in the Patient Revolution…
Flashback: Sean Ahrens at FutureMed: How Crohnology Is Fueling the Patient Revolution…