Preparing for Life’s Mishaps
by Barbara Ficarra, RN, BSN, MPA
Having this card in your wallet could save your life in an ER
When Real Simple Magazine reporter Karen L. Smith contacted me for a story on emergency rooms, I was delighted to help out.  I think it’s important for readers to have the perspective from a [...]

Welcome to the redesigned Healthin30.com!
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Front and center you’ll find this blog, where we’ll bring you constantly updated news and information from medical experts. Because it’s a [...]

By Barbara Ficarra
Be Careful When Shoveling in a Winter Wonderland
While you were sleeping the snow began to fall.  Your alarm clock wakes you with the latest weather forecast.  “Accumulations of snow totaling 10 inches cover the roads, bitter temperatures of 15 degrees reach across the region and with the wind chill it feels like 2 [...]

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[Podcast from the live radio show is coming soon.]

Join me on Thursday, May 28, 2009 for a fascinating discussion with Dr. Kevin Soden, a medical journalist for over 20 years appearing on CBS, NBC and most recently on NBC’s Today Show. He now serves as the host for Healthline, [...]

By Dr. Kevin Soden

“You don’t stop laughing because you get old. You get old because you stop laughing.”  – Anonymous
There is a great deal of wisdom in that saying because we do need to learn to laugh at life especially in these very difficult times. At some instinctual level, the connection between humor and health [...]