By Barbara Ficarra, RN, BSN, MPA

Part 1 in a series on the e-patient, participatory medicine and health 2.0

There’s no question that today’s patients are savvy.  Today’s patients are e-patients. Surrounded by technology, researching health information on the Internet has never been easier.  Patients are engaging in communities and social networking sites and the exchange of [...]

Guest Blog by Kevin Soden, MD

In a recent article on CNN Frustration looms as H1N1 vaccines run out by Elizabeth Landau, she writes:
“The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced last week that production of the vaccine is slower than expected. While the CDC had hoped for 40 million doses by the end of [...]

By Barbara Ficarra, RN, BSN, MPA

The next time you head down the food aisle, check out the front food labels.
The front of food labels or front-of-packages (FOP) are misleading and often confusing, leading the consumer to believe that the food they are about to buy is healthy, when in fact it is not.
In a recent [...]

[ October 15, 2009; 6:07 pm to 6:37 pm. ] The new time for the Health in 30 radio show with Dr. Sanjay Gupta is now scheduled for exactly 6:07 pm to 6:37 pm EST! The show will be live! We’ll discuss Dr. Gupta’s new book Cheating Death which focuses on how science has made it possible for people — who 20 years ago would have been given up for dead — to defy the odds and literally cheat death.

Sanjay Gupta, MD
Dr. Sanjay Gupta, CNN Medical Correspondent, will join me live on the next Health in 30 Radio Show.
Click here for all the details!