Archive for October, 2009

How to Engage Your E-Patients Like a Rock Star

Friday, October 30, 2009 14:04 No Comments

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 [...]

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H1N1 Vaccine Frustration – Can’t Have It Both Ways

Sunday, October 25, 2009 21:25 No Comments

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 [...]

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FDA Gets Tough With Misleading Front Food Labels

Wednesday, October 21, 2009 19:26 3 Comments

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 [...]

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Dr. Sanjay Gupta, CNN Medical Correspondent, Will Join Me Live on the Next Health in 30 Radio Show!

Thursday, October 8, 2009 18:22 No Comments

[ 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.

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Sanjay Gupta Live on the Health in 30 Radio Show

Thursday, October 8, 2009 8:02 No Comments

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!

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