By Barbara Ficarra, RN, BSN, MPA Social networking and health care Part One Medical Professionals are using social media, such as Facebook, Twitter and You Tube to engage patients in their health. They are using it to provide accurate information to help educate patients and to help empower them to be proactive and take charge of their health. I joined Dr. Marc Siegel, host of FOX NEWS to talk about how medical professionals and patients…
Read More...Power of Social Media: How the Medical Community is Embracing Social Media for Better Patient Care and Patient Engagement
By Barbara Ficarra, RN, BSN, MPA Social Media is exploding in the health care arena, and social media is a powerful and phenomenal platform for engaging patients. Social Media is transforming health care today, and connecting people in real-time. Social Media is one of the best ways to engage patients. Social Media is about connection, collaboration, community and patient engagement. Doctors, nurses, other health professionals and the medical community communicate health information in a transparent…
Read More...HuffPost Readers Comments and Concerns-BPA Plastic Bottles: Are They Safe?
By Barbara Ficarra, RN, BSN, MPA My recent blog on The Huffington Post, “BPA Plastic Bottles: Are They Safe?” elicited insightful thoughts and concerns from the readers. Do you worry that harmful chemicals leach out of plastic containers into its contents? Are plastic containers toxic? Do you drink from plastic water bottles? Are you concerned about the safety of plastics? Here are a few of the comments from The Huffington Post: (Total Comments: 50) Acleacius…
Read More...Tips for Women at Every Age to Help Stay Healthy
Guest post submitted by The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center Life changes with every decade — from starting a career and family in your 20s and 30s to work-life balance, and saving for retirement in your 40s, 50s and 60s. And, as life changes so does your body. Just as you set personal and work-related milestones, you also should set health goals for every stage of life. And, we’ve created a plan to…
Read More...Q&A with Tara Stiles: Yoga Instructor to Deepak Chopra
By Barbara Ficarra, RN, BSN, MPA “When your mind starts to wander to your thoughts try to guide your attention back to your breath. This is the practice. Our thoughts will probably never disappear, but we can become more aware of them and guide our focus back to our breath.” -Tara Stiles Tara Stiles, my colleague at The Huffington Post, and author of “Slim Calm Sexy,” star of “Yoga Anywhere” DVD series, yoga expert for…
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