Healthy Eating: Are You a Food Addict?

Part 1 of 3 The following three-part series features guest posts by Janis Jibrin, M.S., R.D., and Dr. Barry Sears, and are featured in the Healthy Eating Section. In the first post, “Are You a Food Addict?” by Janis Jibrin, M.S. R.D., lead nutritionist at BestLife, it provides  a food questionnaire to find out if you may have a food addiction, and Janis shares helpful strategies to help overcome it.  In her next post, “Foods…

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Nurses Strong During Hurricane Sandy and Every Day

By Barbara Ficarra, RN, BSN, MPA The post is dedicated to all the remarkable nurses, doctors and other members of the health care team.  Your strength and dedication is extraordinary, and not only in the wake of Hurricane Sandy, but every day. The original post, “Hurricane Sandy: No Match for Nurses’ Resolve,” is published on The Huffington Post. While Hurricane Sandy’s fury wreaked havoc on the Northeast and caused massive destruction, one thing is for…

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Health Videos: Tricks for Tracking Your Medications and Grab a Hula Hoop to Slim Down

By Barbara Ficarra, RN, BSN, MPA Simple and Smart Health Tips- Health Smarts Video Series I was delighted to participate in Sharecare‘s and RealAge‘s Health Smart Video Series.  Healthin30 will periodically bring you some of the Health Smart Videos from myself (Barbara Ficarra), Dr. Mehmet Oz, Dr. Robin Miller and other health professionals. Tricks for Tracking Your Medications – Barbara Ficarra, RN, BSN, MPA “Do you remember brushing your teeth this morning? You know you…

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Speaking Event: Ivey Global Health Care Conference – Measuring What Matters: Cost vs. Value

Upcoming speaking event for Barbara Ficarra, RN, BSN, MPA Barbara would love to hear from you.  Please see “Your Turn” at the end of this post.  As always, thank you for your valuable time. I’m thrilled to be invited to participate at the Ivey Global Health Care Conference Measuring What Matters: Cost vs. Value in Toronto, ON Canada.  I will join an exciting panel to discuss “Needs, Wants and Values in Health Care:  The Public…

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Connected Health Care: How Technology is Driving Transformation

Guest post by Bernard J. Tyson The age of mobile has arrived. A recent Pew Research Center report found that more than four in 10 American adults now own a smartphone, and one in five owns a tablet. People are connected to the Web wherever they are and whenever they want information. They are using their mobile devices to manage their workload and family calendars, pay their bills, and find the nearest Starbucks. It doesn’t…

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