By Barbara Ficarra, RN, BSN, MPA

Internet activities go beyond using it to check your email, making online purchases, managing your online banking, playing games or updating your status in the social networking circles.
80% of internet users search online for health information.
According to Pew Internet and American Life Project: [Source]

85% of U.S. adults use the internet.
85% [...]

By Barbara Ficarra, RN, BSN, MPA
Simple and Smart Health Tips- Health Smarts Video Series

Barbara Ficarra-Health Smarts Video Shoot for Sharecare and RealAge
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 [...]

By Barbara Ficarra, RN, BSN, MPA
Social media is a powerful platform to help educate consumers and provide valuable and trustworthy information.  Twitter Chat’s are a popular real-time question and answer session.
Join us today, February 22, 2012 from 12 p.m. to 2 p.m. EST (9 a.m. to 11 a.m. PST) for Sharecare’s Twitter chat on heart [...]

Shake Your Family Health Tree – Sharecare Twitter Chat
By Barbara Ficarra, RN, BSN, MPA

Social Media Networking Event – @BarbaraFicarra

Join me @BarbaraFicarra and @SharecareNow experts on 12/13 from 11am-1pm EST for a tweet-n-eat family health tree chat #SharecareLive
Title:  Tweet-n-eat: Shake Your Family Health Tree
Date/Time:  December 13, 2011, Tuesday  from 11am-1pm EST
Topics of Focus:  Cystic Fibrosis, Tay-Sachs, [...]

By Barbara Ficarra, RN, BSN, MPA
We are into the second week of the New Year and if you made a resolution to focus on your health and to lose weight, it is not too late.
Since you have decided that you are ready to begin the journey of weight loss and you are ready to [...]