By Barbara Ficarra, RN, BSN, MPA I use Twitter and I like it. As a registered nurse, twitter helps me promote health and wellness and it helps me educate the public on vital health topics. It allows me to tweet about an upcoming radio show, link to informative websites and blogs, or retweet (RT) a tweet. I can read about the latest breaking health news, learn about the latest in health 2.0 and sometimes it…
Read More...Dr. Kevin Pho Discusses Doctors and Social Media
Join me on Thursday, July 30, 2009 at a special time for a fascinating discussion with Dr. Kevin Pho, a primary care physician and a nationally recognized medical commentator who publishes provocative medical commentary at KevinMD.com. Kevin Pho, MD is a graduate of the Boston University School of Medicine, where he completed his residency in Internal Medicine. He is board-certified in Internal Medicine, and practices primary care at the Nashua Medical Group in Nashua, New…
Read More...Are you “Down for Maintenance”? Maybe you should be
By Barbara Ficarra, RN, BSN, MPA Earlier today when I went to check in on Twitter, here’s the message I saw: Twitter is currently down for maintenance. We expect to be back in about an hour. Thanks for your patience. (Twitter.com) 3:35 pm EST May 13, 2009 It’s understandable that Twitter needs a little TLC. Twitter–once an obscure toy for social networking insiders, but suddenly a way millions of regular people are communicating online–probably needs…
Read More...A Salty Tweet from Sanjay Gupta, MD
A Salty Tweet from Sanjay Gupta, MD By Barbara Ficarra, RN, BSN, MPA Here’s a good quick health tip I came across today from Sanjay Gupta, MD, CNN’s Chief-Medical Correspondent. It appeared on his Twitter feed: quick health tip: read labels: not just calories, but sodium. cut to less than 2 grams/day and you will have less swelling of face and legs. about 12 hours ago from web (about 8:30 am) – via Twitter @Sanjayguptacnn…
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