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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Social Media: Sharecare’s Twitter Chat Educates for Heart Health

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 health. Dr. Carolina Valdiviezo-Shlomp from Johns Hopkins and Dr. Samin Sharma from The Mount Sinai Medical Center will…

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Power of Social Media: Sharecare, Twitter and You

By Barbara Ficarra, RN, BSN, MPA One word to describe social media is engagement.  Social media allows relationships to develop and it fosters connection among the community.  A two-way conversation emerges and collaboration surfaces. Twitter, one platform in the social media arena, allows real-time communication to occur in 140 characters or less. Sharecare’s recent Twitter chat engaged the community with information to help them learn about the importance of sleep.  Sharecare’s sleep experts gathered online…

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Social Media Networking: Twitter Chat with Sharecare’s Sleep Experts

By Barbara Ficarra, RN, BSN, MPA Join me @BarbaraFicarra and @SharecareNow sleep experts for a spirited conversation about sleep problems and solutions on 1/24/12 from 12 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. EST for a twitter chat.  Twitter hashtag is #geturzzzs. Sleep is an essential part of our health and well-being.  Sleep isn’t a luxury but crucial for good health.  Research shows that insufficient sleep has been linked to chronic diseases and conditions such as Type 2…

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Sharecare Experts on Twitter Chat – Social Media Networking Event

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, Alcoholism, Breast/Colon Cancer, Sickle Cell Disease, Obesity, Heart Disease, Hemophilia, Huntington’s Disease and Hemachromatosis…

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