Social media FTW: Mayo Clinic offers early access for journalists and bloggers in health news

Recently launched "Mayo Clinic News Network" is billed as multimedia source for journalists, health science and research of information: http://newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org No cost, password-protected site for journalists offers the latest medical news, video, graphics, and links to background, interviews, animation experts and patient. Journalists from TV, radio, newspapers, Blogsand mobile platforms are invited to visit our website http://newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org and register. Pending approval, you will have access to this rich source of multimedia...

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Social media FTW: Mayo Clinic offers early access for journalists and bloggers in health news

Recently launched "Mayo Clinic News Network" is billed as multimedia source for journalists, health science and research of information: http://newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org No cost, password-protected site for journalists offers the latest medical news, video, graphics, and links to background, interviews, animation experts and patient. Journalists from TV, radio, newspapers, Blogsand mobile platforms are invited to visit our website http://newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org and register. Pending approval, you will have access to this rich source of multimedia...

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Healthcare social media #HCSM - top articles

AppId is over the quotaAppId is over the quota Here are my suggestions for some of the top articles related to healthcare social media in the past 2 weeks: Social media “likes” healthcare: From marketing to social business. Social media and health care: opportunities and obstacles - PWC 2012 report, free download http://goo.gl/GtSgE8 Chrome Extensions that Make Blogging Easier http://goo.gl/fFKye"News Squares" for Chrome is a new visual RSS reader...

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Healthcare social media #HCSM - top articles

AppId is over the quotaAppId is over the quota Here are my suggestions for some of the top articles related to healthcare social media in the past 2 weeks: Social media “likes” healthcare: From marketing to social business. Social media and health care: opportunities and obstacles - PWC 2012 report, free download http://goo.gl/GtSgE8 Chrome Extensions that Make Blogging Easier http://goo.gl/fFKye"News Squares" for Chrome is a new visual RSS reader...

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Top articles in medicine in June 2012

Here are my top tips for some articles in medicine in June 2012:Fatty acids in formula does not make children smarter http://goo.gl/FYyVX -polyunsaturated fatty acids, long chain http://goo.gl/1WVjYElectronic health records linked to worse diabetes care compared to old-fashioned paper records (studio) http://goo.gl/vm2mRBe sleepy behind the wheel is almost as bad as drinking and driving (studio) http://goo.gl/Ub9huStudy: seniors have special smell,...

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Top articles in medicine in June 2012

Here are my top tips for some articles in medicine in June 2012:Fatty acids in formula does not make children smarter http://goo.gl/FYyVX -polyunsaturated fatty acids, long chain http://goo.gl/1WVjYElectronic health records linked to worse diabetes care compared to old-fashioned paper records (studio) http://goo.gl/vm2mRBe sleepy behind the wheel is almost as bad as drinking and driving (studio) http://goo.gl/Ub9huStudy: seniors have special smell,...

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Dr Topol to med students: "when I was in medical school, the term" digital "was reserved for the rectal exam"

Here are some excerpts of the Baylor College of Medicine commencement address by Dr. Eric Topol, Director of the Scripps Translational Science Institute, delivered yesterday, May 22, 2012. This should be required reading for anyone involved in health care, which is basically all because everyone of us will be a patient one day.Eric Topol to medical students: "when I was in medical school, the term" digital "was reserved for the rectal examination"."Sleep with your cell phone and premium right up there with food and water. We have evolved into...

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Dr Topol to med students: "when I was in medical school, the term" digital "was reserved for the rectal exam"

Here are some excerpts of the Baylor College of Medicine commencement address by Dr. Eric Topol, Director of the Scripps Translational Science Institute, delivered yesterday, May 22, 2012. This should be required reading for anyone involved in health care, which is basically all because everyone of us will be a patient one day.Eric Topol to medical students: "when I was in medical school, the term" digital "was reserved for the rectal examination"."Sleep with your cell phone and premium right up there with food and water. We have evolved into...

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FDA approves first ever home HIV test

OraSure Technologies Inc. The Federal Food and Drug Administration has approved the OraQuick In-Home HIV Test, the first at-home, quick test for HIV antibodies.http://bit.ly/PpXe4G Federal health officials have approved the first at-home test for antibodies against HIV, a step that aims to identify and treat the estimated 20 percent of infected people in the United States, who do not know they have the virus that causes AIDS. Food and Drug...

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Diseases from animals hit 2 billion people a year

AppId is over the quota AppId is over the quota LONDON — A global study mapping human diseases that come from animals like tuberculosis, AIDS, bird flu or Rift Valley fever has found that just 13 such diseases are responsible for 2.4 billion cases of human illness and 2.2 million deaths a year.http://bit.ly/PpXe4G Don't miss these Health stories After fighting for her life, mom finally gets to hold new baby After suffering a burst blood vessel in her brain while 38 weeks pregnant, Amber Scott was rushed to the hospital for an emergency C-section...

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Is summertime bringing new wave of ads for artificial knees?

I was watching the NBC Nightly News the other night and saw a Stryker ad for its GetAroundKnee.com.  I couldn’t find the TV commercial online, but this is from their website:That same day, I found this ad in the July issue of Prevention magazine.Together, hip and knee replacement surgeries already represent the largest hospital expense for Medicare. And, according to an article in Time magazine, the money spent on these two procedures is expected to reach $65.2 billion by 2015.There is no doubt that part of Medicare reform will involve looking...

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Is summertime bringing new wave of ads for artificial knees?

I was watching the NBC Nightly News the other night and saw a Stryker ad for its GetAroundKnee.com.  I couldn’t find the TV commercial online, but this is from their website:That same day, I found this ad in the July issue of Prevention magazine.Together, hip and knee replacement surgeries already represent the largest hospital expense for Medicare. And, according to an article in Time magazine, the money spent on these two procedures is expected to reach $65.2 billion by 2015.There is no doubt that part of Medicare reform will involve looking...

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Top articles in medicine in may 2012

AppId is over the quotaAppId is over the quota Here are my suggestions for some of the top articles in medicine in May 2012 so far: Point-of-care genetic testing for personalisation of antiplatelet treatment is effective http://goo.gl/ZWLvzPatient empowerment - who empowers whom? Virtually all people are patients at some point in their lives http://goo.gl/4YKjqDoctors' love-hate relationship with EHRs http://goo.gl/wd74FWhy U.S. spends more on healthcare...

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Top articles in medicine in may 2012

AppId is over the quotaAppId is over the quota Here are my suggestions for some of the top articles in medicine in May 2012 so far: Point-of-care genetic testing for personalisation of antiplatelet treatment is effective http://goo.gl/ZWLvzPatient empowerment - who empowers whom? Virtually all people are patients at some point in their lives http://goo.gl/4YKjqDoctors' love-hate relationship with EHRs http://goo.gl/wd74FWhy U.S. spends more on healthcare...

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