Breast Cancer Awareness Guest Post
Nicky Parry wrote a guest post for me on my personal blog on a topic near to my heart – volunteering.
That’s what so cool about social media. You meet some great people with similar interests that you may have never met without the internet. Nicky and I share a lot of interests.Besides my personal blog, I have a business writing blog, as well as this health care blog. As a medical writer, Nicky has much to offer on either blog.
I am kicking off Breast Cancer Awareness month with a guest post from Nicky. If you follow me, you know of my support of the Susan G. Komen 3-Day Walk for the Cure. I am thrilled Nicky agreed to help raise awareness about breast cancer. Please welcome her and share some comment love. Continue Reading »
Chronic Disease Price Tag Estimated at $47 Trillion by 2030
Can you even fathom a price tag in the trillions?
- No, we’re not talking the U.S. debt
- It’s the estimated cost of chronic disease in 20 years
Dollar Sign + 47 + 12 zeros = $47,000,000,000,000 =
Cost of chronic disease in 2030
Kids With Cartoon Overload? Welcome to Our World
Do fast-paced cartoons create an overload on kids’ brains?
One study seems to think so. Researchers from the University of Virginia conducted the study by testing 4-year-olds. The Journal of Pediatrics published the results. Continue Reading »
Is Missing Gene Passing You the Remote?
Is the most exercise you get clicking the remote?
Hey, it’s not your fault – no, really – at least according to researchers from McMaster University in Canada.
Blame it on a missing gene. Continue Reading »
Study Shows to Kids Eating Out is No Big Deal
Remember when you were a kid and eating out was a special occasion? Or am I dating myself?
Apparently, times have changed. Continue Reading »
Will Brand Drugs Lose Their Starring Role to Generics?
They are those little pills with the magic power that are blasted into your living room from morning to night.
They are the brand drugs that make the make the pharmaceutical companies richer and cause TV networks to do the happy revenue dance.
Is that about to change? Continue Reading »
Forget Google+ Is Memory Shaped by Google Effect?
Google+ is the hot topic around cyberspace, but have you heard of the Google Effect?
In a recent issue of Science, Betsy Sparrow, a psychologist from Columbia University, shared research that shows search engines are changing the way our brain remembers information.
The title of the research paper is “Google Effects on Memory: Cognitive Consequences of Having Information at our Fingertips.”
There’s no chance this baby boomer brain will remember that title. Continue Reading »
Fortune 50 Say Ah to Healthcare
In the midst of the slow U.S. economy, one industry continues to grow – the healthcare industry.
And it’s not just doctors and nurses. The Fortune 50 companies have the industry in their cross-hairs.
A recent report from Price Waterhouse Coopers’ Health Research Institute reveals 76 percent of the Fortune 50 companies are in the health industry or have health divisions. Continue Reading »
An Obesity Study Computer Workers Understand
As you are reading this, how long has it been since you stepped away from the computer?
Maybe you are in luck and taking a mobile view.
If you are like many of us who spend a good part of our lives in front of a computer, this obesity study might interest you. Continue Reading »
Internet Users Look for Health Care Information But Don’t Tell
People may look for health care information online, but few talk about it online.
That’s according to a survey from the Pew Internet and American Life Project and the California Healthcare Foundation. Continue Reading »
