I don’t know if all you fellow patients realize this, but the big companies that make the medicines and devices we rely on (those giant Pharmas that we love to hate) are struggling something fierce to come to terms with Social Media. By that I mean they see the world of blogs, social networks, YouTube and wikis exploding all around them and they’re not quite sure what to do about it.
But with the Obama…
Mollie and Jackie Singer are 19-almost-20-year-old twins from Las Vegas, Nevada, who have spent the better part of their lives advocating on behalf of people with diabetes. Mollie was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes at age 4 and she and her sister Jackie, along with their mom, Jackie, and their aunt Mollie (who are also twins — so yes, two sets of twins, both Mollie and Jackie!) — recently launched a new social network called…
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Over at DiabetesDaily, there’s been a series of discussions going on about How the Internet is Changing Diabetes Care — a topic about which I have many opinions (surprise, surprise). I was particularly intrigued to see Manny Hernandez’s piece about the implications of referring to us all as “consumers” rather than “patients.” He doesn’t much like it. I have a different take.
Manny’s concern is that viewing us as “consumers” puts a “bigger emphasis on how…
I’m in New York at the moment (hi Mom!). Yesterday I took part in a very interesting gig put together by the Consumer Reports Health organization, the folks who bring you practical ratings on everything from running shoes to “best buy drugs.” It was a small gathering of health bloggers, online experts and journalists organized expressly to “encourage an interactive discussion bout consumer-driven healthcare and how health bloggers have transformed health communication.” Hmmm, I suppose…
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The New Year has begun and you’re just brimming with hope and anticipation at a brand new YOU! Correct? But making those lasting changes can be very difficult when you’re striking out on your own and before you can say “Martin Luther King Jr. Day” you’re back to your old (not-always-so-desirable) habits… don’t I know it!
For just this reason, I have teamed up with an innovative company called Insulite Laboratories to bring you “NEW…