What Healthcare (And Obamacare) Can Learn From A Hardware Store
(John Nosta writes for Forbes.com) (John Nosta writes for Forbes.com)Customer service. Everyone talks about it and many claim to deliver it. However, the perception of the customer is the only…
Why Twitter is Leading the Way in Pharma Social Media
In the very noisy world of social media, where Facebook and LinkedIn are slugging it out in the marketing ring to get big corporates on board, one channel is quietly…
Making Health Addictive
I first posed the question, “Could Mobile Health Become Addictive?” on August 20th. Since then I’ve done more thinking and I’m warming to the concept. I first posed the…
How to Shop for a Quality-Based Health Plan [video interview]
HealthGrades is a free online resource for finding and reviewing physicians and hospitals. They have just released a report entitled 2014 Report to the Nation, which is "designed to arm Americans…
Exergaming: Breaking Down the Walls of Social Isolation While Improving Health
If you think video games are just for kids, tweens and teens, you’d be terribly wrong. That’s how I started a blog post last April examining how senior citizens were improving…
Mobile Health Around the Globe: Gene-RADAR Can Test for Viruses in Remote Locations
Nanobiosym is a company that uses physics and medicine to fight disease. Dr. Anita Goel, a physicist and a physician, brought her two areas of expertise together to develop Nanobiosym's…
Best Study and Productivity Apps for Human Physiology and Anatomy Students
With the increased usage of tablets and emergence of smartphones, there has been a large increase in development of educational applications that can help student productivity. To complete my kinesiology…
Forget Calcium Pills, Go for a Calcium-Rich Diet: Supplements Could Increase Heart Attack Risk
Recent studies have presented inconsistent and conflicting information regarding the use of calcium supplements, with some even suggesting they may increase the risk of cardiovascular disease. Recent studies have presented…
Turning Health Data into Health Narrative: Interview with Dr. Leslie Saxon on Digital Health
First published on MedCityNews.com. The compelling idea behind digital health isn’t just to deliver health data to patients and doctors. It’s to turn that data into a narrative that reveals some…
