From Elsewhere: Alec Baldwin and guest Robert Lustig on the sugar epidemic
This post is part of my From Elsewhere series. A recent study reveals that 80 percent of the 600,000 food items in America are laced with added sugar. Lustig says, “There is not one biochemical...
View ArticleFrom elsewhere: Participatory medicine to fight misconceptions about disease
Beryl Benderly, writing for Kaiser Health News and NPR’s Shots blog, tackles an important topic: misconceptions from providers about disease. In this case, Benderly writes about sickle cell. There’s a...
View ArticleFrom elsewhere: Tracking health indicators hints towards disruptive...
Pew Internet’s Susannah Fox, today, released the official report behind her amazing Stanford Medicine X talk. The report is a great read for data geeks, health wonks and ePatients alike. But there’s...
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How a $4 internet cure saved me from chemotherapy and hundreds of dollars
No seriously. I know what you are thinking… Internet. cure. wack-job. But I have pictures. I can prove it! First, a little back story. I’ve had mild psoriasis for years. In my case, it presents as a...
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Book review: Thinking, Fast and Slow
I heard about Daniel Kahneman’s Thinking, Fast and Slow from friend and ePatient superstar e-Patient Dave. It’s the first, what I’ll call, real book I’ve dug into since finishing my MHA in January....
View ArticleMore on glycerin and psoriasis
Last week, I wrote about my experience treating psoriasis with inexpensive vegetable glycerine. I want to briefly follow up on things I’ve since learned, some comments and some questions. The Research...
View ArticleMore on glycerine and psoriasis
\Last week, I wrote about my experience treating psoriasis with inexpensive vegetable glycerine. I want to briefly follow up on things I’ve since learned, some comments and some questions. The Research...
View Articlenext up: Patient Centered Technology 4/26
Next week, on Friday 4/26, I’ll be speaking at RichTech’s Health Forum. I’m talking about the rise of patient-centered technology. More info and registration here Abstract Title: Patient Centered...
View Articlethe email, the podcast and the simultaneous truths of genetic testing
The email Nearly six months ago, a physician friend sent me an email. She wrote to me on the subject of genetic testing after I told anyone who would listen about 23andMe, Health Diagnostic Labs, and...
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Evernote Is My EMR And Its Better Than The Rest
Spoiler alert: I’m not dying and there doesn’t appear to be anything major wrong with me. I know, you hate spoilers. But I thought I’d get that one out of there way. It makes the rest of this...
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