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On bridges – connecting the real world and technology through emotional bridges
I saw a picture online the other day. “I love my computer because all my friends live in it.” It’s funny because it’s true. I’m also pretty sure there are magic, nearly microscopic elves who live in...
View ArticleFrom 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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