MedWorm provides a medical RSS filtering service. Over 6000 RSS medical sources are combined and output via different filters. This feed contains the latest medical blog items that have been tagged with 'diabetes facebook'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 03:32:49 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4670068&cid=t_234583_85_f&fid=34587&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FKevinMd-MedicalWeblog%2F%7E3%2F0kYHnsNgCNc%2Fpatients-facebook-health-information.html by Kevin Pho, MDDo you use Facebook to look for health information?If you said “yes,” and use social networking sites to research your health, you could be in the minority, or majority, depending on which study you read.(...)Read the rest of Patients using Facebook for health information on KevinMD.com4 comments | Tags: Diabetes, Facebook, Patients | Category: Commentary (Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog) Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4670068 Fri, 01 Apr 2011 19:55:11 +0100 4670068 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4082141&cid=t_234583_109_f&fid=38950&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.shockmd.com%2F2010%2F10%2F19%2Fpatients-group-communication-on-facebook-a-good-idea%2F Social networking sites such as Facebook are used for several disease specific information changes. They have become sources of knowledge, support and engagement especially for patients with chronic diseases such as diabetes. One recent survey indicates patients search the Internet more frequently than they communicate with their doctors about health care questions Recent research evaluated the qualitative information of discussions on Facebook pages dedicated to Diabetes. After a search on Facebook for diabetes they identified the 15 most recent “wall posts” from the 15 largest groups and the 15 most recent discussion topics from the 10 largest groups. The quotes were then aggregated into a database. In total they captured 233 wall posts comments and 457 discussion topics. 66% of po... Dr Shock MD PhD blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4082141 Tue, 19 Oct 2010 06:20:10 +0100 4082141 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3702929&cid=t_234583_87_f&fid=36050&url=http%3A%2F%2Fblisstree.com%2Flive%2Fcongrats-to-the-5-winners-of-our-become-an-ex-quit-smoking-giveaway%2F Guess what Peggy, Angela, Allan, Susan, and Lee? It’s high time to give up those cancer sticks, because you just won: One EX Quit Pack, which includes: an EX backpack, an EX quit manual, a cigarette pack tracker, an air freshener, an EX cup holder, and quit smoking trigger cards with stickers. Congratulations to all five of you and best of luck! We know you’ll quit smoking for good this time. (And if you didn’t win, read below for info on how to Become an Ex.) At Blisstree, we think smoking is a big deal. And apparently, so do you. (One of our posts: What Happens to Your Body If You Stop Smoking Right Now? currently has 4,282 comments.) For those of you who didn’t win our giveaway, BecomeAnEX is a FREE online and social-media-based quit smoking program. Get t... Breastfeeding 1-2-3 blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3702929 Mon, 28 Jun 2010 01:08:09 +0100 3702929 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3176071&cid=t_234583_134_f&fid=34841&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.diabetesmine.com%2F2010%2F01%2Fflashback-friday-true-confessions-of-a-good-diabetic.html Due to recent exciting news events, I’ve moved my trip down memory lane to Friday this week… Another wonderful fellow D-blogger, Lee Ann Thill, recently posed a question on Facebook: “who exactly is responsible when people with diabetes aren’t ‘good’ diabetics?”  Over 30 replies ensued, as this perennial question brings up all sorts of fundamental issues [...] (Source: Diabetes Mine) Diabetes Mine blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3176071 Fri, 15 Jan 2010 14:00:25 +0100 3176071 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2325192&cid=t_234583_134_f&fid=34841&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.diabetesmine.com%2F2009%2F04%2Fnew-face-of-the-old-bumper-sticker.html I was thinking about how you don’t see so many bumper stickers on cars these days. A few, to be sure, but during recent elections I noticed that folks seemed very hesitant to advertise their political views on their automobiles. Oddly, I felt the same way, even though I’m part of this new [...] (Source: Diabetes Mine) Diabetes Mine blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2325192 Fri, 10 Apr 2009 13:00:12 +0100 2325192