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 'health social media'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:26:14 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4684628&cid=t_236685_131_f&fid=34989&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FGeneticsHealth%2F%7E3%2FSFwj4HkJaC8%2F Finding @Happiness — According to this Twitter world happiness map, Germany is home to the world’s most bliss, and the U.S. isn’t far behind. (But according to one study, many Germans are just happy because they’re indifferent to the meaning of life. Cheats!) (Alex Davies) Post from: BlissTree (Source: Genetics and Health) Genetics and Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4684628 Tue, 05 Apr 2011 21:27:17 +0100 4684628 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4429121&cid=t_236685_129_f&fid=36038&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.everydayhealth.com%2Fblog%2Ftrevis-life-with-multiple-sclerosis-ms%2Fa-short-question-for-the-short-month-hows-your-ms-today%2F It seems like only yesterday we were popping champagne corks and kissing neighbors (I hope they were my neighbors!) and talking about our multiple sclerosis in the New Year. Now we’re already more than 7 percent through February! Each month we take a moment (or in this case, a post) and reflect on our multiple sclerosis symptoms, the way we’re coping with them and how they are affecting our lives in general. We’ve had some pretty interesting discussions in these pages over the years. Some have been uplifting, hopeful, and inspiring while others have been, at times, stark reminders of what we have been going through. One thing is for certain though; within these pages we are never alone. I salute each and every one of us for getting on with our lives in the face of MS. We may not alw... Life with MS blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4429121 Wed, 02 Feb 2011 16:13:05 +0100 4429121 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4277874&cid=t_236685_114_f&fid=34648&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FHealthBlawg%2F%7E3%2F8bXem7TfRhs%2Fdavid-harlow-quoted-in-ama-american-medical-news-story-on-geolocation-apps.html As health care providers continue to wonder whether and how they should add social media to their mix of communications tactics, new tools -- and new uses for those tools -- continue to sprout up.  I'm quoted in the current edition of American Medical News in a story that looks at the question of whether and how health care providers should use geolocation services (e.g., Foursquare, Gowalla) as additional channels through which they may communicate with patients, colleagues and referral sources -- or through which they may encourage patients and others to communicate among themselves. I've touched on this issue in recent presentations on health care social media, and have noted that even "checking in" on line at an STD clinic -- an activity discounted by Mark Scrimshire in the article ... HealthBlawg :: David Harlow's Health Care Law Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4277874 Tue, 21 Dec 2010 16:59:37 +0100 4277874 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3411064&cid=t_236685_86_f&fid=38272&url=http%3A%2F%2Flaikaspoetnik.wordpress.com%2F2010%2F03%2F26%2Ffriday-foolery-21-syphilis-by-facebook%2F The Daily Telegraph* had a shocking headline two days ago: Facebook ‘linked to rise in syphilis’ Facebook has contributed to a resurgence in the sexually-transmitted disease syphilis, a health expert has claimed. So the Internet is not only spreading viruses, but also bacteria? Facebook as a route of transmission of syphilis? These Facebook-users probably use [...] (Source: Laika's MedLibLog) Laika's MedLibLog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3411064 Fri, 26 Mar 2010 22:53:45 +0100 3411064 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3280148&cid=t_236685_134_f&fid=34841&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.diabetesmine.com%2F2010%2F02%2Fcalling-all-grassroots-diabetes-advocates-unite-to-get-noticed.html If you run a diabetes blog, web site, or small organization doing some kind of diabetes advocacy work, you will want to know about this: a new ‘Diabetes Advocates Program’ that can help you and your work get noticed. Basically, TuDiabetes founder Manny Hernandez and David Edelman of DiabetesDaily put on their thinking caps after last [...] (Source: Diabetes Mine) Diabetes Mine blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3280148 Wed, 17 Feb 2010 13:00:11 +0100 3280148 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3251342&cid=t_236685_134_f&fid=34841&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.diabetesmine.com%2F2010%2F02%2Fthe-real-pepsi-challenge-diabetes.html Isn’t it ironic that the multi-million-dollar companies that are most ‘part of the problem’ like to pretend that they’re ‘part of the solution’? That’s all I could think of when learning about Pepsi’s big social-media-based “goodwill campaign” surrounding the SuperBowl this weekend. The company hopes to wow the country by relinquishing those coveted SuperBowl TV ad [...] (Source: Diabetes Mine) Diabetes Mine blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3251342 Mon, 08 Feb 2010 13:00:13 +0100 3251342 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3231742&cid=t_236685_134_f&fid=34841&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.diabetesmine.com%2F2010%2F02%2Ffive-things-i-learned-about-lyme-disease.html I know, I know, this is a diabetes blog. But those of you who follow me regularly are probably aware that a new chronic illness has entered our lives — Lyme disease. My husband was diagnosed shortly after we returned from Germany last summer, and it’s turning out to be a much more formidable opponent [...] (Source: Diabetes Mine) Diabetes Mine blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3231742 Tue, 02 Feb 2010 13:00:42 +0100 3231742 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2778690&cid=t_236685_150_f&fid=38374&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FePharmaSummit%2F%7E3%2FYelejkjV_7c%2Fanthem-blue-cross-and-blue-shield-in.html (Source: ePharma Summit) ePharma Summit blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2778690 Wed, 09 Sep 2009 16:14:00 +0100 2778690 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2376622&cid=t_236685_134_f&fid=34841&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.diabetesmine.com%2F2009%2F04%2Fhelping-roche-engage-with-the-diabetes-oc.html We bloggers and social network afficionados have been calling for the medical establishment to wake up and smell the Java, and recognize that we patients have a new place to congregate and a new communal voice on the web.  Why don’t they recognize us and engage with us, we ask? Well now I know that at [...] (Source: Diabetes Mine) Diabetes Mine blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2376622 Wed, 29 Apr 2009 20:12:13 +0100 2376622 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2376623&cid=t_236685_134_f&fid=34841&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.diabetesmine.com%2F2009%2F04%2Ftreating-illness-with-information.html Traditionally, a “prescription” meant a piece of paper that got you a vial of pills or other medication you were meant to take until your next meeting with your doctor. Today, health professionals increasingly recognize that LEARNING is part of the prescription -– if you want people to thrive with their condition, that is. The Health [...] (Source: Diabetes Mine) Diabetes Mine blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2376623 Tue, 28 Apr 2009 12:30:54 +0100 2376623 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2354024&cid=t_236685_134_f&fid=34841&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.diabetesmine.com%2F2009%2F04%2Fgrand-rounds-birthday-edition.html Welcome Guests! Thanks for joining me on this fine day for the Grand Rounds host Birthday Edition, Vol. 5, No. 31 — where the best of this week’s medical and health blogging comes to party. And now straight to the festivities, where you’ll find some delightful surprises in store:     SWEETS Birthday cake, anyone? Alison Finney, a fellow [...] (Source: Diabetes Mine) Diabetes Mine blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2354024 Tue, 21 Apr 2009 12:00:02 +0100 2354024 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1976248&cid=t_236685_107_f&fid=36672&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sciencebase.com%2Fscience-blog%2Fvirtual-rehabilitation.html I recently wrote about how social media might help scientists do their work, so a paper in IJWBS on how those on the receiving end of medical science - patients and healthcare practitioners - might benefit from web 2.0 caught my eye. IT consultant Maire Heikkinen of University of Tampere, Finland, has focused on how the internet might be used in rehabilitation courses for sufferers of long-term neurological diseases including Multiple Sclerosis (MS). Today, more than 2,500,000 people have MS, a disorder that affects different areas of the central nervous system and so leads to a wide range of symptoms from blurred vision and numbness to weak limbs, unsteadiness, and fatigue. Periods of relapse and remission are often characteristics of the disease but for other people the disease progressi... Sciencebase Science Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1976248 Mon, 17 Nov 2008 13:00:04 +0100 1976248 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1969783&cid=t_236685_107_f&fid=36672&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sciencebase.com%2Fscience-blog%2Fvirtual-rehabilitation.html I recently wrote about how social media might help scientists do their work, so a paper in IJWBS on how those on the receiving end of medical science - patients and healthcare practitioners - might benefit from web 2.0 caught my eye. IT specialist and disability consultant Maire Heikkinen of University of Tampere, Finland, has focused on how the internet might be used in rehabilitation courses for sufferers of long-term neurological diseases including Multiple Sclerosis (MS). Today, more than 2,500,000 people have MS, a disorder that affects different areas of the central nervous system and so leads to a wide range of symptoms from blurred vision and numbness to weak limbs, unsteadiness, and fatigue. Periods of relapse and remission are often characteristics of the disease but for other pe... Sciencebase Science Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1969783 Mon, 17 Nov 2008 13:00:04 +0100 1969783