While finding health information online is not a new phenomenon, a recent NPR report highlights the growing trend of e-patients using social networking sites to communicate with medical professionals as well as to chat with other e-patients.
Patients are often far ahead of doctors and hospitals when it comes to using the Internet. E-patients are retrieving and sharing health information online in growing numbers.
Read more or listen at:
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=120381580
Friday, November 20, 2009
Wednesday, November 11, 2009
Chronic Kidney Disease Prevention Video
A new educational video, produced by the Wisconsin Diabetes Prevention and Control Program (DHS), the National Kidney Foundation of Wisconsin and the Wisconsin Lions Foundation, is being distributed to all Wisconsin public libraries at no cost.
The DVD discusses prevention, causes and treatment, and the importance of early detection. It targets people, with or at risk of, diabetes and high blood pressure. Both English and Spanish-language versions are available on the DVD.
For more information, go to the Wisconsin Lions Website. There you will find contact info and playable versions of the video.
http://www.wlf.info/
1) Click on Projects drop-down
2) Choose Community Diabetes Education Project option
3) Scroll down
The DVD discusses prevention, causes and treatment, and the importance of early detection. It targets people, with or at risk of, diabetes and high blood pressure. Both English and Spanish-language versions are available on the DVD.
For more information, go to the Wisconsin Lions Website. There you will find contact info and playable versions of the video.
http://www.wlf.info/
1) Click on Projects drop-down
2) Choose Community Diabetes Education Project option
3) Scroll down
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