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2012

  • Commentary

    Video: peer-to-peer health care

    A 5-minute video overview of peer-to-peer health care.

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  • Media Mention

    Social media a godsend for those with rare diseases

    Jun 12, 2012

    [...] McGarry, a mother of two from Naperville, suffered a heart attack a few hours later in an emergency room. She was diagnosed with a rare, often fatal heart condition that can affect otherwise healthy young women.

    Stricken in January 2011, McG...













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  • Commentary

    Unpacking self-tracking

    Pew Internet asked two questions about "self-tracking" in 2010 - how should we expand this area of our research?

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  • Presentation

    Health Datapalooza

    Susannah Fox will serve as a "white hat" advisor to participants in the Health Data Initiative Forum.

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  • Media Mention

    Managing Care Online

    May 23, 2012

    When Wendy Naumann’s father and three siblings received her mother’s diagnosis — a terminal brain tumor — they were overwhelmed. Just communicating within the family to keep everybody updated on her mother’s condition was exhausting, as they were spr...

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  • Media Mention

    Wearing a Computer Is Good for You

    May 15, 2012

    Mobile health devices and software could change medicine profoundly, allowing people to continuously monitor vital signs and better track and modify behavior. That's important because chronic diseases like obesity and diabetes are on the rise. "We're...

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  • Media Mention

    Patients as Partners

    Apr 16, 2012

    Doctors around the country have enlisted some new helpers in the fight against chronic disease—their patients.

    [...]

    The new network may have an advantage, though: These are patients who are especially comfortable with the technology involved i...



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  • Media Mention

    As Smartphones Become Health Aids, Ads May Follow

    Apr 1, 2012

    With smartphones changing the culture in so many ways, more and more young people are using their mobile devices to keep track of their health, and the trend is not going unnoticed by advertisers.

    Young adults are much more likely than older peopl...

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  • Media Mention

    In mobile health, follow the money, not the hype

    Mar 28, 2012

    According to Fox, about 10 percent of U.S. adults who have cell phones – and nearly every adult in the country has one these days – had registered to use a mobile health app, a number nearly unchanged from a year ago. Many, Fox told the Sun, used the...

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  • Commentary

    Mama birds: Catherine Fairchild Calhoun and Laurie Strongin

    A conversation about rare disease, the impact of the internet, and love.

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