Dr. Sanjay Gupta, Pete Cashmore, & KC Estenson on Medicine, Social Media, and Journalism

Sunday, July 11, 2010 at 8:03 pm

Watch live streaming video from mashable at livestream.com

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New HIV Antibodies Raise Vaccine Hopes

Friday, July 9, 2010 at 7:43 pm

Dr John Mascola and colleagues at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) have isolated two antibodies that neutralized more than 90% of all strains of the HIV virus. This extraordinary breakthrough may lead ultimately to an actual preventative vaccine against the leading infectious cause of death worldwide. In the meantime, the antibodies [...]

Categories: Dr Wade Grindle, Medical Technology, Medicine 2.0

The Emotion Behind Invention

Friday, June 25, 2010 at 9:42 pm

Our soldiers serving in the military risk life and limb for our country every day. In his stirring talk at TEDMED San Diego, Dean Kamen tells about some of the amazing people who inspired him to design a new prosthetic arm:

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Seeking An Objective Test for Attention Deficit Disorder

Tuesday, June 22, 2010 at 10:57 pm

In her Wellness column today in the New York Times, Tara Parker-Pope discusses the state of computerized psychological screening tests for ADD. She also mentions Newport Beach’s Dr Daniel Amen, widely considered a leading authority in the field. For the full article please click here.

Categories: Dr Wade Grindle, Medical Technology, Medicine 2.0, Wellness

David Pogue at TEDMED: Can The IPhone Save Your Life?

Monday, June 21, 2010 at 10:50 am

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On Measuring Pain

Monday, April 5, 2010 at 2:00 pm

The visual analog scale (VAS) has been used historically as a quick way to assess pain on a 1 – 10 scale. I commented today in my Medical Humor blog on a more entertaining version that was recently posted by Micah Stubblefield here.

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Jamie Oliver’s TED Prize Wish: Teach Every Child About Food

Sunday, April 4, 2010 at 6:51 pm

Jamie Oliver on the urgency of our obesity crisis, and his solution for it in this TED video filmed Feb 2010

Categories: Dr Wade Grindle, Video, Wellness

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-03-29

Monday, March 29, 2010 at 8:00 am

6 Foods to Boost Your Mood http://bit.ly/1p0mg #
The Obesity Epidemic Will Cost The U.S. $344 Billion a Year by 2018 http://bit.ly/12aZLb #
RT @Medgadget: [News] Louise Virtual Nurse Gets Patients Ready for Discharge http://bit.ly/bKyi4p #

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Health Reform: We all have to do our part

Thursday, March 25, 2010 at 9:30 am

The final version of the bill is far from perfect. The penalties for not obtaining coverage are weak. The crucial young and healthy demographic may well be priced out of the market. Private insurance premium rises seem inevitable.
No one denies, however, that our current system has been in need of an overhaul. For the millions [...]

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-03-22

Monday, March 22, 2010 at 8:00 am

RT @ThisIsSethsBlog Seth’s Blog: But it’s better than TV http://bit.ly/9WZbr6 #
Knee Replacement Surgery http://bit.ly/cEdKkQ #
A Medicare Doctor Lays Out His Income & Costs http://bit.ly/aGCynd #

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