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Submitted by School Kids Healthcare Blog
In the United States millions of children in elementary schools have vision problems that go undetected and untreated. If you can’t see properly how can you function properly? Not being able to see clearly can hinder your ability to learn.
The Vision Council reported that 16 states require no school vision [...]
New Horizons for A Dose of Dr. Gwenn
Submitted by Dr. Gwenn Is In
TGIF! I have some exciting announcements for you about my podcast on Blog Talk Radio, A Dose of Dr. Gwenn.
A Dose of Dr. Gwenn podcast always runs live initially but in our fast paced society having a back up option to listen to our favorite shows when we it works [...]
New Research Improves Cure Rates in Neuroblastoma Patients
Submitted by CureSearch - Conquering Childhood Cancer
Researchers from the Children’s Oncology Group (COG), the sole beneficiary of CureSearch fundraising, have demonstrated that a new experimental immunotherapy treatment using the chimeric monoclonal antibody, that targets a specific carbohydrate/lipid molecule which is present on the surface of neuroblastoma tumor cells and cytokines resulted in a 20% improvement [...]
Permanente’s Online Care System: a model for us all
Submitted by Dr. Gwenn Is In
At Health 2.0, Ted Eytan, MD, and I talked for a bit about why Kaiser Permanente’s “virtual health care system” has had such great success. According to his bio, Ted is a family doc from DC with a background in “working with large medical groups, patients, and technologists to bring [...]
A Dose of Dr. Gwenn Show 9 Companion Page: Hot Off The Presses!
Submitted by Dr. Gwenn Is In
Show # 9 Companion Page:
Hot Off The Presses!
Aired: Wednesday May 13, 2009
This was a busy study month with a huge amount of variety from studies on pacifier use in breast-fed infants to acupuncture for bad backs to updates on whether ADHD medication impacts test scores to early puberty to obesity [...]
Show 9 Preview: Hot Off The Presses!
Submitted by Dr. Gwenn Is In
Show # 9 Preview:
Hot Off The Presses!
TONIGHT…Wednesday 5/13/09 7:30pm EST
There are a lot of Hot Off the Presses studies this month from the latest on pacifier use in breast-fed babies to interesting findings in test results of kids on ADHD medication to the use of acupuncture in chronic backpain…tune in [...]
UpToDate’s online patient information: appropriate for everyone?
Submitted by Dr. Gwenn Is In
UpToDate has been a long-trusted resources for physicians that relies on evidence-based medicine to create a thorough picture of a topic. In addition, each article is peer-reviewed by experts in that field to add credibility to the information. This has made UpToDate an invaluable clinical resource for many physicians (including [...]
American Well may make America well…online!
Submitted by Dr. Gwenn Is In
At the recent Health 2.0 meets Ix conference in Boston, MA, I had the chance to sit down with American Well CEO, Roy Schoenberg, MD, on April 25, 2009, to talk about his company’s very innovative system of “virtual doctoring”.
The first I heard of American Well was in June 2008 [...]
Creating a Safe Home for Children
Submitted by: KidSafe Inc.
Title: Research reveals parents are not doing all they can to prepare a safe home for baby
New research by the national, nonprofit Home Safety Council shows that nearly all parents (99 percent) believe it’s important to create a safe home for their baby. But, while nearly nine out of ten parents bought [...]
The Manny Saga: lessons via twitter
Submitted by Dr. Gwenn Is In
“Manny being Manny”? Not this time. This time, Manny has crossed a very serious line.
I actually learned about the the Manny mess via Twitter…which seems to be the place to get breaking news for me lately. I keep Tweetdeck up and running on my computer…often on a second screen…and now [...]
Happy Mother’s Day!
Submitted by Dr. Gwenn Is In
Happy Mother’s Day to all the wonderful moms in the world.
Do you know what moms really want on Mother’s Day? A low-tech, easy day with their families. It truly is that simple!
Today, we don’t need glitz, glitter, fancy meals or red carpets.
Today, we don’t need the pressure of reading websites, [...]
The High Tech Challenge: can you go 24 hours low tech?
Submitted by Dr. Gwenn Is In
In a high tech, over connected world, is it possible to go all day, 24 hours, without turning on the computer and still be productive?
I gave it a try recently!
What about writing? I used a pen and pad of paper.
What about people who need to reach me? I realized I [...]
Moms Are Truly Inspirational! (Show 8 companion page)
Submitted by Dr. Gwenn Is In
Show #8 Companion Page:
All About Moms, Mom You Rock Show!
Thank you again to all the wonderful moms who took the time to send in their heart felt, wonderfully inspiring stories. If you missed yesterday’s show, you can catch it in the archives.
As promised, here are the stories I read last [...]
School Kids Healthcare donates hand sanitizers to school districts in recognition of National School Nurses Week
Submitted by School Kids Healthcare Blog
While the CDC recommends that schools no longer need to close due to H1N1 swine flu concerns, they recommend using antibacterial hand cleaners and sanitizing the campus. School Kids Healthcare comes to the rescue for two local Wisconsin school districts to lend a hand with a donation of hand sanitizers.
WAUKESHA, [...]
Show 8 Preview: All About Moms, Mom You Rock…Tonight!!
Submitted by Dr. Gwenn Is In
Show # 8:
ALL ABOUT MOMS…MOM, YOU ROCK!!
TONIGHT…Thursday 5/7/09, 7:30pm EST
Help celebrate all the special moms in the world by joining me for a very unique and heart warming mother’s day show.
I’ll be sharing stories sent to be by some very special moms from the Inspire.com and the Candlelighters Childhood Cancer [...]
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