Dr. Gwenn’s Huffington Post Blog
Living in the suburbs of Massachusetts, we have our fair share of wildlife. It’s what makes living here so amazing. In our backyard, we have a rabbit family, more chipmunks and squirrels than we can count, an array of birds, [...]
Did you catch Grey’s Anatomy last week? Dr. Bailey started to live tweet her surgeries. Or, as the Chief called it “teet” them.
Highlights from my “Creating and Managing Your Health Activist Brand” break-out session at last week’s WEGO Health Health Activist Meet-up in Boston.
To Google or not To Google, that is the question many people ponder when medical issues emerge. What if those medical issues are more urgent, though, or a true emergency? Would Dr. Google be able to guide you appropriately?
Finding the flu shot lately, seasonal or H1N1, has become a modern day game of Where’s Waldo!
In typical fashion, Dr. Google has come to the rescue with a new tool, www.google.com/flushot:
We had an interesting experience today.
My husband is scheduled for a routine test tomorrow and was notified by letter that he had to register ahead of time for the test. The test is going to take place at our local hospital. The letter clear had instructions with the name of the test and department name as well as two ways to register: phone or internet. My husband opted for the internet route assuming that was the more straight forward option.
While at BlogHer 09, I had the wonderful experience to moderate the “Healthcare by Committee” panel on Saturday July 25, 2009. All the events were “Live Blogged”. I’ll share my insights on the session later this week but let me share with you the transcript of the session to catch you up on the amazing conversation we had with the participants:
One of my favorite summer activities is watching reruns of Star Trek Next Generation. It’s become somewhat of a summer tradition in my family the last few summers. Having become trekkies themselves, my kids were able to very much enjoy the recent movie, and get the history and lore behind it.
