High Cholesterol and Heart Disease Correlation According to the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI), more than 13 million American adults have coronary artery disease(CHD), and almost 500,000 die from it each year. One cause of CHD is high cholesterol. Someone once said “Experience is the hardest teacher. It gives you the test first […]
Family History
Don’t Forget This When Preparing To Send Your Children For Summer Camp Summer is here! Time to kick back and relax (said no parent, ever!). Just kidding, throw an extra shot of espresso in that coffee and start prepping for camps, swim team, sports, summer care, sleepovers and all of the other exciting things that […]
Allergies
The first week of June is dedicated to bringing awareness to Alzheimer’s, dementia and improving brain health. Alzheimer’s is one of four common types of dementia and there are over 100 types of dementia (Source: Dementia Australia). It is normally diagnosed in senior citizens but a study shows that it truly starts when we are […]
Elderly Care
National Women’s Health Week – Own Your Health As a woman, and the mother of 3 little women-in-training, I am delighted to share my experience during National Women’s Health Week. I spend what sometimes feels like an inordinate amount of time juggling my children’s health and wellness – a task that can be difficult even if […]
Digital Health
U.S. Healthcare Ranks Poorly – Here’s A Way To Improve It Depending on your perspective, you can argue that the U.S. either has the best healthcare system in the world or one of the worst. However, according to the Bloomberg Health-Care Efficiency Index which assessed 55 countries, the U.S. ranks 50th – almost dead last. […]
Digital Health
Family Medical History Is More Informative than Genome Mapping While there is understandable excitement about genome mapping, there is still much discovery and testing to be done to determine its efficacy in healthcare today. At-home DNA kits may be entertaining and perhaps revealing, but time and energy are better spent gathering and recording thorough […]
Caregivers
In Today’s World, Patients are Digital Health Consumers One-to-one marketing (a.k.a. personalization) is becoming an increasingly popular approach that marketing professionals employ to influence consumer behavior. In fact, research performed by Demand Metric found that 78% of CMO’s think that personalized content is essential to future marketing success. This seems perfectly reasonable. After all, who wouldn’t prefer content specifically tailored for […]
Digital Health
HIPAA has been law for over 20 years, and while we all sign forms at the doctor’s office (usually without reading them) acknowledging your healthcare provider’s HIPAA policy, have you ever stopped to think about what it actually means? The ‘P’ in HIPAA stands for portability, but you would not think so. One of the most […]
Patient Engagement
It’s that time of year again when you find yourself at a meal with extended family, a party, a potluck or if you’re popular, maybe several of each! As much fun as these gatherings can be, they can be equally stressful when you or your children deal with dietary issues. As a Type 1 diabetic, I […]
Allergies
Two examples of summer safety conversations with my husband — Before kids: “Oh! I need to wipe this tanning oil off my hands before I grab my drink… it could get too slippery and poke my eye out with the mini-umbrella!” [Takes sip out of a coconut] “Phew that was a close one!” [Reclines chair […]
Allergies
Jerry Elprin 
Michelle Riffer 
Jenelle Azore 
ICmed,LLC 
Greg Pelton 
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