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Wednesday, February 23, 2011

Connected for Life Now Features Ask Mayo Clinic Nurse Line

Family Health Network is excited to announce that its Connected for Life^SM online program for caregivers of aging loved ones will now feature access to Ask Mayo Clinic nurse line. Seniors who are part of the program will now have 24/7 access to expert health advice from Ask Mayo Clinic registered nurses. This additional service further enriches the Connected for Life^SM online program which breaks down longstanding barriers to technology use by seniors and helps families stay in touch, monitor, and assist older family members who desire to live healthier and longer at home.
“Mayo Clinic is world renowned for being a leader in medical care, research and education,” said CEO of Family Health Network, Harry Bailes. “Now, in addition to connecting seniors with family members and caregivers, we can offer them access to Ask Mayo Clinic nurse line that represents one of an expanding list of additional resources available through membership in Connected for Life^SM

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Patients find plenty of health information on line, but not all of it is reliable

The Internet has no equal as an information storehouse. The trick is to know how to get right to a source of useful information and not waste time on Web sites that are biased, trying to sell you something or just plain wrong.

Marvin M. Lipman, Consumers Union's chief medical adviser, recalls having a patient who made a Google search and somehow settled on an abdominal aortic aneurysm (a worrisome bulge in the body's main blood vessel) as the logical explanation for his midback pain. No reassuring on Lipman's part eased the patient's apprehension. It took a sonogram to convince him he wasn't at death's door.

Lipman had another patient who was referred to him after her primary-care physician told her she had Graves' disease (an overactive thyroid). She arrived for her appointment armed with computer printouts of useful, accurate information and fully prepared to discuss the pros and cons of treatment options for her problem.

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Saturday, February 19, 2011

Teenage patients are answering medical questions on Yahoo! Answers

by Lorelei Armstrong
Doctors debate whether patients Googling symptoms is a good thing or a bad thing. I bet you haven’t thought about something that might be worse: your teenage patients are answering one another’s medical questions on Yahoo! Answers.
They’re not always clear on anatomy and terminology: “How can I tell if I’m circumcised?” and “What’s the best way to shave my vagina?” and “Where is the female prostate located?”
They are sexually active and not well informed: “If my boyfriend and I put the condom on after we start, can I still get an STD?” and “I had the HPV shot, am I protected from other STDs and AIDS?” and “I’m 12, should I take Viagra for my penis?”
They are worried that they are too tall, too short, too heavy, too thin, that their parts are the wrong shape or size. They believe every fad diet in the world. “Is anorexia a good diet?” and “Is it healthy to drink 16.9 fluid ounces of water per day?”

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Wednesday, February 23, 2011

Connected for Life Now Features Ask Mayo Clinic Nurse Line

Patients find plenty of health information on line, but not all of it is reliable

Saturday, February 19, 2011

Teenage patients are answering medical questions on Yahoo! Answers

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