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• Patient History Doesn’t Have to be Complicated Anymore

  Keeping track of family medical history can get confusing and complicated. Folders, papers and records can be all over the place.

  A new health-based social network called HealthKeep is now trying to change that by helping you organize your patient history with a timeline of symptoms and medications and [...]

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• A New Way to Research Rare Diseases

  It takes an average of nine years for a rare disease patient to get an accurate diagnosis, according to the National Organization for Rare Disorders. That amount of time can be very frustrating for many patients and their families.

  That may change, thanks to a new search engine, [...]

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• Are You a Social Doctor?

  While social media may be the preferred form of communications when it comes to celebrities, politicians and athletes, it hasn’t been well embraced by the medical community – specifically doctors. Some have no idea how to tweet, and they’re afraid to see what they find if they Google themselves.

  Many [...]

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• Recruiting Patients for Studies Getting Easier

  With advances in medicine also come new challenges for scientists, doctors and drug developers: finding patients for their studies. In an age of the Internet and social media, many potential patients have privacy concerns about providing confidential data for research.

  That may soon change with the help of Genetic [...]

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• More ‘Likes’ = Lower Mortality?

  Facebook may really have an impact on health! According to a new study published by the American Journal of Medical Quality, hospitals with more Facebook “likes” tend to have lower death rates.

  The study surveyed all 82 hospitals within a 25-mile radius of New York City. Forty of those [...]

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• Keas – A New Way to Encourage Wellness in the Workplace

  Did you know that obesity costs employers $150 billion each year in lost productivity? And that companies that actively promote health in the workplace are three times more productive than companies that don’t? It’s no surprise that productivity and healthcare costs are top of mind for employers at large, who [...]

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• Computer’s Idle Time Can Help Cure Rare Diseases

  Do you leave your computer idle to save time and energy when you aren’t using it? A typical computer may even sit idle 20 hours a day! Why not use that time to help a nonprofit find cures for rare and neglected diseases?

  Quantum Cures, founded in January, is [...]

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