My friend Eric Rothenberg is 42. Given that I am writing this on my 59th birthday, I see Eric as a very young man. Married, twin 14-year-old boys. Great wife, Edith, who I love and see at the gym at our little Mercer Island Country Club most days. The club is no deluxe place. A [...]
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Avoiding the Swine Flu from Patient Power® on Vimeo.
The Dr. No of Cancer Drugs? from Patient Power® on Vimeo. Much of what you can find on the Internet about health is fueled by big corporations and their agendas to sell you something: a product, a service, a philosophy. After 25 years devoted to health communications (17 online), I am pretty savvy about this and, with my friend and co-author Mary Thomas, am pretty near [...] If the worst happened and your child was diagnosed with cancer you would probably want aggressive therapy for the child with hope for a cure, let alone to save your child’s life. In diseases like childhood leukemia these days, the vast majority of the time, aggressive therapy works. But when it comes to chronic conditions [...] Showtime for Healthcare Reform from Patient Power® on Vimeo. I felt terrible about it, but I gave up my 21-year subscription to The Seattle Times a few months ago. I go to the gym every morning, ride the recombinant bike (to go easy on my back) and only have time to read one newspaper. I decided it was important to focus totally on what [...] |
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