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On the road--ACHE Social Media, NCI, Healthcamp NYC, Blogging networking LA

By Matthew Holt My time off for good behavior is at an end and today I get back on a plane for four fun conferences and a party. Wednesday I’m keynoting the ACHE Social Media in Healthcare meeting in San...
November 3, 2009 in Blogs, Health 2.0, Matthew Holt, Val Jones, MD | Permalink | Comments (0)

Sanjay Gupta as Surgeon General? Not so fast.

By VAL JONES MD This week's news that Sanjay Gupta, CNN’s medical correspondent, is being considered for the office of Surgeon General by President-elect Obama came as quite a shock to me. I’ve met and interviewed 3 of the recent...
January 8, 2009 in Val Jones, MD | Permalink | Comments (15)

The Benefit of the Doubt

By Val Jones M.D. Today a dear friend of mine told me a horror story about her recent trip to a hospital ER. She has kidney stones, with rare bouts of excruciating pain when they decide to break off from...
December 4, 2008 in Hospitals, Pain Management, Val Jones, MD | Permalink | Comments (13)

Consumer-Generated Clinical Trials? Research Minus Science = Gossip

By Val Jones MD My readers know how passionate I am about protecting the public from misleading health information. I have witnessed first-hand many well-meaning attempts to “empower consumers” with Web 2.0 tools. Unfortunately, they were designed without a clear...
November 21, 2008 in Health 2.0, Val Jones, MD | Permalink | Comments (7)