Joining the #hchlitss Twitter Chat

December 4, 2011

Last Thursday evening I was honored to be a guest participant of the #hchlitss Twitter chat. The hashtag stands for Health Communications, Health Literacy and Social Sciences and was created by Kathleen Hoffman and RV Rikard (who both live here in North Carolina!). In being invited to the event, I thought about some relevant topics [...]

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World AIDS Day 2011

December 1, 2011

Today marks the beginning of the last month of the year, but it also is a reminder for us about the importance of bringing HIV/AIDS to an end. Today is World AIDS Day. A time for education and action regarding the disease that still is affecting many worldwide. Phil Wilson, CEO of the Black AIDS [...]

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The Pizza is a Vegetable Song

November 28, 2011

So many of us have already heard of the ruling that tomato sauce on school lunch pizzas are the nutritional equivalent to cauliflowers and green beans. A catchy tune from Internet song a day sensation, Jonathan Mann. Congress > Science?  

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Initial Thoughts on the Jawbone Up

November 7, 2011

I recently posted about the unveiling of Jawbone’s Up wristband – which is aimed at helping individuals keep track of their behavior and hopefully improve health. Well, my gadget-loving friend Greg Ng quickly snatched one up and created a quick video review of his first impressions of the device. Check it out:  

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Tracking Your Health: Jawbone’s New Up Wristband

November 3, 2011

Many of us know about various Bluetooth devices (e.g. headsets, etc.) that allow us to connect with technology wirelessly. Well now, Jawbone, one of the manufacturers of the headsets we know and love, has come up with a way to track our health statistics and patterns with similar technology. Introducing the Up wristband. Announced this [...]

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SXSW Health Accelerator 2012

October 28, 2011

The following is a guest post from Chris Hall – passionate health technology innovator. More information about Chris after the post. I’m on the South by Southwest Interactive (SXSWi) 2012 Health Accelerator Advisory Board and we’re looking to recruit interactive health start-ups to pitch their products. SXSW is accepting applications for its Accelerator pitch event [...]

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Pulse+Signal Q&A: 1st Annual Food Day

October 24, 2011

Today celebrates the first annual national Food Day. I caught up with Lilia Smelkova, Campaign Manager with Food Day,  to get the full scoop… What is Food Day? Food Day is a national grassroots campaign for healthy, affordable food produced in humane, sustainable and just way.  Food Day is modeled after Earth Day, and will [...]

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The First Tweetup of the Let’s Move Campaign

October 20, 2011

The following is a guest post from Douglas Naegele, President at Infield Health – a mobile health company based in Washington, DC.  Doug recounts his experience as an invited attendee at the very first Twitter inspired Let’s Move event. You can follow Doug on Twitter as @textandshout I recently had the pleasure of attending the first Tweetup surrounding Michele [...]

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2011 Blog Action Day: Feeding Our Youth

October 16, 2011

This year’s Blog Action Day post comes from guest author, Marilyn Maciel – she lives in Davis, California where she has witnessed firsthand the benefits of school gardens, a garden-based curriculum and a visiting chefs program. You can reach her at Twitter at @MarilynM   Recently I read a story about a Kenya Red Cross volunteer who has [...]

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Behind the Scenes With Health eVillages

October 13, 2011

I recently had the opportunity to head out to San Francisco to attend the Health 2.0 conference – I was pretty jazzed since this would be my third time out there since first attending as a volunteer in 2008. I think as the Health 2.0 field has matured over the past few years, there have [...]

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