Written on September 1, 2010 by Jade Haigh
A couple of weeks ago I participated on a panel with our CDC colleagues Ann Aiken and Jessica Schindelar about Twitter monitoring, evaluation, and engagement at the CDC’s National Conference on Health Communication, Marketing, and Media. During this panel I spoke about “engagement” on Twitter – providing different definitions of it and how we at AIDS.gov work to engage our Twitter followers (and here are the slides ).
When it comes to defining “Twitter engagement” there isn’t just one definition. There are many websites and software programs that evaluate “engagement” on Twitter such as Klout , Twitalyzer , Tweet Grade , Tweetlevel , and many others. Some sites look a
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Written on August 30, 2010 by Jett Dooley
WASHINGTON Federal health regulators are weighing restrictions on Robitussin, NyQuil and other cough suppressants to curb cases of abuse that send thousands of people to the hospital each year.
The Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday posted its review of dextromethorphan, an ingredient found in more than 100 over-the-counter medications that is sometimes abused for its euphoric effects. The practice, dubbed “robotripping,” involves taking more than 25 times the recommended dose of a cold medicine and is mainly associated with teenagers.
At high doses the drug causes increased blood pressure, heart rate and fever. A
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Written on August 30, 2010 by Jordan Ballard
Dear SOS: Last February I ate dinner at the Oceanaire Seafood Room in Washington, D.C. Can you get the recipe for the crab cakes? — Ellen, Monrovia, Calif.
Dear Ellen: Oceanaire Seafood Room was happy to share its recipe for these tender, soft crab cakes. The cakes are baked, not fried, and can be made ahead of time and refrigerated, then baked before serving. P
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Written on August 28, 2010 by Jade Haigh
Levels of bone mineral loss were far higher in a small group of men who had been recently infected with HIV than is typically seen in HIV-negative men of similar age and demographics, according to a study published in the September 10 issue of AIDS.
Numerous studies have now confirmed that bone mineral loss—called osteopenia when the bone loss is moderate and osteoporosis when it is more severe—is far more common in people with HIV, particularly in HIV-positive men. These studies, however, have varied in their methods and in the specific populations they analyzed. For example, most studies have looked predominantly at HIV-positive men and women who had been infected for many years and have been receiving antiretroviral (ARV) therapy. Con Read All Post…
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Written on August 27, 2010 by Jett Dooley
Five years ago, Hurricane Katrina devastated the Gulf region, killing nearly 2,000 and displacing more than 250,000 others from Louisiana to Florida. This week, in a series titled “Hurricane Katrina: Five Years After,” FoxNews.com looks back on the costliest natural disaster ever to strike the United States.
When Hurricane Katrina ripped through New Orleans, leaving a legacy of death and destruction in its wake, the storm’s immediate effects were evident. But now, five years later, the long-term effects on the devastated population’s mental and physical health still linger.
A study released this week linked the costliest natural disaster in U.S. h
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