Paula Deen and MTV's True Life: I Have Diabetes

Diabetes has been in the news quite a bit this week with Paula Deen's recent type 2 diabetes declaration and last night's MTV True Life: I Have Diabetes.

I have been tracking and participating in the discussions with the diabetes online community (DOC) via social media on my mobile phone. The primary message that the diabetes online community has been one of noting that the suffering that goes with a chronic disease like diabetes is inevitable but 'You are not alone'. They have also noted that helping each other helps themselves as mentioned here on twitter upon noting the daily struggles of having diabetes in the MTV True Life piece:

When the conversation is healing, as the diabetes online community clearly shouts that it is, mobile health platforms that allow continuation of the conversation become medicine. I am hopeful that by increased recognition, mobile health and 'social medicine' for chronic diseases, like diabetes, will be as common as cough drops and Vicks vapor rub for the common cold...but MUCH more healing!

EndoGoddess App To Go To Paris!

I am soooooo excited to be asked to speak in Paris in May 2012 at Doctors 2.0 on how social media, web 2.0, and mobile applications are impacting healthcare. New communities, new services, new tools, mobile apps are extending the reach of professionals and patients, raising both opportunities and challenges which will be discussed....from the doctor and patient point of view.



These 10 questions and more will be covered at Doctors 2.0 in 2012:
What do we know about e-patient experiences and Doctors 2.0?
Which healthcare social media campaigns by pharma, government, and hospitals work?
Where are we with regulatory and legal?
What do new patient communities look like? What is new with PatientsLikeMe? How are their European counterparts developing?
What is the Quantified Self movement and how does it impact chronic disease?
What is new in online consultation?
Which mobile applications are popular with professionals and also patients?
How do online communities engage physicians in Emerging Markets, North America, Europe?
How is Med Ed changing as a result of Mobile Apps, Social Media and online communities?
Should you be considering 3D video or Serious Games?



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