Here are my suggestions for some of the top articles related to healthcare social media (#HCSM) in the past 2-4 weeks:'Like' Facebook's 'Year in Review' function? Many don't http://buff.ly/1rrmFpS - Facebook "Year in Review" feature highlights a larger digital design problem: Algorithms and code aren't intelligent, they just do what they're told. Students distracted by electronic devices perform
Keeping HIV and AIDS in check - Deutsche Welle video
Keeping HIV and AIDS in check - Deutsche Welle video
Keeping HIV and AIDS in check: Dr. Keikawus Arastéh is an internist at the Center for Infectious Medicine and HIV of the Berlin-based Auguste-Viktoria-Klinikum. He explains how to recognize an HIV infection, how to avoid contracting it in the first place, and what therapies help keep it in check.
How to relax - DW video
How to relax - DW video
From Deutsche Welle (DW): Dr. Christian Kessler discussed stress and its harmful impact. What are some good ways to relieve stress and relax? And how can meditation help both body and mind cope with stress?
Healthcare social media #HCSM - top articles
Healthcare social media #HCSM - top articles
Here are my suggestions for some of the top articles related to healthcare social media (#HCSM) in the past 2-4 weeks:Social media and physicians: Exploring the benefits and challenges. http://buff.ly/1yNZ0iVAre You Tweeting Away Your Relationship? http://buff.ly/1mN0rqH -- Imagine you invested 50 min a day actively listening to your loved ones.Will the internet eat your brain? A neuroscientist warns Digital
What are those floaty things in your eye? Muscae volitantes
What are those floaty things in your eye? Muscae volitantes
Sometimes, against a uniform, bright background such as a clear sky or a blank computer screen, you might see things floating across your field of vision. What are these moving objects, and how are you seeing them? Michael Mauser explains the visual phenomenon that is floaters.Eye floaters are called muscae volitantes, Latin for “hovering flies". Floaters are visible
Walking While Texting - National Geographic video
Walking While Texting - National Geographic video
Texting shrinks peripheral vision to only 10%. "Cell phone use is on the rise and our eyes keep looking down. Try looking up and see what you've been missing."
The language of lying - TED-Ed video
The language of lying - TED-Ed video
From TED-Ed: We hear anywhere from 10 to 200 lies a day. And although we’ve spent much of our history coming up with ways to detect these lies by tracking physiological changes in their tellers, these methods have proved unreliable. Is there a more direct approach? Noah Zandan uses some famous examples of lying to illustrate how we
New way to lose weight - color everything blue to suppress appetite?
New way to lose weight - color everything blue to suppress appetite?
The color blue suppresses appetite more than any other color. Apart from blueberries and plums, which are mostly purple, there are few naturally blue foods. The hypothesis is that in the remote past, when humans foraged for food, blue was a warning of spoilage or danger.The Buffet Blues by National Geographic: Everyone loves an all you can eat
What we know (and don't know) about Ebola - TED-Ed video
What we know (and don't know) about Ebola - TED-Ed video
The highly virulent Ebola virus has seen a few major outbreaks since it first appeared in 1976 -- with the worst epidemic occurring in 2014. How does the virus spread, and what exactly does it do to the body? Alex Gendler details what Ebola is and why it's so hard to study.Lesson by Alex Gendler, animation by Andrew
How do lungs and liver work? TED-Ed videos
How do lungs and liver work? TED-Ed videos
How do the lungs work? TED-Ed videoWhen you breathe, you transport oxygen to the body’s cells to keep them working, while also clearing your system of the carbon dioxide that this work generates. How do we accomplish this crucial and complex task without even thinking about it? Emma Bryce takes us into the lungs to investigate how they
Fibromuscular Dysplasia - Cleveland Clinic video
Fibromuscular Dysplasia - Cleveland Clinic video
Fibromuscular dysplasia (FMD) is an angiopathy that affects medium-sized arteries predominantly in young. Renal involvement occurs in 60-75%, cerebrovascular involvement in 25-30%, visceral involvement in 9%, and arteries of the limbs in about 5%. Cleveland Clinic physician, Dr. Gornik and Pam Mace from FMDSA answer questions about fibromuscular dysplasia (FMD) on this spreecast video chat (6/2014).References:Fibromuscular Dysplasia (FMD):
Quality Improvement in Healthcare - DocMikeEvans video
Quality Improvement in Healthcare - DocMikeEvans video
Thanks to St. Michael's Hospital http://www.stmichaelshospital.com, Health Quality Ontario http://www.hqontario.ca, and Institute for Healthcare Improvement http://www.ihi.orgCheck out our new website http://www.evanshealthlab.com/Follow Dr. Mike for new videos: http://twitter.com/docmikeevans Dr. Mike Evans is a staff physician at St. Michael's Hospital and an Associate Professor of Family Medicine. He is a Scientist at the Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute and has
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