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In the End

by | Mar 25, 2011

Three years ago our family was faced with a difficult decision. What is the best care for our mother? We toured all the possible local options, but when it came down to it, there was only one facility* willing to take my mother due to the advanced state of her...

What’s in your… bucket queue?

by | Dec 31, 2009

Prolog: Cheryl said she wasn’t sure whether this post belonged on the e-patient blog. It sure does: When lives are prolonged by medical success, we get to do all kinds of things we wouldn’t have. It also belongs here because this short little piece...

“The 100 Percent Organic Man”

by | Dec 3, 2008

Dr. Alan Greene has been on a mission to find out all he can about organic food.  You can read all about his three year journey as “The 100 Percent Organic Man” on the New York Times article and Blog post by Tara Parker-Pope. He just ended a year as the...

An e-Patient Hero Leaves Us

by | Jul 25, 2008

Most of us know Randy Pausch from his video lecture “Achieving Your Childhood Dreams”, taped at Carnegie Mellon as part of their “Last Lecture” series. His hope and optimism in light of a crushing diagnosis brought millions up short as they...

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