Privacy issues in healthcare go far and wide, but what about when the person is a public figure?

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I Had Cancer, a full-fledged social network site for those who are fighting with or have survived cancer, launched yesterday.

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Could a chronic disease survelliance system help discover those at potential risk earlier on?

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Personal health is difficult, especially when your pain goes unheard. This article discusses a new platform for chronically ill individuals.

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You have the right against discrimination and should be treated with dignity and respect, regardless of illness. Find out more about your patient rights.

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This post is a Q and A with Dr. Gail Nunlee-Bland, an endocrinologist specializing in diabetes care who uses health information technology (health IT) to help improve her patients' diabetes management.  Dr. Nunlee-Bland adopted an electronic health record (EHR) that was focused on diabetes and later implemented a personal health record (PHR) to work with the EHR. 

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My PHR is not on a server, but rather in my computer and on a thumb drive. It has been an invaluable tool for the last five years.

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I think everyone should have some kind of PHR.

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