Supplement labels soon to be improved.
LONG BEACH, CALIF. -- Dietary supplements will soon bear labels worded a whole lot more like the ones on over-the-counter medications and a whole lot less like the text of infomercials. In a move designed to protect consumers by requiring that health claims are supported by scientific...

The digital transformation of health care. (Health Care Meets E-Commerce).
KEY CONCEPTS * The e-health Era * Information Economy * Adapting e-health Technology * e-Medicine Changes the Patient-Physician Relationship * Telemedicine and Cyberconsultations * Internet Strategies for Managed Care EMAIL AND THE INTERNET have created...

How to be a savvy health information consumer.
Those of us interested in health and fitness have an insatiable appetite for new information. What should we eat? How should we train? What's the best treatment for an injury? How can we live long, healthy, productive lives? There are conflicting headlines, a proliferation of health-related Web sites, and...

A Time for Thanks and Reflection.
It seems almost unbelievable, but Thanksgiving and the Winter Holidays are just around the corner once again. I always think of Thanksgiving as a time for reflection. Those of us at EP certainly have a lot to be thankful for, the most important of which is that after 30...

The Health Care E-volution.
New health care Web sites are creating cyberspace partnerships with physicians, carriers, employers, and consumers. Announcements of new e-businesses focusing on delivering health care directly into the hands of employees and retirees are cropping up daily. The latest is Hewitt Associates' Sageo, the company's new Web-based venture....

The clinical email explosion. (Health Care Meets E-Commerce).
KEY CONCEPTS * Clinical Email * Physician-Patient Communication * Changing Physician-Patient Relationship * Legal and Ethical Considerations * Patient Confidentiality * Informed Consent SUCCESSFUL COMMUNICATION between patients and physicians is a key factor in providing...

FROM PATIENTS TO CONSUMERS.
IS THE INTERNET MAKING US HEALTHIER? Most people who use the Internet, the surveys tell us, have searched at one time or another for the answers to their own health problems. If you have ever done this, you will know that there are hundreds of pages of...

Internet Offers Wealth of Clinical, Educational, Professional Resources.
MIAMI BEACH -- The Internet, now "an essential tool for health professionals," offers an abundance of sometimes bewildering resources for psychiatrists, Dr. Raymond Ownby said in a psychopharmacology update sponsored by the University of Miami. Besides its growing role as a tool for communicating with patients and...

Potential impact of telehealth on socio-economic stability and sustainability in the process of globalization.
Abstract Sustainable socio-economic development depends upon a well-trained and healthy workforce. Family health also influences worker stability. Access to healthcare in both rural and urban settings is a world-wide challenge: No nation can afford to replicate comprehensive health care resources in every large and small community. On...

Medline's grandchildren.
Walton, Graham and Booth, Andrew, eds Exploiting knowledge in health services. London: Facet Publishing, 2004. 288p 49.95 [pounds sterling] hard ISBN 1856044793 With 45 years experience as health information professionals between them and currently working at the cutting edge of their profession, Walton and Booth are well...