http://patients.about.com/ Get the latest headlines from the About.com Patient Empowerment GuideSite. http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hi http://www.about.com/ 118 20 en-us 2009-07-01T15:51:08Z Wed, 01 Jul 2009 15:51:08 +0000 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 http://patients.about.com/b/2009/07/02/steve-jobs-his-transplant-and-whose-business-is-it-anyway.htm Whether you follow health news or business news, you couldn't help but notice the hub-bub about Steve Jobs, the founder and CEO of Apple Computer, and his liver transplant. ... http://patients.about.com/b/2009/07/02/steve-jobs-his-transplant-and-whose-business-is-it-anyway.htm Thu, 02 Jul 2009 07:05:26 +0000 2009-07-02T07:05:26Z http://patients.about.com/b/2009/07/01/july-the-most-dangerous-month-in-a-hospital.htm Hospitals are dangerous places to be. And there's no more dangerous time of the year in a hospital than during the month of July. I actually sounded a similar warning... http://patients.about.com/b/2009/07/01/july-the-most-dangerous-month-in-a-hospital.htm Wed, 01 Jul 2009 15:51:08 +0000 2009-07-01T15:51:08Z http://patients.about.com/b/2009/06/30/cleaning-out-the-medicine-cabinet-redux.htm Last summer I shared my adventures of cleaning out my medicine cabinet. Most of us don't realize that it's not as simple a task as just throwing things away,... http://patients.about.com/b/2009/06/30/cleaning-out-the-medicine-cabinet-redux.htm Tue, 30 Jun 2009 11:12:17 +0000 2009-06-30T11:12:17Z http://patients.about.com/b/2009/06/28/calling-would-be-patient-advocates.htm I've seen it coming for several years now. Apart from my work here at About.com, I call myself Every Patient's Advocate. My writing and speaking is aimed at the general... http://patients.about.com/b/2009/06/28/calling-would-be-patient-advocates.htm Sun, 28 Jun 2009 07:56:47 +0000 2009-06-28T07:56:47Z http://patients.about.com/b/2009/06/26/tell-president-obama-your-healthcare-story.htm Have you had a run-in with the healthcare system in America? Was it affected by, or did it later affect, your ability to pay for your care, get insurance coverage, or... http://patients.about.com/b/2009/06/26/tell-president-obama-your-healthcare-story.htm Fri, 26 Jun 2009 07:15:34 +0000 2009-06-26T07:15:34Z http://patients.about.com/b/2009/06/25/follow-up-on-insured-vs-healthcare-rights-poll.htm A couple of weeks ago, I asked you to help me prove an assumption (yes, I know what they say!) that our opinions about whether healthcare should be a right... http://patients.about.com/b/2009/06/25/follow-up-on-insured-vs-healthcare-rights-poll.htm Thu, 25 Jun 2009 07:08:53 +0000 2009-06-25T07:08:53Z http://patients.about.com/b/2009/06/23/did-your-doctor-call-you-with-your-test-results.htm And if not, did you assume that meant everything was OK? It may not have been. And you may be sicker because of it. A group of researchers at Weill Cornell... http://patients.about.com/b/2009/06/23/did-your-doctor-call-you-with-your-test-results.htm Tue, 23 Jun 2009 20:24:42 +0000 2009-06-23T20:24:42Z http://patients.about.com/b/2009/06/20/zicam-nasal-spray-warnings-looking-behind-the-headlines.htm Once in awhile a headline comes along that truly raises many more questions than it answers for empowered patients. This is one of them. It's a perfect example of why... http://patients.about.com/b/2009/06/20/zicam-nasal-spray-warnings-looking-behind-the-headlines.htm Sat, 20 Jun 2009 09:04:45 +0000 2009-06-20T09:04:45Z http://patients.about.com/b/2009/06/17/swine-flu-and-the-crooks-lie-in-waiting.htm No one wants to catch the H1N1 Swine Flu. And just like any disaster, the swine flu is a scare that has brought the crooks out, ready to take our... http://patients.about.com/b/2009/06/17/swine-flu-and-the-crooks-lie-in-waiting.htm Wed, 17 Jun 2009 22:15:12 +0000 2009-06-17T22:15:12Z http://patients.about.com/b/2009/06/16/charlotte-rose-goes-to-washington.htm Next week, while the grown-ups in Washington duke it out over healthcare reform, 8-year-old Charlotte Rose will make her mark on Capital Hill as a part of the Juvenile Diabetes... http://patients.about.com/b/2009/06/16/charlotte-rose-goes-to-washington.htm Tue, 16 Jun 2009 08:00:10 +0000 2009-06-16T08:00:10Z