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Health Help: Former Sun CEO Jonathan Schwartz Talks About New CareZone Start-Up (Video)

Kara Swisher in Social on February 14 at 9:01 pm PT

Here’s a very intriguing new social networking site called CareZone, aimed at helping people managing chronic health care issues. (I can tell you, based on my own recent scare, it’s needed.)

Remedy Health Media Acquires HealthCentral

Kara Swisher in News on November 29, 2011 at 6:30 am PT

Remedy Health, a New York-based health information company, has bought HealthCentral, a start-up that offers online clinical and patient tools, community and content in a variety of topic areas.

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The Jewelry Prescription

Laura Landro, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on August 31, 2010 at 11:30 am PT

It’s a simple step, but one many doctors forget to remind patients to take: Wear a medical-alert bracelet. A growing number of American adults and children face complex medical conditions like heart disease and diabetes. They may have drug or food allergies, suffer from disorders like autism, or take medications like the blood thinner coumadin that medical staff should know about in an emergency.

Steve Jobs Has "Excellent Prognosis"

John Paczkowski in News on June 24, 2009 at 3:30 am PT

Apple CEO Steve Jobs recently underwent a liver transplant and “has an excellent prognosis,” a Memphis, Tenn., hospital has confirmed. In a statement issued late Tuesday, Dr. James D. Eason, the chief of transplantation at Methodist University Hospital Transplant Institute, said that Jobs did in fact receive a new liver at his transplant facility and is now recovering well.

Steve Jobs Has “Excellent Prognosis”