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Meet Sharecare’s Alzheimer’s Disease Online Influencers

Posted by: | November 5th, 2012 | 1 comment

Today—in honor of National Alzheimer’s Disease Awareness Month—we've released our SharecareNow list of the Top 10 Influencers helping drive online conversation about Alzheimer’s disease. These Influencers—including Lori La Bey (founder and CEO of Alzheimer’s Speaks) and Sherri Snelling (CEO and founder of the Caregiving Club) share a common goal: to provide resources, support and hope to the 5.4 million suffering from this disease and those who care about them. View Full Post

Hats Off to a Heroic Hospital

Posted by: | November 4th, 2012 | 0 comments

Sharecare is so lucky to be partners with a number of outstanding hospitals who do great things for a great many people every day. Today we wanted to give a shout-out to The Mount Sinai Medical Center. When hurricane Sandy took out a nearby hospital’s power—and the backup generators failed—Mount Sinai was there to help patients who had to be evacuated—including a preemie weighing just two pounds. View Full Post

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Coughing Lessons for Cold and Flu Season

Posted by: | November 1st, 2012 | 0 comments

Coughing the right way is something so easy to do, and you don’t need an app to do it. But, if it’s so easy, why aren’t people doing it? After sitting buckled up in a crowed plane waiting for the aircraft to pull away from the gate, I watched multiple people coughing into the air, spreading their germs. I didn’t observe one person take a tissue to cover his cough. Okay, maybe they didn’t have a tissue—but why not cough into their upper sleeve or elbow instead of spraying germs around? Especially since we were sitting in such a crowed space? View Full Post

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A Happy Halloween Plan for a Boy with Food Allergies

Posted by: | October 31st, 2012 | 0 comments

Last Halloween was one of my proudest days as a parent of a child with severe food allergies. Our four-year-old son, Graeme, who is allergic to soy, chicken, peanuts, eggs, wheat and a few other foods, trick-or-treated by asking each house what was in the candy they were giving... View Full Post

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Don’t Let Your Teeth Look Like a Jack-o’-lantern’s

Posted by: | October 30th, 2012 | 1 comment

If November and December are the scariest months for your weight, October is the scariest month for your teeth. It’s the time of year when you bake pumpkin-flavored goodies, dish out apple pie with ice cream and swipe candy from the trick-or-treat bowl. View Full Post

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