Highlight HEALTH

Author: Walter Jessen

Profile: Walter Jessen is the founder, editor and head writer of Highlight HEALTH. A PhD-trained cancer neurobiologist and bioinformatician, Walter is currently studying peripheral nerve tumor development. He is interested in how the human genome integrates intrinsic and environmental signals to regulate mechanisms that control neurological health and disease.

Website: http://www.walterjessen.com/

Articles by Walter Jessen

1. Social Media in Health and Medicine: Medlibs Round 2.7
2. The Quick Guide to Healthy Living
3. MedLibs Round 2.7 Call for Submissions
4. HON Foundation Launches New Certificate, Study on Internet Use
5. A Look Back at 50 Years of Birth Control
6. An Inside Look at NIH Peer Review
7. The 2010 NF Conference – Connecting the Public with the Research
8. 10 Things to be Aware of on NF Awareness Day
9. Top 10 Facts Women Should Know About Fibroids
10. World Health Day: 1000 Cities, 1000 Lives
11. World TB Day 2010: On the Move Against Tuberculosis
12. Where You Live Matters to Your Health
13. Health Highlights – March 11th, 2010
14. The National Health Observances Toolkit
15. St. Vincent de Paul Charitable Pharmacy Provides $5M in Medication
16. How to Properly Dispose of Medication
17. Health Highlights – January 29th, 2010
18. Refusing Immunizations Increases Risk of Chickenpox in Children
19. The Best of Highlight HEALTH 2009 – The Year in Review
20. Medpedia Now Includes News & Analysis, Alerts, Q&A
21. You Can Help Improve the Health of America: Healthy People 2020
22. President Obama: Prioritize Science and Health in 2011
23. Medical Journal Conflict of Interest Disclosure and Other Issues
24. Finding Credible Health Information Online: MedLibs Round 1.8
25. Safety and Distribution of the H1N1 Influenza Vaccine
26. Health Highlights – October 30th, 2009
27. Details of Critically Ill Patients with H1N1 in Mexico and Canada
28. Book Review: The SharpBrains Guide to Brain Fitness
29. Chromosome Telomeres and the Nobel Prize for Medicine
30. What You Need to Know About the H1N1 Vaccine
31. Health Highlights – September 22nd, 2009
32. H1N1 Vaccine Study Summaries: Single Dose Provides Protection
33. Health Highlights – September 8th, 2009
34. Need For Less Sleep Associated with Gene Mutation
35. NIH to Hold Conference on Family History
36. Health Highlights – August 7th, 2009
37. The Spectrum Health Value Study: Insured vs. Uninsured
38. Don’t Get Burned With Your Sunscreen
39. Medpedia: Reliable Crowdsourcing of Health and Medical Information
40. Francis Collins Nominated to Head NIH
41. Physician Failure to Report Abnormal Test Results to Patients
42. MicroRNAs in Human Health and Disease
43. Health Highlights – June 18th, 2009
44. Recovery Act Drives Record Number of NIH Grant Applications
45. Biomedical Research Rock Stars
46. New Genes Associated with Blood Pressure and Hypertension
47. The Spectrum Health Value Study
48. Healthcare Spending After the Recession
49. Put Your Hands Together and Fight the Flu
50. Cancer Research Blog Carnival #21 – National Cancer Research Month
51. Science and the Swine Flu
52. Health Highlights – April 13th, 2009
53. Brain Toniq Review: The Science Behind the Think Drink
54. Following the Biomedical and Healthcare Blogosphere
55. Combating Foodborne Illness: The Food Safety Modernization Act
56. Meat Consumption and Mortality Risk
57. A New Era for Stem Cell Research and Scientific Integrity
58. Health Highlights – March 6th, 2009
59. Lifetime Immunity From the Flu
60. U.S. Encourages Evidence-based Medicine in Economic Stimulus
61. Support Biomedical Research in the Economic Stimulus Package
62. Health Highlights – February 10th, 2009
63. Clearing Up Concerns Over Vicks VapoRub
64. Private Access: Interview with Robert Shelton
65. Lack of Sleep Increases Susceptibility to the Common Cold
66. Read Highlight HEALTH In Your Inbox
67. I.O.U.S.A. One Nation Under Stress and In Debt
68. Health Highlights – January 6th, 2009
69. The Best of Highlight HEALTH 2008 – The Year in Review
70. Top Health Search Engines of 2008
71. Metabolic Changes in Human Brain Evolution and Schizophrenia
72. Grand Rounds 5.14 Holiday Edition
73. The Power of Gratitude to Cultivate Happiness
74. Neurodegenerative Disease and the Coming Epidemic
75. Gene Expression Can Predict the Survival of Lymphoma Patients
76. Potential Location of Autism Genes Identified
77. New Highlight HEALTH Network RSS Feed
78. Health Search and the Semantic Web
79. Encephalon #58 – Decision Making
80. The New Placebo: Prescribing Positive Expectations with Real Drugs
81. 2008 Presidential Candidates on the Issues of Biomedical Research and Healthcare
82. Highlight HEALTH Goes Mobile
83. Viral-based Human Disease and the Nobel Prize for Medicine
84. Health Highlights – October 7th, 2008
85. NIH Increases Support for High-risk Large-impact Biomedical Research
86. HelixGene Foundation to Ensure Responsible Reporting of Genomic Medicine
87. Closing Arguments on Big Tobacco, Boston Legal Style
88. The Cancer Genome Atlas Reports Molecular Characterization of Brain Tumors
89. 9rules for Highlight HEALTH
90. This is Where the End of Cancer Begins – Stand Up To Cancer
91. Cancer Research Blog Carnival #13 – Stand Up To Cancer
92. Processed Food Makers Cut Corners As Prices Rise
93. Join the Movement and Stand Up To Cancer
94. The Promise of Stem Cells to Repair the Heart
95. Health Highlights – August 5th, 2008
96. Mapping Connections in the Human Brain
97. Living Life to its Fullest: The Song of Randy Pausch
98. Increased Coffee Consumption Associated with Lower Risk of Liver Cancer
99. Did You Eat Your Fruits and Vegetables Today?
100. Health Highlights – July 10th, 2008
101. Exactly What are Stem Cells?
102. Warfarin Dosing Accuracy and Genomic Medicine: A Helix Health CliniCast
103. The Upside of High Food Prices
104. Seven Ways to Connect with the Highlight HEALTH Network
105. Neurofibromatosis: From Genes to Complications to Treatments
106. Health Highlights – June 9th, 2008
107. More Education Decreases the Risk of Death
108. Detection of Colorectal Cancer Using a Blood-based, Six-Gene Biomarker Set
109. Gene Genie #32 – Googling the Genie
110. Genomic Medicine: An Educational Resource from Helix Health
111. Remembering Lunch Can Help Reduce the Desire to Snack
112. Tired? You May Not Be Getting Enough Sleep
113. Health Highlights – May 6th, 2008
114. Improve Your Financial Health, Reduce Stress and Help Save the Planet
115. The Kanzius Machine: A Future Alternative to Chemotherapy?
116. The Last Lecture – How to Live Your Childhood Dreams
117. Funding of Childhood Cancer, NF Research in Jeopardy
118. Nirvana in the Right Hemisphere: A Stroke of Insight
119. Flat Funding of Biomedical Research: The Threat to America’s Health
120. Cancer Research Blog Carnival #7
121. Health Highlights – March 3rd, 2008
122. More Steps for Open Access
123. Searching for Health Information Online Dangerous
124. Overeating Fast Food Carbs Causes Signs of Liver Damage
125. ScienceCures: Today’s Science, Tomorrow’s Cures
126. Living Healthy Isn’t Cost Saving, It’s Cost Effective
127. Presenting Highlight HEALTH 2.0
128. Chiropractic Adjustments and Artery Dissection: Is Your Neck in Safe Hands?
129. Top 6 Most Important Cancer Advances of 2007
130. Health Highlights – January 14, 2008
131. Lack of Health Insurance Increases Risk of Cancer Death
132. The Best of Highlight HEALTH 2007 – The Year in Review
133. The Highlight HEALTH Network RSS Dashboard Widget
134. The Highlight HEALTH Network
135. The Genetics of Panic Disorder
136. DNA Amplification by Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR)
137. Health Highlights – December 10th, 2007
138. American Obesity Rate Levels Off
139. Social Networks and Health – The Research and the Reviews
140. World AIDS Day
141. Saline Nasal Irrigation More Effective than Spray for Chronic Sinus Symptoms
142. New Common Cold Virus Variant Deadly
143. Tryptophan, Trust and the Thanksgiving Turkey
144. The Link Between Biology and Energy
145. QuitWinLive – The Great American Smokeout
146. Common Therapy for Prostate Cancer May Promote Metastasis
147. Merck HIV Vaccine Increases Risk of HIV Infection
148. Elsevier’s Approaches to Public Access of Biomedical and Cancer Research
149. The Flu, Your Health and the Importance of Vaccination
150. Bloggers for Peer-Reviewed Research Reporting Launches Official Icons
151. Smoking Duration vs. Intensity and the Impact on Lung Cancer Risk
152. Health Highlights – October 23rd, 2007
153. Individual Genetics, Coffee Consumption, BRCA1 and Breast Cancer
154. Biodegradable Polymers for Drug and Gene Delivery
155. Medicine 2.0 #10 – Medicine and the Second Generation of Internet-based Services
156. Of Mice, Men and the Nobel Prize for Medicine
157. Overweight Kids and TV: An Advertising Epidemic
158. Personalized Patient-driven Drug Safety Monitoring Program
159. Health Highlights – September 30th, 2007
160. Consortium to Identify Genetic Markers that Predict Drug-related Serious Adverse Events
161. Treating Cancer with Personalized Medicine
162. Bill in Senate to Expand Public Access to Taxpayer-funded Research
163. 10 Reasons to List Your Site in the Highlight HEALTH Web Directory
164. Novel Gene Suppresses Tumor Growth in Multiple Cancers
165. Health Highlights – September 10th, 2007
166. Green Chemistry Mimics the Cellular Process of Drug Synthesis
167. Irreversible Gene Expression Changes From Smoking
168. Smoking Cessation Timeline: What Happens When You Quit
169. Healthy Fast Food Not So Healthy
170. Bitter Coffee, Better Health?
171. Health Highlights – August 21st, 2007
172. Spinal Muscular Atrophy Legislation Update
173. Discredited Stem Cells Created by Virgin Birth
174. Mitosis and Meiosis
175. SCHIP Funding and Fiscal Irresponsibility
176. Health Highlights – August 9th, 2007
177. Websites Advertising and Selling Prescription Drugs Increase by 70%
178. What You Believe Can Kill You
179. Pediatric Grand Rounds 2.8
180. Physician Profiling
181. The Highlight HEALTH Web Directory is Now HONcode Accredited
182. Healthcare Bloggers Code of Ethics
183. Lawmakers Debate Funding Children’s Health Insurance
184. Spinal Muscular Atrophy Legislation to be Introduced in Congress
185. Health Highlights – July 10th, 2007
186. The Highlight HEALTH Web Directory
187. Healthy Tips for the Fourth of July
188. Second-hand Smoke Exposure Linked to Psychological Problems in Children
189. Medicexchange: A Medical Imaging Resource
190. Health Highlights – June 26th, 2007
191. Highlight HEALTH Summer Survival Guide
192. Healthcare Costs and the Looming U.S. Budget Crisis
193. Health Highlights – June 16th, 2007
194. Neurofibromatosis and The Children’s Tumor Foundation
195. Tumor Suppressors and Oncogenes
196. Health Highlights – June 1st, 2007
197. Quercetin Boosts Immunity and Helps Maintain Mental Performance
198. The Medical Blogosphere and the State of Healthcare Blogging
199. In Memorandum
200. Quercetin
201. Alternative Ethanol Fuel Won’t Improve Future Air Quality
202. 2007: The Year of the Personalized Genomics
203. Alternative to Dichloroacetate
204. Highlight HEALTH is Now HONcode Accredited
205. Healthcare Self-Management Suggestions for e-Patients
206. FDA Attempting to Regulate Dietary Supplements
207. Polyphenols
208. Earth Day – A Call for Action on Climate Change
209. The Trust and Credibility of Healthcare Blogs
210. Discovery Setting It’s Sites On Green
211. Web 3.0 and Predictive, Preventive and Personalized Medicine
212. Pharmacy Errors – Avoid Prescription Dispensing Mistakes
213. An Inconvenient Financial Truth – Healthcare Costs Endanger U.S. Financial Stability
214. Antibiotics Overprescribed for Sinus Infections
215. Study Showing Antioxidant Vitamins Increase Mortality Flawed
216. Clinical Trials
217. Top 10 Places Cold and Flu Germs Hide
218. March is National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month
219. Study Questions Ability of Garlic to Lower LDL Cholesterol
220. Vitamin C
221. Caffeine May Prevent Heart Disease in the Elderly
222. Highlight HEALTH Website Improvements
223. Peanut Butter Recalled Due to Salmonella Outbreak
224. The Best Way to Stay Healthy and Avoid Getting Sick
225. Dichloroacetate Not Ready for Therapeutic Use
226. Sinus Congestion
227. Cancer Prevention
228. Updated Rates of the Most Common Neurological Disorders
229. Vitamin B
230. Health Benefits of Bananas
231. The Glycemic Index
232. Decrease in US Cancer Deaths
233. Amino Acids
234. America’s Health Rankings
235. Vitamin A
236. Vitamins
237. Amniotic Stem Cell Lines May Hold a Potential for Therapy
238. Merck Focuses on Traditional Chinese Medicine for Cancer Drugs
239. Alfalfa
240. Welcome to Highlight HEALTH
241. The Definition of Health