How Social Media Is The New Resource For Online Health (VIDEO)

More and more health seekers are going online to share emotional support experience with other patients. icyou.com Medical Editor Prerna Mona Khanna, MD, MPH, describes another promising use of the health Internet.

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[Kristal Michele]

11:15 AM on 05/19/2010

This is not a video I want to see. It's amazing what social media has become. Social Media is full of great information, but you must decipher if its VALID information. Between Google, Youtube, Facbook and Twitter, its too much information at once. Is social media's advice better than your Physician? Who do you trust more? The information I receive from my Physician, I treat it the same as any other information. I do some heavy duty research.

[redplanet]

03:43 PM on 05/16/2010

Is this HuffPost For Dummies now? has this woman been living in a cave regarding the internet?

No, I don't want to watch someone getting chemical cocktails. I'd rather READ about things that work by normalizing the immune system instead of killing you:

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Low-dose-naltrexone/106061992765629?ref=ts

Here's the MD who uses LDN on cancer, along with his cured pts:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FRI5f69N2eo&feature=related

Here he is at USC giving a presentation on his patients cured of cancer- he shows tumor slides as proof:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WqRwXEnPYKk&feature=related

[Ken Torbert]

08:39 PM on 05/13/2010

Another Example of Facebook social networking is CCSVI Northern California
http://www.facebook.com/pages/miniwindsystems/225740243236?ref=pymk#!/group.php?gid=110127945665894&ref=ts
Northern California persons interested in The venous hypothesis Chronic cerebro-spinal venous insufficiency (CCSVI) is advocated by researcher Paolo Zamboni for Multiple Sclerosis.

[Ken Torbert]

08:26 PM on 05/13/2010

Social media is where the concept of CCSVI as a condition that needs treatment to relieve symptoms of MS has exploded. The venous hypothesis Chronic cerebro-spinal venous insufficiency (CCSVI) is advocated by researcher Paolo Zamboni for Multiple Sclerosis. There are no less than 100 Facebook pages dedicated to this breakthrough theory on helping MS patients to some relief. CCSVI Locator follows theses groups at
http://ccsvi-ms.ning.com/

[Tim Roberts]

08:25 PM on 05/13/2010

you whores how much did they pay to have this story featured so heavily?

[momsdaily]

01:06 PM on 05/13/2010

I have to agree, I own a medical clinic- I attempted, on 2 occasions, to run an ad on Facebook for our HCG Diet. Both ads were disapproved on the basis that Facebook does not allow ads for the HCG Diet. However, I saw 2 ads this morning for the HCG diet. One of the ads is in my market! I therefore took screen shots of the ads and sent them to the ad team over at FB and ask for an explanation. I have not heard from them. What is striking to me however is that FB is running an ad for a local competitor. This brings up a couple of questions. First, that clinic caters to affluent patients. Consequently, they likely have a high dollar ad campaign. Our clinic serves the uninsured, indigent population. We utilize the funds from selling the HCG Diet to offset the cost of care for those who have no insurance. Consequently, my ad budget is limited. Are we being discriminated against because of a low budget? Or, we are in Arizona, it creeps into my mind that this selective ad placement is perhaps discriminatory? Whatever the reason, Facebook has not offered an explanation for the inconsistent manner that they enforce their policy to not allow HCG Diet ads, leaving us to wonder and speculate.

[zapyourappetite]

11:38 PM on 05/13/2010

Very interesting - I'd like to know the outcome, and when/whether FB gets back to you with an explanation.

[vmlinux]

12:19 PM on 05/13/2010

If Facebook is the source for online health then; man, we are all gonna die.

[Blixa]

09:10 PM on 05/13/2010

You got that right.