Highlight HEALTH
As a scientist, I feel that I have a responsibility to communicate the importance of biomedical research to the public. Highlight HEALTH is my endeavor to do just that, promoting advances in biomedical research and advocating health literacy for improving self-management in health.
Recent articles authored by Walter Jessen
Wednesday, August 11th, 2010
Welcome to Medlib's Round, edition 2.7, the monthly blog carnival highlighting excellent blog posts in the field of medical information. For this edition, we wanted to focus on how social media is being used to promote health information online.
Welcome to Medlib's Round, edition 2.7, the monthly blog carnival highlighting excellent blog posts in the field of medical information. For this edition, we wanted to focus on how social media is being used to promote health information online.
Wednesday, August 04th, 2010
healthfinder.gov recently released a tool that makes it easier and faster to find actionable prevention and wellness tips: the Quick Guide to Healthy Living.
healthfinder.gov recently released a tool that makes it easier and faster to find actionable prevention and wellness tips: the Quick Guide to Healthy Living.
Monday, July 26th, 2010
Highlight HEALTH will be hosting the next edition of the MedLib’s Round, edition 2.7, on Tuesday, August 10th and is inviting submissions based on the theme of "Leveraging social media to promote health information online".
Highlight HEALTH will be hosting the next edition of the MedLib’s Round, edition 2.7, on Tuesday, August 10th and is inviting submissions based on the theme of "Leveraging social media to promote health information online".
Thursday, July 08th, 2010
Health On the Net (HON) Foundation recently launched a new and improved certificate for medical and health web sites. The new certificate is an initiative to further enhance the HONcode certification system and to encourage health and medical information seekers to be more critical when searching fo
Health On the Net (HON) Foundation recently launched a new and improved certificate for medical and health web sites. The new certificate is an initiative to further enhance the HONcode certification system and to encourage health and medical information seekers to be more critical when searching fo
Wednesday, June 30th, 2010
Birth control pills are a very popular form of birth control. Typically referred to as "the pill", oral contraception has an interesting history and has generated enormous social and cultural impact. This infographic provides insight into statistics collected from Planned Parenthood on birth control
Birth control pills are a very popular form of birth control. Typically referred to as "the pill", oral contraception has an interesting history and has generated enormous social and cultural impact. This infographic provides insight into statistics collected from Planned Parenthood on birth control
