The Futuring and Innovations Center is collaborating with other voluntary health agencies to hold a conference on Social Newtwork Media later this month. Toward that end, there is another blog to discuss health agency things, volunteerism, fundraising, etc. Check it out.

Excerpts from two articles relating to the high cost of health and aging in our future. Illness triggers half of bankruptcies Medical bills and illnesses are a major cause of roughly half of this country’s personal bankruptcies, according to the study published today on the Web site of the journal Health Affairs. Touted as the first in-depth analysis of medical ...

I nominate the following as an axiom that all of us involved in a complex disease like cancer should be taught on the first day on the job. "This stuff is harder than it looks… To get understanding out of biology, there’s a lot more there than you’re going to understand right away." It’s from an article by Kristen Philipkoski ...

Last month I posted an item from and MIT blog posing the question: Are Bloggers Journalists?  It seems the issue is gaining steam. Now the Christian Science Monitor asks the same question. Even in a country where most citizens probably have no idea what a blog is, it’s not just an academic debate. Bloggers, some observers say, are becoming major ...