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Engleka Henry

Communicating about Genomics
By Henry Engleka, Principal & Managing Director, NY

FRIDAY, APRIL 2ND, 2010

Scientists started the Human Genome project more than two decades ago to understand what makes each of us different. Thanks to this project we now know a lot about our genes.

As seen on the PRWeekus.com “Insider” blog on April 2, 2010.


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Engleka Henry

Search word: Well-Being
By Henry Engleka, Principal & Managing Director, NY

THURSDAY, APRIL 1ST, 2010

The recent health care reform legislation puts a new emphasis on health and wellness programs that are intended to improve our well-being. Plug “well-being” into a Google search and you will see the top 10 results are about as varied as could be: from ancient philosophical definitions and Wikipedia posts to medical student organizations [...]

As seen on the PRWeekus.com “Insider” blog on April 1, 2010.


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Reicherter Barry

Crowdsourcing Well-being: Should We Be More Like Borg?
By Barry Reicherter, Senior Vice President

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 4TH, 2010

Patrick Stewart as Locutus, the assimilated Je...

If we can get past privacy concerns, there could be a lot to be gained from open sharing of patient data, reported by patients.


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Doug Elwood, M.D.

Well-being in Medicine: Are we stating the Obvious?
By Doug Elwood, M.D., Vice President & Medical Advisor

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 30TH, 2009

A recent article in The Washington Post (Lovenheim, 11/10/09) discusses how many medical schools are changing their focus. Instead of anatomy, students now take classes on the physician/patient relationship, communicating with patients, and social and cultural issues in health care.


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Dunning Margaret

But what about those who fell within that X percentage?
By Margaret Dunning, Principal & Chief Strategy Officer

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 20TH, 2009

The fallout from the release of new guidelines for breast cancer screening has been swift. “White House backs off cancer test guidelines” is a sample headline with cable outlets providing much juicier verbiage.


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Engleka Henry

The Well-Being Conundrum
By Henry Engleka, Principal & Managing Director, NY

MONDAY, OCTOBER 5TH, 2009

Aristotle is known to have said: “Happiness is the meaning and purpose of life, the whole aim and end of human existence.” If only the essence of happiness was easy to bottle! Unfortunately, the idea of happiness and how it relates to well-being is not easily defined, instead riddled with multiple components and connections, to [...]


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