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November 2009

On having a gluten-free Thanksgiving... (11/24/2009)

Laurie Edwards of A Chronic Dose reminds us of all the prep that goes into a gluten-free Thanksgiving, with links to great recipes by the Gluten-Free Girl. Today, Laurie is just plain grateful.

Do you think about diabetes with every bite? (11/24/2009)

Catherine Price does, and she writes about it in The New York Times.

Grand Rounds: A Thanksgiving feast! (11/24/2009)

How to Cope with Pain is hosting Grand Rounds this week, complete with a Thanksgiving feast. Go stuff your faces with the best medical and health writing this week on the web!

ChronicPal Jennifer Jaff - Advocacy for Patients with Chronic Illness - needs your vote! (11/24/2009)

Jennifer does such awesome work through her organization, Advocacy for Patients with Chronic Illness, Inc. Now Chase Bank and Facebook have joined efforts to donate money to worthy charities...and Jennifer is a contender! Please take a moment to vote and spread the word.

Can you help ChronicBabe this holiday season? Yup! It's easy. (11/23/2009)

Shop Amazon.com EACH TIME YOU SHOP through this link and we get a portion of every purchase. It's simple—just one extra click. Thanks! P.S. Tell your friends!

Sometimes your big leap isn't so glamorous (11/19/2009)

Kairol Rosenthal, author of Everything Changes: The Insider's Guide to Cancer in Your 20s and 30s, talks to the New York Times about how cancer has muddled her mind—and how her triumphs are still awesome, even if they aren't super glamorous.

If you missed the TedMed conference... (11/6/2009)

...because, hey, most of us don't have a couple thousand bucks around for attending...this list of terrific medical iPhone apps from David Pogue gives us a little taste of what the event was like.

pssst! knock before entering...