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Chronic Bits
ChronicBits are a daily offering of news, entertainment, resources and helpful links. Have an idea for a Bit? Email us!
August 2010
What advice would you give? (8/27/2010)
The new Patients for a Moment blog carnival is full of advice for friends and loved ones who know someone with chronic illness. Great perspectives this week, Babes!
Take a fibromyalgia survey (8/27/2010)
The Nat'l Fibromyalgia Association has a new survey designed to inform health care providers about the unique challenges faced by fibrobabes. Take the survey today and make your voice heard!
How to Cope with Pain Blog Carnival - featuring ChronicBabes! (8/25/2010)
We are big fans of How to Cope with Pain, a terrific blog with tons of great advice and perspective. They offer a monthly blog carnival, and this month they included a couple ChronicBabe posts featuring tons of women's voices. Cheers!
Fresh Grand Rounds: It's all about the 'toons, man! (8/24/2010)
A Cartoon Guide to Becoming a Doctor hosts Grand Rounds this week, mingling funnies with excellent posts from a wide variety of writers. Excellent!
NEW! Fun and informational fibromyalgia videos from Jenni Prokopy and HealthyWomen (8/24/2010)
Tips for communicating with your doctor and advice for loved ones are the topics on hand for the newest installment of Editrix Jenni's fibro videos at HealthyWomen.org. Check out all 5 videos if you haven't seen them yet! (They're listed in the right hand column.)
Yes, you CAN have that: gluten-free and allergy-aware gift baskets (8/17/2010)
A fellow ChronicBabe sent us a tip today about I Can Have That, which is a pretty sweet looking business selling gluten-free and allergy-aware gift baskets. Delish! Did we mention we LOVE tips from readers?
Grand Rounds @ Dr. Pullen (8/17/2010)
Dr. Pullen is "in the office" this week, hosting a fab edition of Grand Rounds, our fave medical/health blog carnival. Enjoy a ton of different posts this week, Babes!
Did you get your Goodie Bag this morning? (8/17/2010)
The latest issue is on sleep...lots of resources for better sleep, cute PJs, sleep hacking and more. Much more! Sign up today to get the Goodie Bag delivered every other Tuesday.
BP says it won't pay mental health claims related to the oil spill (8/16/2010)
And mental health organizations are fighting back. MedPage Today takes a closer look at the argument and offers perspective from the American Psychiatric Association.
Prescription medication vending machines? Yup! (8/16/2010)
A drugstore chain in the U.K. is running a year-long trial of a machine that dispenses prescription drugs. Medgadget has the scoop.
New fibromyalgia diagnostic criteria disputed by the National Fibromyalgia Association (8/16/2010)
And here at ChronicBabe HQ, Editrix Jenni is in agreement. Why take away a crucial part of the diagnostic process? Check out what the NFA has to say about it, and we'll continue to do our homework on this issue.
Vote for Editrix Jenni to speak at SXSW Interactive 2011 (8/12/2010)
Jenni's panel will address the challenges of running a successful online health community. Think she'd be a great speaker? She can use every vote she can get, so take a minute to say YES to awesome speakers at SXSW Interactive 2011. Thanks, Babes!
Grand Rounds: The Power of Listening (8/10/2010)
Dispatch from Second Base does an awesome job of hosting Grand Rounds this week. It's our favorite health/medical blog carnival (well, except for ours, of course!) and makes for great reading, Babes!
Are you using mindfulness to cope with pain? (8/9/2010)
Diana at Somebody Heal Me sure is, and she wrote a really nice piece about how to get started.
Do you know about Advocacy for Patients with Chronic Illness? (8/4/2010)
We just think Jennifer Jaff and her team are fabulous. We're big fans. Her newsletter helps us understand health care reforms and their impact on our experience, and she's got great info on how to be your own awesome advocate. Yay!
Grand Rounds @ Life in the Fast Lane (8/3/2010)
It's Killer Posts week over at Life in the Fast Lane, where Grand Rounds feels a little bit like Shark Week. Which we liiiiiiiike. nom nom nom
