Twitter roundup for June 11 to 16
June 11
- Tribal councilman becomes national leader for Indian health. http://www.wenatcheeworld.com/news/2012/jun/09/tribal-councilman-becomes-national-leader-for/
June 12
- Oregon Youth Sexual Health Plan Stresses Community Infrastructure. http://www.thelundreport.org/resource/oregon_youth_sexual_health_plan_stresses_community_infrastructure
- An Actor, Pride, and Native Peoples’s Health. http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/podcast/transcript061112.html
- Oregon health officials investigating probable case of human plague. http://www.examiner.com/article/oregon-health-officials-investigating-probable-case-of-human-plague
- MedlinePlus on the Plague http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/plague.html
June 13
- Re-walking the Trail of Tears to fight obesity. http://depts.washington.edu/givemed/magazine/2012/03/original-instructions/
- STD testing sites can be hard to find. Share this locator tool, which only requires a ZIP code. http://www.hivtest.org/STDTesting.aspx
- NIH Human Microbiome Project defines normal bacterial makeup of the body. http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2012-06/nhgr-nhm_1060812.php
- HIMSS advisory group predicts shift in health information exchanges. http://www.fiercehealthit.com/story/himss-advisory-group-predicts-shift-hies/2012-06-12
June 14
- Retiring Oregon doctor pioneered women’s health programs, provided women with health information. http://www.oregoncitynewsonline.com/features/story.php?story_id=133960523373747700
- Twitter Can Track Disease. Can It Predict Outbreaks? http://mashable.com/2012/06/08/social-media-disease-tracking/
- WSU study – Washington is a digital state with an information ghetto, impacting access to health information http://wsunews.wsu.edu/pages/publications.asp?Action=Detail&PublicationID=31959&TypeID=1
June 15
- Updated Health Games Research Database provides info on hundreds of digital games for health & healthcare. http://www.healthgamesresearch.org/db
- People show their medical experiences on their backs at Walking Gallery in NE Washington. http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/capitalbusiness/2012/06/08/gJQAs5NNTV_story.html
- Toolkit for National HIV Testing Day, June 27. http://www.healthfinder.gov/nho/JunToolkit.aspx
