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Kevin Pho
KevinMD calls itself “social media’s leading physician voice.” Kevin Pho is the man behind KevinMD. In addition to practicing primary care medicine in New Hampshire, he's also a member of USA Today’s Board of Contributors and regularly cited on major news sites like the Wall Street Journal, the New York Times and NPR.
The site offers readers opinions and findings on an assortment of medical and health care topics. They range from “A Grammy Artist with Tourette Syndrome,” to “Why EMR is a dirty word to many doctors.” Professional organizations such as the American Medical Association, as well as influential medical voices, contribute unique content to KevinMD.com on a regular basis. The site rarely strays away from written content.
Another nice feature: KevinMD posts “top stories of the day,” in health and medicine. These news articles come from MedPage Today, a service from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine that alerts clinicians to breaking medical news.
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DD on NewsHour: How Campaigns Wage #Hashtag Warfare Over Policy, Politics
May 4th, 2012On our regular segment on PBS’s NewsHour, Lauren Ashburn and Howard Kurtz examine how the Obama and Romney campaigns are using Twitter hashtags to wage warfare over policy issues that are instantly transformed into political broadsides. They tell Ray Suarez that the president’s team used the tag #dontdoublemyrate as he mounted an assault on the Republicans [...]
Fast Chat: Obama’s “composite” girlfriend; Romney meets conservative bloggers
May 3rd, 2012Lauren and Howard discuss Obama’s “composite” girlfriend, and how it might affect his image.
Seau’s Suicide: Another Warning for the NFL
May 3rd, 2012The suicide of San Diego Chargers star Junior Seau is another in a long line of tragedies befalling former NFL players. The similar suicide of Dave Duerson last year, the prevalence of early-onset dementia, and rampant substance abuse are are symptoms of a core problem that the league is just starting to address: long-term physical and emotional damage wrought by the game.
Dumbest Post – Misreading Obama
May 3rd, 2012Politico’s Dylan Byers seizes on what he thought was a new revelation about one of Obama’s books – but the revelation was made in the introduction to the book itself.
Ashton’s Terrible Ad
May 3rd, 2012Ashton Kutcher worked with Popchips to create a series of ads in which he played a range of characters using a dating service. One, “Raj,” had Kutcher acting out a bad Indian stereotype.
The response was immediate and harsh.
