Friday, April 02, 2010

From Twitter 04-01-2010



  • 08:51:40: My droid is now updated to OS 2.1. Very cool. Got tired of waiting for verizon, so found a way to do it myself. :)
  • 11:47:32: For all those w/DRIOD who want to force their OS upgrade (2.1), here are the instructions: http://bit.ly/aSQO7J (It worked for me)


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Thursday, April 01, 2010

From Twitter 03-31-2010



  • 06:55:44: Novo Nordisk Introduces New Industry Resource for Information on Diabetes and Chronic Disease http://bit.ly/bLcqAK #diabetes
  • 06:57:29: Lilly USA Updates Health Education Program to Help Patients With Depression Build Network of Support http://bit.ly/axGfTn
  • 06:59:03: New Whitepaper: "Comparing User Engagement across Seven Interactive and Social-Media Ad Types": http://bit.ly/dqb90c #hcsm
  • 07:34:00: RT @jonmrich: Round 1 Voting for the Dose of Digital #Dosie Awards is now open. Vote for best communities. #fdasm #hcsm http://bit.ly/9wCMCp
  • 07:40:05: my iPad shipped this morning :)
  • 07:42:49: Next up: Erectile Dysfunctional monitor in your underwear. SMS alert: "Houston, We Have a Problem". :) @johannask: http://bit.ly/cHWvjB
  • 07:49:10: @pharmaguy - they sent me an email this morning.
  • 07:51:22: @pharmaguy funny thing is, it shipped from Shenzhen, Guangdong China! That baby has a long way to go!
  • 08:41:01: @pharmaguy - that's what I thought too (at first)...
  • 08:42:36: RT @heldincontempt: RT @swoodruff: John Mack's (@pharmaguy) summary of input to the FDA on pharma/social media: http://bit.ly/aSuApA #fdasm
  • 08:51:19: @markmag I certainly will... and hopefully it's not a disappointment. Fortunately, I have a MIFI card so I shld b able 2 enjoy on the road.
  • 14:37:01: It's finally happened! Tired of the bitching and backlog, FDA hits reset button and approves everything! http://bit.ly/bRm0Jq #fdasm
  • 14:54:42: @DarrellWhite awesome, where can I find it all?
  • 14:56:29: I can't wait till I get the new ipad. I will be smarter, faster, healthier, and just plain cooler. I've waited my whole life for this...
  • 21:01:42: @DarrellWhite so many different ways to do that, depends on what the "it" is. Tell me more.
  • 21:01:55: @mrgunn :)


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Wednesday, March 31, 2010

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Tuesday, March 30, 2010

From Twitter 03-29-2010





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Monday, March 29, 2010

Clinical Trials for HIV Vaccines Now Using Social Media to Attract Trial Participants

Source: HIV Vaccine Clinical Trial Networks

Facebook, Craigslist, Blogs and Twitter the Latest Ways to Reach Out to the People One Study Needs -- Gay, HIV-negative Men Actively Engaged in Risky Sexual Behaviors


SEATTLE, March 24 /PRNewswire/ -- Clinic sites in 13 cities across the U.S. are looking for a total of 1,350 HIV-negative gay men to participate in the latest HIV vaccine study from the HIV Vaccine Trials Network (HVTN). And they're using social media to help reach these individuals where they are, which, these days, is increasingly online.

The HVTN, internationally headquartered at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle, is running a series of ads on Facebook, seeking men who are interested in men and who live in or near one of the cities with clinics; and a much edgier and more provocative one placed on online gay hook-up sites to help bring in interested individuals network-wide to a website for more information. These online ads integrate with standard media pieces such as transit ads, posters, and giveaways such as condoms, palm cards, yo-yos and coasters.

One site, the Fenway Health Vaccine Studies clinic in Boston, has folded Craigslist into its mix of successful recruitment venues-in addition to community events, in-person outreach at traditional gay venues such as bars, and advertising. Coco Cuizon-Alinsug, one of Fenway's recruiters for HIV vaccine clinical trials, spends hours each week reading personal ads on Craigslist and inviting individuals who appear to fit the target profile to consider participating in a trial. He's become adept at finding and recognizing these individuals, based on the information contained in their ads, especially indicators of specific sexual behaviors. Specifically, as he doesn't have extra time or funding, he responds to those ads that describe risky behavior -such as looking for a partner to be a bareback Top to their Bottom, Cuizon-Alinsug replies to these personal ads with language approved by Fenway's IRB (Institutional Review Board), inviting the advertiser to learn more about HIV vaccine clinical trials at the clinic, with the web address for the clinic and an email address to reply to. Like street/bar-centered recruiting, it takes a lot of outreach (sometimes to hundreds of people) before one man comes to the clinic for screening.

One man already participating in an HIV vaccine clinical trial is blogging about his experience at the HVTN site at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, Tennessee (in the Bible Belt) to those most at risk of being infected by HIV. 'The Accidental Activist' is Andrew Prislovsky 's blog about his experience as a participant in the trial. He is blogging -after thinking long and carefully about what it might mean to go so public with his messages -in the hopes of inspiring others in the community to consider participating in a clinical trial, and to help educate the public about the need for a vaccine to prevent HIV infection.

In Birmingham, Alabama one participant came 60 miles from Tuscaloosa to be screened to participate in the latest HIV vaccine trial at the University of Alabama, only to find out he's ineligible because he's had a particular cold virus in the past (and this particular vaccine study, HVTN 505, needs participants who don't have the antibody to that cold virus in their blood). Not to be denied his chance to champion the cause, however, he-Edward Todd-took it upon himself to start a Facebook Group to spread the word about the need for trial participants. Over the first two months, he reached almost 1,200 followers -mainly college students--who look to the Facebook page for the latest information about the clinical trial. Six of those followers have already enrolled in the study.

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Sunday, March 28, 2010

From Twitter 03-27-2010



  • 20:17:36: #Earthhour in 15 minutes. I did my part. Turned off all the lights. .. and went out to eat: ) hey, it's like carpooling!
  • 20:21:11: Support Earth Hour, add a #twibbon to your avatar now! - http://bit.ly/cQoWam


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