WHEN Facebook signed up its 100 millionth member August 2009, its employees spread out in two parks in Palo Alto, Calif., for a huge barbecue. Sometime this week, this five-year-old start-up, born in a dorm room at Harvard, expects to register its 200 millionth user.
It's a pretty much different story to introduce medical technology innovations to the healthcare community. Highly specialized technology users and buyers don't yet gather on Facebook or use Social Media.
That's still the way traditional wisdom goes. However, the scene is changing quicker than we think. Facebook is a very young phenomenon and so is Ning and many other social media meeting places.
Traditional selling and distribution is very expensive for start-ups and technology innovators. They could benefit from a faster adaption and gathering around social media.
That staggering growth rate — doubling in size in just eight months — suggests Facebook is rapidly becoming the Web’s dominant social ecosystem and an essential personal and business networking tool in much of the wired world.
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Sunday, March 29, 2009
Friday, November 23, 2007
Carpal Tunnel Syndrome and Facebook
Helge: Facebook and Carpal Tunnel Syndrome. I joined a Facebook group that covers Carpal Tunnel Syndrome. I'll check out. Do I get some information? I'm not sure yet. I might return to this posting...
| Name: | Guitar hero gave me carpal tunnel syndrome |
| Description: | For guitar hero players only. We are hardcore rockers who dont care if our wrist get cemented into plaster after surgery due to carpal tunnel syndrome.... |
Damn You Facebook! You Gave me Carpal Tunnel Syndrome!! | |
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| Description: | For all of those who've started suffering from Carpal Tunnel since joining Facebook |
- But it's true - my right hand hurts from mouse-clicking.
- There's a Good Chance I'll Develop Carpal Tunnel Syndrome...From Texting
- I got carpal tunnel syndrome from joining too many facebook groups.
| Name: | I now have carpal tunnel syndrome from working at Coldstone |
| Description: | To all the fellow coldstone creamery workers out there, you know what i'm talking about! |
Name: Carpal Tunnel Here I Come!
Description: A group for people who know they should not sit in front of the damn computer so long every day but just can not pry themselves away from it. You look up at the clock and state "I was on the computer for a long time" and promise yourself that tomorrow will be different, knowing that the same thing will continue to happen, and will eventually lead to carpal tunnel syndrome.
Helge: I still haven't found a serious group covering this aspect on Facebook. I continue searching. I was about to give up but then found this group. Take a look if you are a Facebook user. Checking out the pages, but don't find what I'm looking after.
Helge: This becomes a long post. I continued the Facebook Groups Search and here is some more solid information about CTS.
| Name: | Diagnose Support |
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DIAGNOSE SUPPORT is a non-profit organisation that aims to support currently undiagnosed, misdiagnosed and under-diagnosed patients and their families. We also help diagnosed patients to find coping mechanisms so that they can achieve a better quality of life and re-establish their role in society. We aim to support and inform doctors and other medical professionals who are interested in keeping up to date with recent medical discoveries and new treatments. Our current campaign aims to increase awareness about invisible and commonly misdiagnosed illnesses. Check out http://www.diagnosesupport So far the majority of our work has been with patients who suffer from: Ankylosing Spondylitis Asthma AVNRT (Atrio-Ventricular Nodal Re-entry Tachycardia) Bronchiectasis Carpal Tunnel Syndrome CMP (Chronic Myofascial Pain) / MPS (Myofascial Pain Syndrome) Chronic pain Chronic Rhinitis, Sinusitis / Rhinosinusitis Costochondritis (Tietze's syndrome) Crohns disease CRPS (Complex Regional Pain Syndrome) - RSD (Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy) / Causalgia EDS (Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome) Endometriosis Fibromyalgia Hair loss HMS (Hypermobility Syndrome) IBS (Irritable Bowel Syndrome) Insomnia and other sleep disorders Lupus Lyme Disease Mercury Toxicity / Mercury Poisoning M.E. (Myalgic Encephalopathy) / Chronic Fatigue Syndrome / CFIDS / Post-viral fatigue syndrome Mould Toxicity / Mould Poisoning M.S. (Multiple Sclerosis) MCS (Multiple Chemical Sensitivity) Narcolepsy Polymyalgia POTS (Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome) Radial Tunnel Syndrome Raynaud's Syndrome Rheumatoid Arthritis SVT Supraventricular Tachycardia TOS (Thoracic Outlet Syndrome) Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome ...but we are of course keen to help people with any chronic illness! We hope that doctors, nurses, chiropractors, physiotherapists, acupuncturists, masseurs, rheumatologists, neurologists, medical students and other medical professionals will also join this group to learn more. |
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| Office: | England, Germany, Holland, Spain, Denmark |
| Country: | England |
Helge: This becomes a long post. I continued the Facebook Groups Search and here is some more solid information about CTS.
| Name: | Facebook Gave Me CTR. |
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You're working at your desk, trying to ignore the tingling or numbness you've had for months in your hand and wrist. Suddenly, a sharp, piercing pain shoots through the wrist and up your arm. Just a passing cramp? More likely you have carpal tunnel syndrome, a painful progressive condition caused by compression of a key nerve in the wrist. Symptoms usually start gradually, with frequent burning, tingling, or itching numbness in the palm of the hand and the fingers, especially the thumb and the index and middle fingers. Some carpal tunnel sufferers say their fingers feel useless and swollen, even though little or no swelling is apparent. The symptoms often first appear in one or both hands during the night, since many people sleep with flexed wrists. A person with carpal tunnel syndrome may wake up feeling the need to "shake out" the hand or wrist. As symptoms worsen, people might feel tingling during the day. Decreased grip strength may make it difficult to form a fist, grasp small objects, or perform other manual tasks. In chronic and/or untreated cases, the muscles at the base of the thumb may waste away. Some people are unable to tell between hot and cold by touch. |
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| City: | Davis, CA |
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