Dear Readers, I’m back from vacation! Sorry this place has been so quiet. It is definitely not like me. Sadly, although I’m back, this will be my last post for AHeartyLife.com. Today is also my last day at b5media where I served as writer and editor of the Science and Health Channel. Kendra James, RN will be assuming responsibility over A Hearty Life and the Science and Health Channel. She’s a cardiac nurse with a passion for communication. I can’t think of anyone better to take my place. Thank you very much for visiting A Hearty Life over the past year. Please come visit me at my new blog, Eye on DNA, where I will be focusing solely on genetics, my lifelong passion. The genome revolution is upon us. How will it change... [Read more]

Dear Readers, This is my last post at GeneticsAndHealth.com. As I hinted at last week, I’m considering career options and have decided it’s time to focus on genetics, and genetics alone. I’m sure you would agree there is no better time to become fully immersed in the genome revolution. Today is also my last day as a part of b5media.com where I served as writer and Science and Health Channel Editor over the past 18 months. There are no better people anywhere to work with. I have learned so much from my time with b5media, knowledge that I would never have gained anywhere else. Thank you also to every single one of you who has visited Genetics and Health over the past two years. I hope you will join me at at my new blog –... [Read more]

From Federal Computer Week, an article about blogging and social media in government health agencies, including the CDC. Health care blogs are sprouting up with names such as Genetics and Health, Trusted.MD, The Health Care Blog and Diabetes Mine. They typically link to other health care blogs, forming a loose network of shared information that might or might not stand up to inspection by the American Medical Association. “We’re entering an era where blogs have become the new credible source of health information because much of it is coming from people like yourself,” said Craig Lefebvre, a visiting professor at George Washington University’s School of Public Health and Health Services and a consultant to several federal health agencies.... [Read more]

Celebrating the fourth anniversary of the completion of the Human Genome Project. DNA Day 2007 is today! Tags: dna day, genetics, genes, genome, dna, human genome project [Read more]

Over the past two years here at Genetics and Health, I’ve written almost 1,200 posts and received over 2,000 posts comments all on genetics, genes, the genome, and DNA. Having the opportunity to write about my lifelong passion is a dream come true. So that I can improve and grow as a genetics blogger, writer, and commentator, I’ll be re-evaluating my future in genetics over the next couple of weeks. Stay tuned. Big news coming up. [Read more]