| | Welcome back to Inside WebMD, a behind-the-scenes look at new products, events, and other things we are excited to share. | | | When the WebMD Doctor Is a Patient | | | There's a doctor's name on virtually everything we publish on WebMD.com. We rely on six board-certified staff physicians and many outside doctors to ensure our content is medically accurate and up to date. Sometimes our doctors take a special interest in a topic -- as is the case for Arefa Cassoobhoy, MD, MPH, who has had migraines since she was 17. Her perspective as a patient helps inform migraine content throughout our site. One example is our newly revamped migraine assessment , which guides readers through a dozen questions about migraine prevention, symptoms, and support. Working with a neurologist, Cassoobhoy helped make the content in the assessment "supportive, understanding, and useful," she says. "It feels a little different when the treatment is something you are considering for yourself." | | | The assessment breaks down the parts of a migraine to help patients understand what to do for the aura, the actual headache, the hangover period, visual problems, and GI problems, says Cassoobhoy. "I know how gratifying it can be for someone to know what works for each piece of a migraine." | | |
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| | Advocating for Age-Friendly Care | | | A new survey by WebMD and The John A. Hartford Foundation finds that many older people incorrectly believe that depression, dementia, and lack of mobility are an inevitable part of aging. We surveyed 2,700 patients and caregivers, ages 65 and older, and learned that both older patients and caregivers mistakenly believe that they should expect sharp declines in quality of life. | | Our chief medical officer, John Whyte, MD, writes in a blog post that many older patients are not getting the care or information they need. He says it is worth reading the survey results if you are an older patient or caregiver: "It may open your eyes to some things that you didn't know you could be asking of your doctors." | | The John A. Hartford Foundation, which focuses exclusively on improving care for older adults, is working to help all U.S. hospitals and health systems provide age-friendly health care. WebMD is promoting awareness of age-friendly care through its partnership with the foundation and by providing online information to consumers. | | | The Power and Pitfalls of Technology in Medical Care | | | Have you heard that technology is going to make health care better, but find that your doctor spends more time looking at a computer screen than listening to you? Medscape Editor-in-Chief Eric Topol, MD, and best-selling author and clinician Abraham Verghese, MD, discuss this tension and more in Medscape's new podcast Medicine and the Machine. Joined by leaders in technology and medicine, Topol and Verghese explore ways to use technology to restore the humanity and time to care that patients and their doctors need. | | | | |
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