Organization Profile: HealthCentral

Last Updated: Tuesday, August 18, 2009


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Icon Mandy Crest

Mandy Crest was diagnosed with Relapsing-Remitting MS in 2004 and became interested in sharing her experience with the disease. As a patient herself, Mandy knows the importance of having a supportive MS community. She is excited to be a part of...

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Icon Will Rowe - Chronic Pain

Will Rowe is the Executive Director of the American Pain Foundation, a pain patient organization that seeks to improve the quality of life of people affected by pain through education and support, advocacy, and the promotion of pain research. He...

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Icon Jan Gambino - Acid Reflux

Jan received intense, on the job training in parenting a child with acid reflux from caring for her two youngest children. This led to her involvement in the Pediatric Adolescent Gastroesophageal Reflux Association (PAGER). While working with...

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Icon Gina Capone - Diabetes

Gina is the founder of www.diabetestalkfest.com. The first online diabetes website dedicated to live chats.

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Icon ADDA - ADHD

The mission of The Attention Deficit Disorder Association (ADDA) is to provide information, resources and networking to adults with ADHD and to the professionals who work with them. In doing so, ADDA generates hope, awareness, empowerment and...

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Icon Beth Irvine - Anxiety

Beth Irvine is a nurse, mother of three, and award-winning author of Healthy Mother Healthy Child: Creating Balance in Everyday Life. With twenty-five years of health care experience, she also is a media spokesperson for healthy living, teaching...

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Icon Jerry Kennard - Depression

Jerry Kennard is a psychologist and academic with research and publication interests in interprofessional collaboration, mental health and wellbeing of adolescents and the psychology of men’s health. He is the Head of Psychology at York St. John...

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Icon Craig Stoltz - Diet Exercise

Craig Stoltz, veteran health journalist, spent 6 years as the health editor of the Washington Post. He uses his expertise to dissect the most recent health news and tell the HealthCentral community what's really important.

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Icon Craig Stoltz - Osteoporosis

Craig Stoltz, veteran health journalist, spent 6 years as the health editor of the Washington Post. He uses his expertise to dissect the most recent health news and tell the HealthCentral community what's really important.

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Icon Craig Stoltz - ADHD

Craig Stoltz, veteran health journalist, spent 6 years as the health editor of the Washington Post. He uses his expertise to dissect the most recent health news and tell the HealthCentral community what's really important.

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Icon Craig Stoltz - Anxiety

Craig Stoltz, veteran health journalist, spent 6 years as the health editor of the Washington Post. He uses his expertise to dissect the most recent health news and tell the HealthCentral community what's really important.

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Icon Kevin Knopf, MD - Breast Cancer

Dr. Kevin Knopf is a medical oncologist in private practice. Dr. Knopf attended undergrad at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and medical school at the University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine. He had postgraduate...

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Icon Teri Robert - Depression

Teri Robert is an author and advocate who believes that optimal health care can be achieved only when patients are educated about their health and patients and physicians work together in an atmosphere of mutual respect. She shares personal...

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Icon Ellen Haas - Diet Exercise

Ellen Haas is the founder of healthy lifestyle website FoodFit.com and former Undersecretary of Agriculture for Food, Nutrition and Consumer Services. With her expertise, commitment and direction, the FoodFit team has built a platform of...

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Icon Tracy Davenport - IBD

Tracy’s experience caring for her son with severe GERD, led her into advocacy work for parents and caregivers of chronically ill children. In addition to her advocacy work, Tracy is pursuing a doctorate degree in Human Development and Family...

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Icon Lila de Tantillo - Osteoporosis

Lila de Tantillo is a journalist and helps care for her grandmother, who has osteoporosis.

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Icon Jerry Kennard - Sleep Disorders

Jerry Kennard is a psychologist and academic who lives and works in the U.K. Dr Kennard is Head of Psychology at York St. John University, York, North Yorkshire. He has worked in a variety of general and specialized mental health settings. His...

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Icon Eileen Bailey - Anxiety

Eileen Bailey is a certified life strategies coach who writes regularly on health topics from anxiety to ADHD.

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Icon Laura Zigman - Breast Cancer

Laura Zigman is a best-selling novelist who recently completed breast cancer treatment. Much of her writing for MyBreastCancerNetwork.com, which she approaches with her signature humor and honesty, relates to her decision to opt for a double...

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Icon Dr. Fran Cogen - DiabeTeens

Dr. Fran Cogen is the Director of the Childhood and Adolescent Diabetes Program at Children’s National Medical Center. She has over 15 years experience in the field of pediatric diabetes. She brings her expertise in adolescent diabetes...

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Icon Jasmine Schmidt - Incontinence

Jasmine Schmidt is the Director or Education for the Simon Foundation for Continence.

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Icon Craig Stoltz - Prostate

Craig Stoltz, veteran health journalist, spent 6 years as the health editor of the Washington Post. He uses his expertise to dissect the most recent health news and tell the HealthCentral community what's really important.

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Icon Adam Frey - Stop Smoking

Adam Frey is a 22-year-old wrestler at Cornell University who has been diagnosed with stage three germ cell testicular cancer.  Currently harbored inside his body are at least three tumors in his lung, liver and between his kidneys. Through this...

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Icon Laurie Kingston - Breast Cancer

As Laurie Kingston’s oncologist recently put it, “sixteen years ago, women with liver metastasis only had a matter of months to live,” yet here is Laurie, miraculously in remission from metastatic breast cancer and continuing to defy the odds.

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Icon Ginger Vieira - DiabeTeens

Ginger was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes at the age of 13. She recently graduated from college and earned her bachelor’s degree in Professional Writing. She’s a certified Ashtanga Yoga Instructor and Personal Trainer. Ginger is also advocate...

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