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Mating
Looking for Health in All the Wrong Places: What Can Health Website Design Learn from Online Dating?

Lisa Gualtieri Ph.D. on January 19, 2011

How can other sites learn from the success of online dating? Mark Brooks, an analyst and consultant to the internet dating industry who runs the industry news blog, OnlinePersonalsWatch.com, provides his insights on personality profiling and location-based online support groups.

How can other sites learn from the success of online dating? Mark Brooks, an analyst and consultant to the internet dating industry who runs the industry news blog, OnlinePersonalsWatch.com, provides his insights on personality profiling and location-based online support groups.

Health
Why a Private Person Goes Public: Jesica Harringon’s Battle with Breast Cancer While Pregnant

Lisa Gualtieri Ph.D. on June 16, 2010

How does a private person end up featured as a patient story in Johnson & Johnson's 2009 Annual Report? Jesica Harrington, a 5th grade teacher, was diagnosed with breast cancer while pregnant with twins. She describes the process she went through and why she decided to tell her story in a very public way.

How does a private person end up featured as a patient story in Johnson & Johnson's 2009 Annual Report? Jesica Harrington, a 5th grade teacher, was diagnosed with breast cancer while pregnant with twins. She describes the process she went through and why she decided to tell her story in a very public way.