http://emedicine.orly-owl.org Public Health Thu, 01 Jan 2009 19:59:00 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en President-elect Barack Obama won the White House with a helping hand from a host of socially networked supporters. In his article for The Washington Post, Jose Antonio Vargas looks at the challenges that could face our first online social networking president.» E-Mail This     » Add to Del.icio.us http://emedicine.orly-owl.org/4478-social-media-and-the-obama-presidency.html Writer Henry Alford talks about searching for wisdom by criss-crossing the country to interview people over the age of 70. His findings make up a new book entitled How to Live: A Search for Wisdom From Old People.» E-Mail This     » Add to Del.icio.us http://emedicine.orly-owl.org/4479-book-distills-the-wisdom-of-the-over-70-set.html Thursday marks the 50th anniversary of the start of the 1959 revolution that brought Fidel Castro to power. Luis Rumbaut recalls his experience as a 9-year-old boy when Castro's army took control of Cuba. And a former journalist talks about reporting from Havana during the revolution.» E-Mail This     » ... http://emedicine.orly-owl.org/4480-looking-back-on-life-in-revolutionary-cuba.html For many of us, blogging is a part of daily life, while many others have never read a blog, much less written one. We ask two bloggers to suggest some blogs to read, explain how to start one and offer tips on how to keep your blog going.» E-Mail This     ... http://emedicine.orly-owl.org/4481-blogging-for-beginners.html Journalist Brian Raftery says it's OK if you hate karaoke, but that doesn't mean he has to. He sees democracy in a bar packed with would-be singing stars crowded around a karaoke machine. In his book, Don't Stop Believin', he writes, "nights like these … forever changed my ... http://emedicine.orly-owl.org/4482-dont-stop-sings-karaokes-praises.html