Sharing the e-Alert
Last week, I told you about my lunch with an old friend whose doctor was "threatening" her with a prescription for statin drugs ("The Light at the End of the Tunnel Vision" 10/31/02). Let me tell you, after listening to this, it was amazing I was able to eat lunch at all, since I found I was biting my tongue the whole time.
And that happens a lot. While it's easy for me to share important health information with over 125,000 of you every day through this e-Alert, it can be hard to talk about some of these issues with my friends and family. Sometimes they just don't want to hear it and look at me like I'm a relentless "health nut." Other times, I may not even know what health problems they're facing. So while I could send information that would absolutely help them, I wouldn't necessarily know what to send. So I take the easy way out. I usually end up signing everyone I know up for the e-Alert and just ask them to read it for a few weeks. Now our manager of e-Alert services has figured out a way that you can do the same thing for your family and friends. Simply click here and you'll be able to send a short note to anyone you think would benefit from getting the e-Alerts. (And don't worry, if they don't sign up, they'll never hear from us. In fact, using this new method, we won't even know their e-mail address.) So if you know someone you think should be getting the e-Alert, this is an easy way to send it without having to forward it every day - or risk becoming as relentless as I am. To Your Good Health, Jenny Thompson
Health Sciences Institute | 
