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WeAreAdvocates receives "Top Site" Award

We're pleased to announce that WeAreAdvocates is a recipient of the HealthCentral Network's 2007 "Top Site" Award in the area of Chronic Pain. Many thanks to the people at HealthCentral who chose to recognize this blog.

Here's a copy of the press release about these awards:

HealthCentral.com Honors Top Web Sites and Blogs Dedicated to Specific Conditions and Diseases

First Annual Top Site Awards recognize sites committed to informing and inspiring online health communities

ARLINGTON, Va., Aug. 1 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The HealthCentral Network, Inc. (http://www.healthcentral.com/), a leading online consumer health destination, today announced its First Annual Top Site Awards for the best Web sites and blogs dedicated to educating and supporting individuals living with specific conditions and diseases and fostering the online community.

HealthCentral.com's awards recognize the Web's top sites, from individual blogs to small Web sites, committed to providing personal, quality information, support and inspiration to patients, caregivers, and their friends and family. Many of the 26 condition-specific Web sites that make up The HealthCentral Network (THCN) will be honoring the top destinations in their communities. The recipients of the award share HealthCentral.com's mission in highlighting the patient voice in health information.

"Health information consumers rely greatly on the advice and personal experiences of friends and family in all facets of life and managing a health condition is no different," said Chris Schroeder, Chief Executive Officer and President of The HealthCentral Network. "This year's Top Site Awards recognize the importance of sharing and learning from other people who have real life experience dealing with each condition and join HealthCentral.com in providing trusted, personal information and support to their community."

A team of experts from each of THCN's condition-specific sites chose this year's top destinations after reviewing and analyzing the most popular and influential Web sites focused on living with each condition.

The 2007 Top Site Award Categories

Acid Reflux	Diet & Exercise
Allergy & Asthma	Heart
Alzheimer's	Migraine
Anxiety	Prostate
Bipolar & Depression	Rheumatoid Arthritis
Breast Cancer	Schizophrenia
Chronic Pain	Sleep
Diabetes

Visit http://www.healthcentral.com/top-sites.html for a list of the Top Sites for each condition.

"Sicko" - It's time to pay attention to healthcare!

Have you seen Michael Moore's Sicko? If you have, what did you think of it?

The state of our healthcare system isn't a new topic. For anyone with health problems this is a critical issue. Most, if not all, of us agree that the U.S. healthcare system is broken. But, what do we do about it?

Sicko brings these issues to our attention, whether we like the move or not, whether we like Moore or not.

Three of the HealthCentral Network's experts have seen and reviewed the movie. It's well worth the time to read these reviews. You're welcome to post comments to the reviews as well.

Take a look at these reviews from The Insiders' View: Expert Patients on Michael Moore's Sicko.