Health Informatics – Page 14

How an App That Tracks Circulation, Metabolism Helps Your Body

September 8, 2013 by timbatchelder, posted in Health Informatics, Knowledge Management

How an App That Tracks Circulation, Metabolism Helps Your Body
Vignesh Ramachandran, mashable.com

As a kid, Ryan Archdeacon asked his parents for a microscope so he could analyze sewer samples and bits of dental plaque. Now Archdeacon is building a lifestyle app he hopes will help people better connect with their bodies.The One Aura app (free …

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How an App That Tracks Circulation, Metabolism Helps Your Body (mashable.com)
Mobile app to monitor your own metabolism and active circulation (wiredhealth.wordpress.com)
The Anatomy of a Successful Responsive Website By Vignesh… (marcomamari.wordpress.com)

3d printing is a matter of life and death

September 8, 2013 by timbatchelder, posted in Design UX, Health Informatics, Knowledge Management

3D Printing Is a Matter of Life and Death
Matt Petronzio, mashable.com

When Kaiba Gionfriddo was born prematurely on Oct. 28, 2011, everything seemed relatively normal. At 35 weeks, his doctors’ main concern was lung development, but Kaiba was breathing just fine. Doctors deemed him healthy enough to send him…

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Promising antibacterial coating from green tea

September 8, 2013 by timbatchelder, posted in Health Informatics, Knowledge Management

Promising antibacterial coating created from green tea and salt
Colin Dunjohn, gizmag.com

Researchers at Northwestern University have discovered new ways of utilizing the properties of naturally occurring polyphenols found in green tea, red wine and dark chocolate. Dissolving polyphenol powders in water with a small amount of salt…

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A new role for milk: Delivering polyphenols with anti-cancer activity (eurekalert.org)

The anthropology of pooping

September 3, 2013 by timbatchelder, posted in Health Informatics, Knowledge Management

Have You Ever Considered That You’re Pooping Wrong?
BY JENNIFER MILLER, fastcocreate.com

The horribly named Squatty Potty is designed to bring you back to a more natural pooping stance.

It turns out that Western civilization has been pooping wrong for generations. According to scientists at the Stanford University Pel…

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Ode to the Squatty Potty (theblondepharmacist.com)
Poop Like You’ve Never Pooped Before With the Squatty Potty (betabeat.com)

Google Glass: Surgery Tool Of The Future?

September 2, 2013 by timbatchelder, posted in Design UX, Health Informatics, Knowledge Management

Google Glass: Surgery Tool Of The Future?
By Shaunacy Ferro, popsci.com

A surgeon transmitted the first Google Glass video of a live surgery to colleagues and med students across town.

We’ve been waiting for a while to figure out what practical uses will come out of Google Glass, besides, of course, making dude…

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Fukushima radiation set to hit the U.S. by 2014

September 1, 2013 by timbatchelder, posted in Health Informatics, Knowledge Management, Systems Science

Fukushima radiation set to hit the U.S. by 2014
By Lindsay Abrams, salon.com

Fortunately, it should be harmless

Unless you were one of the 160,000 thousand people in the near vicinity of the Fukushima disaster who evacuated their homes in 2011, the ongoing nuclear crisis on Japan’s shore can seem awfully far…

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