Category: Health Informatics

Evolutionary, anthropological approaches to dementia, Alzheimer’s

by timbatchelder, posted in Health Informatics, Knowledge Management, Regenerative Economy

(via What Grain Is Doing To Your Brain – Forbes)

Juniper Ridge’s Wild-Harvested Fragrances Capture Nature in a Bottle

by timbatchelder, posted in Health Informatics, Knowledge Management, Systems Science
Juniper Rock
Juniper Rock (Photo credit: BLMOregon)

Lori Zimmer, ecouterre.com

Photo by Lori Zimmer for EcouterreWith a belief that fragrances should not be fake, Juniper Ridge is the world’s only wild fragrance company. Each of Juniper Ridge’s products are made by harvesting plants, bark, moss, mushrooms and tree trimmings…

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Juniper Ridge’s Wild-Harvested Fragrances Capture Nature in a Bottle

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Calico is the most interesting startup in Silicon Valley

by timbatchelder, posted in Health Informatics, Knowledge Management

This anti-aging brain trust is the most interesting startup in Silicon Valley
Christina Farr, venturebeat.com

In Sep­tem­ber, Google chief exec­u­tive Larry Page announced his lat­est “moonshot,” a mys­te­ri­ous new ven­ture to extend the human life span.

We don’t know much yet about the ini­tia­tive, dubbed Cal­i­co, but Page revealed in a blog post th…

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3 life science companies that are built to last

by timbatchelder, posted in Health Informatics, Information Visualization, Knowledge Management

3 Life Sciences Companies That Are Built to Last
Luke Timmerman, xconomy.com

Luke TimmermanLots of biotech companies today say they want to be great for a long, long time. But which of today’s companies are actually doing it? Which ones are truly visionary, and built to last?These questions have been on my mind sinc…

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Tapping Medical Marijuana For Sleep Apnea

by timbatchelder, posted in Health Informatics, Knowledge Management

Tapping Medical Marijuana’s For Sleep Apnea NYTimes.com

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Big data will make medical decisions in the hospital of the future

by timbatchelder, posted in Health Informatics, Knowledge Management, Linguistic Search

In The Hospital Of The Future, Big Data Is One Of Your Doctors
fastcoexist.com

From our genomes to Jawbones, the amount of data about health is exploding. Bringing on top Silicon Valley talent, one NYC hospital is preparing for a future where it can analyze and predict its patients’ health needs—and maybe change our…

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23andMe and the FDA: what really drove them apart

by timbatchelder, posted in Data Governance, Health Informatics, Knowledge Management

What Really Drove 23andMe And The FDA Apart
BY ROBERT SAFIAN, fastcompany.com

Is getting a $99 DNA test really hazardous to your health? Our editor-in-chief decodes an innovation dustup.

When we put 23andMe CEO Anne Woj­ci­c­ki on the cover of Fast Com­pa­ny’s Novem­ber issue, we didn’t expect the FDA to yank the com­pa­n…

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Ambro is an organic, allergy free meal replacement shake

by timbatchelder, posted in Health Informatics, Knowledge Management

Soylent Meets Whole Foods: Ambro Is An Organic, High-End Meal Replacement Shake
fastcoexist.com

The buzzy liquid meal substitute market just got more crowded with a crunchy new entry made of natural ingredients instead of chemical powders. Drink up!

If all the hype around food replace­ment start­up Soy­lent is to be believed, there is a la…

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Jawbone uses big data to identify sleep deprived states

by timbatchelder, posted in Design UX, Health Informatics, Knowledge Management, Linguistic Search

Jawbone Tracked Hundreds Of Thousands Of Up Users To Find The Most Sleep-Deprived States
BY REBECCA GREENFIELD, fastcompany.com

Jawbone anonymized sleep data from Up wearers and discovered some interesting trends about how we as a country snooze. For one, they do it better in Colorado (blame the weed?).

You’d think that peo­ple would have some of their most rest­ful nigh…

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Sea water helps cystic fibrosis

by timbatchelder, posted in Health Informatics, Knowledge Management, Systems Science

The Surfing Solution: How Seawater Can Help Treat Cystic Fybrosis
Ariel Ramchandani, wired.com

Cystic fibrosis, it turns out, doesn’t like salt water. Inhaling it rehydrates the airways, allowing mucus to flow more easily and be dislodged by coughing. Patients have used saline nebulizers to achieve this effect for years, and new units are …

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Infographic shows the health meaning of the color of your pee

by timbatchelder, posted in Design UX, Health Informatics, Knowledge Management, Linguistic Search

Is Your Pee The Right Color? [Infographic]
By Kelsey D. Atherton, popsci.com

Sev­er­al times a day, human bod­ies release a stream of data about inter­nal health. Unfor­tu­nate­ly, the data comes ana­log, and so isn’t imme­di­ate­ly acces­si­ble as use­ful infor­ma­tion. Now an info­graph­ic from the Cleve­land Clin­ic off…

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Software finds 1 in 4 science papers have suspicious images

by timbatchelder, posted in Design UX, Health Informatics, Knowledge Management, Linguistic Search

Software Scans Journal Papers, Finds 1 In 4 Have Suspicious Images
By Francie Diep, popsci.com

Ital­ian biol­o­gist Enri­co Bucci orig­i­nal­ly devel­oped his start­up’s soft­ware to make sci­en­tists’ lives eas­i­er. The soft­ware is a search engine that auto­mat­i­cal­ly pulls images from pub­lished sci­en­tif­ic papers. Say you’re study­…

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