American Cancer Society – Insight Sciences

Crowdsourcing cancer survival with new online communities

August 23, 2010 by timbatchelder, posted in Digital health, Health Informatics, Knowledge Management, Network Science, Regenerative Economy

National Cancer Survivors Day — National Cancer Survivors Day (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Surviving cancer is tough. Not only do you have to get through the many diabolical treatments which destroy health tissues along with disease and leave you crippled and disabled for life, but there are powerful social stigmas that can limit your career and lifestyle after the treatment. Fortunately a number of online communities for cancer survivors are springing up. Be sure to check out Mycancerplace, Cancercompass, Blogforacure, Ihadcancer, and Acor

Kids Cancer Foundation of South Florida On The Rackspace Cloud (rackspace.com)
DNC expected to affect cancer patients (redalertpolitics.com)
Want to help make it a cancer-free world? Sign up for this (westseattleblog.com)
We have been fighting complex and advanced cancer for decades with (cancercenter.com)
Melanoma Cancer: Integrative Treatment Program (cancercenter.com)
Five Tips: How to Help Someone with Cancer (cancerwhattodoorsay.wordpress.com)
Metastatic Melanoma Cancer Treatment & Therapy Options (cancercenter.com)
Colon cancer harder to detect in women (utsandiego.com)
Breast cancer survivor supports the use of Avastin (telegraph.co.uk)
Cancer survivors: Reconnecting with loved ones after treatment (pagfoundation.smilingdogenterprises.com)

Losing heat, seeing blue: get a thermography study of your house

November 11, 2008 by timbatchelder, posted in Design UX, Knowledge Management, Systems Science

Thermography - Temperaturbild (Thermo-Flickr) — Thermography – Temperaturbild (Thermo-Flickr) (Photo credit: gynti_46)

Losing heat, seeing blue – The Boston Globe.

I must get an infrared thermography done of the house. This article has some good vendors. They charge around 300 bucks which is the same as renting it for a week plus they come with expertise and create an 80 page report of all the problems areas.

Innovation Products will be Hosting a Snell Level I Infrared Thermography Training Course in Anaheim, CA, on Sept. 20-23 (prweb.com)
FLIR Thermal Imaging Cameras (gotopac.com)
Tridon Industries Helps Customers Stop Seeing Red and Save More Green with New Thermography Service (prweb.com)
What Is Breast Thermography? (everydayhealth.com)
Why Dung Beetles Like to Chill on Poop Balls (news.discovery.com)
Is a New Heat Sensing Bra the Breast Medicine? (abcnews.go.com)
Breast Cancer in Men, Women, & What You Want To Know… (drjulissa.wordpress.com)
Thermography: Not a Perfect Alternative to Mammograms (larahentz.wordpress.com)
Free breast cancer screenings throughout October (woai.com)
N0.16m bra could detect breast cancer (vanguardngr.com)

Stupid Cancer: The Voice Of Young Adults Affected By Cancer

August 28, 2008 by timbatchelder, posted in Digital health, Health Informatics, Knowledge Management, Metadata Masterdata, Network Science, Regenerative Economy

Stupid Cancer :: The Voice Of Young Adults Affected By Cancer.

Australian Study Finds Exposure to Asbestos Raises Risk of Non-Lung Cancers (mesothelioma.com)
Jody Schoger: Livestrong, Armstrong, and why “finding the cure” isn’t all that matters for people with cancer (boingboing.net)
Fashion Targets Breast Cancer (debenhams.com)
@PublicHealth, What does skin cancer look like? (ascleses.wordpress.com)
Melanoma Facts: The Numbers Don’t Lie (bellasugar.com)
Who’s buying Cancer Cover… and why? (pinnaclelife.co.nz)
Beauty Byte: Could Moisturizers Aggravate Breast Cancer? (bellasugar.com)
Early Abuse Weakens Adult Response to Skin Cancer (candidaabrahamson.wordpress.com)
Psh, I Already Got Cancer (memebase.com)