Tag: Breast cancer

BNCT: cancer radiation therapy with no side effects?

by timbatchelder, posted in Knowledge Management

New cancer radiation therapy treatment with no harmful side effects
Darren Quick, gizmag.com

Shortly after the discovery of the neutron in 1932, some scientists recognized the potential of boron neutron capture therapy (BNCT) as a cancer treatment. But despite decades of research, the problem of finding a delivery agent that would more…

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Breast cancer exploitation and the pink nausea

by timbatchelder, posted in Cognitive Science, Digital health, Health Informatics, Knowledge Management, Network Science

Possibly the worst example of “pink nausea” and breast cancer exploitation ever
Xeni Jardin, boingboing.net

As I said to can­cer pals on Twit­ter ear­li­er today, if my loved ones arrange a funer­al for me where every­one is dressed like this, I swear unto you that I will come back from the dead and stab every­one in the face. (via @reground­ing)

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Cancer survivor uses social media to improve medical help

by timbatchelder, posted in Cognitive Science, Digital health, Health Informatics, Knowledge Management, Linguistic Search, Metadata Masterdata, Regenerative Economy

Drew Olanoff, Cancer Survivor, gets Tattoo of Biggest Donor’s Twitter Handle
Jay Scott, huffingtonpost.com

The name Drew Olanoff may be one that you have heard before. If you are a twit­ter afi­ciona­do (like me!), you may have once uti­lized the hash­tag #blamedrewscancer. If you haven’t, well here are a few things you should know: after being diag­no…

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Crowdsourcing cancer survival with new online communities

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

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

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.

 

 

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