Tag: Health

  • Information Visualization: Drug deaths vs. press coverage

    via www.informationisbeautiful.net David McCandless is an expert in information visualization. A great place to see his work is this website which features an interesting visualization of drug deaths and media coverage. As further evidence of this ranking please also see the scientist in the UK who has recently been fired for arguing that drug policy…

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  • A simple change could dramatically improve hospitals and American health care – The Boston Globe

    It’s refreshing to see a variety of experts take a stab at improving the healthcare system from a unique angle. This article looks at the work of a businessman who decided to create workflows of hospitals to see how much the experience could be improved by making a few, small tweaks.. A simple change could…

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  • State helping to shape US efforts to digitize health records for all

    State helping to shape US efforts to digitize health records for all – The Boston Globe. Great article on the ability of Mass to lead the way in health informatics as the Silicon valley of health IT.

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  • Social networks make medicine human again

    ‘ An excellent article in Businessweek highlights the fact that Social networks like PatientsLikeMe let people take charge of their own care—changing the nature of drug research and the practice of medicine Related articles Deals of the Week Ponders PatientsLikeMe and Empowerment (invivoblog.blogspot.com) Merck to draw on social network for psoriasis patients (fiercebiotechit.com) Merck’s partnership…

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  • Kytta® natural products

    This is derived from Comfrey. Kytta® – Natur hilft heilen. Pflanzliche Arzneimittel bei Muskelschmerzen, Gelenkschmerzen, Einschlafstörungen und innerer Unruhe.. Related articles Deals of the Week Ponders PatientsLikeMe and Empowerment (invivoblog.blogspot.com) Organoid Seen Cutting Drug Cost With Lab Mini-Intestine – Bloomberg (bloomberg.com) Now available! Natural baby products! (babyorganicjoy.wordpress.com)

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  • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention databases for pharma intelligence

        By far the best datasets for disease info are the CDC’s…   Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.     Related articles CDC: West Nile outbreak ‘one of largest’ in US (newsobserver.com) CDC: 41 West Nile deaths in U.S. (content.usatoday.com) CDC: 158 cases of new swine flu strain from pigs (sacbee.com) Dallas mayor…

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  • Evolutionary and health aspects of bed sharing

      A totally weird but interesting study. This conflicts with our evolutionary heritage has primates in some ways living in communal groups but may have merit if primates sleep independently. BBC NEWS | Health | Bed sharing ‘bad for your health’. Related articles Human Ancestors Were Nearly All Vegetarians (blogs.scientificamerican.com) Penises, Primates and the study…

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  • Nerve.com

    Nerve.com. Related articles Online Journalism Entrepreneurs – NYTimes.com Water-Inspired Music Lamps – The Wave LED Projector Mp3 Speaker Soothes Your Nerves (TrendHunter.com) Nerve Signals Are Sent As Electrical Impulses At Varying Speeds Gene required for nerve regeneration identified

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  • The Raynaud’s Association

    The Raynaud’s Association. Related articles Raynaud Phenomenon Symptoms, Causes, Diagnosis, Treatment

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