Tag: Health

  • The cancer social network

    New algorithm maps cancer cells like nodes on a social network Derrick Harris, gigaom.com Often times, the best way to to get a sense of your data is to look at it. A bunch of of num­bers or words might not mean any­thing sit­ting with­in a table, but they start to make a lot more…

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  • Effects of posture on social interaction

    Weak or Powerful: How Does Your Posture Make You Seem? Jessica Stillman, inc.com START IT UP Practicing your posture before a big meeting may sound silly, but scientists have found that how your stand has dramatic effects on your mood and therefore how you are perceived. If you came into the bath­room one day to…

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  • Email apnea: how your email is making you sick

    Is Your Email Making You Sick? One Thing New, inc.com Researcher Linda Stone says 80% of us suffer from so-called email apnea. That quelches our creativity and can contribute to stress-related diseases. Your inbox may be caus­ing you more stress than you real­ize. Accord­ing to Linda Stone, a… Is Your Email Making You Sick? http://flip.it/21Hqu…

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  • Glaxo intrapreneurs convince big pharma to help developing world

    Turning Big Pharma Toward The Developing World, From The Inside BY MARZENA ZUKOWSKA, fastcoexist.com How three intrapreneurs at GlaxoSmithKline created a program to help diagnose disease in places without access to medicine, and how they convinced the company to support it. How many high-end research sci­en­tists does it take to make a dent in ……

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  • Spleen on a chip

    This Spleen-On-A-Chip Will Clean Your Blood Like A Machine BY BEN SCHILLER, fastcoexist.com Using nanobeads that strip out anything bad in your blood, this machine could be a solution to deadly blood infections, especially in places far from a hospital. Which is why the military is very interested. Sep­sis is a whole-body inflam­ma­to­… This Spleen-On-A-Chip…

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  • Melon: a headband that measures your mental focus

    Kickstarting: A Headband That Measures Your Mental Focus By Kyle VanHemert, fastcodesign.com Melon explores an interesting new frontier of the quantified self: your noggin’. Does check­ing Twit­ter dur­ing the work­day real­ly leave you scat­ter­brained? Could tak­ing up med­i­ta­tion help you tune out the noise and focus bet­ter? Melon… Kickstarting: A Headband That Measures Your Mental…

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  • Can weed make you healthier and fitter?

    BY ARIEL SCHWARTZ, fastcoexist.com Munchies aside, new science indicates that getting high might have shockingly beneficial effects to your health and weight. The stereo­type of pot smok­ers as peo­ple who wolf down Chee­tos, brown­ies, and what­ev­er else hap­pens to be in the r… Not Smoking Weed Is Why You’re Fat http://flip.it/tWgqn http://flip.it/P9HMl Not Smoking Weed…

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  • Doctors rebel against rip off drug prices

    Doctors rebel against rip-off drug costs gingerskinner, consumerreports.org If you’ve ever had trouble affording your medications, and wanted to call your doctor on it, here’s some encouraging news: doctors aren’t pleased about the prices either. Denouncing “profiteering” by pharmaceutical companies, more than 100 cancer… http://flip.it/j3mst

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  • Nitrous oxide infusers for instant nutraceutical extractions

    The Chemistry of Nitrous-Powered, Pot-Infused Liquor By Paul Adams, popsci.com How one New York bartender fused alcohol and marijuana forever Behind the bars of some of the nation’s finest cock­tail joints, there are secrets: secret recipes, secret bot­tles for friends only. One of these is the Green Drag­on, a liquor… The Chemistry of Nitrous-Powered, Pot-Infused…

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  • SV Angel says health informatics is a mega trend

    SV Angel Says Health Informatics Is One Of Its New “Megatrends” Kim-Mai Cutler, techcrunch.com SV Angel, one of the Val­ley’s best-known early-stage firms, says it’s start­ing to look heav­i­ly at health star­tups that take a “software-first approach” towards human biol­o­gy, med­ical research and patient care. The firm has always had a l… RT @Techmeme: SV…

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  • BNCT: cancer radiation therapy with no side effects?

    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… New cancer radiation…

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  • MDRevolution: custom healthcare for the masses

    The Data Doc: Meet the MD who wants to bring custom healthcare to the masses Ki Mae Heussner, gigaom.com Here’s a phrase I’ve never heard dur­ing a doc­tor’s visit: “We need your data, girl!” I was at MDRev­o­lu­tion’s La Jolla, Calif., office about a month ago, sit­ting in on a con­sul­ta­tion as a patient huffed…

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