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 … Continue reading The cancer social network
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 … Continue reading Effects of posture on social interaction
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 … Continue reading Email apnea: how your email is making you sick
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 … … Continue reading Glaxo intrapreneurs convince big pharma to help developing world
This Spleen-On-A-Chip Will Clean Your Blood Like A Machine BY BEN SCHILLER, fastcoexist.comUsing 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 Will Clean Your … Continue reading Spleen on a chip
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 … Continue reading Melon: a headband that measures your mental focus
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 … Continue reading Can weed make you healthier and fitter?
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
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 … Continue reading Nitrous oxide infusers for instant nutraceutical extractions
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 … Continue reading SV Angel says health informatics is a mega trend
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 … Continue reading BNCT: cancer radiation therapy with no side effects?
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 … Continue reading MDRevolution: custom healthcare for the masses
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