The linguistic analysis and prediction of Parkinson’s

Max Little knows how to detect early symptoms of Parkinson’s. Just call him
By Madhumita Venkataramanan, wired.co.uk

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High Speed Science: NIH vs. 23andMe Smackdown

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Another excellent article on turning the scientific method on its head using new web based social networking data mining methods versus hypothesis/testing. For example compares the conventional approach of NIH to that of 23andMe in studying Parkinson’s which lead to a reduction in research time from 6 years to 8 months.