Personal Genome Project - Homepage. Related articles Personal Genome Project Posts DNA Info Online (npr.org) Years to Regeneration and Antiaging via Stem Cells and Gene therapy per George Church (nextbigfuture.com) George Church, Harvard genetics professor, banters with Stephen Colbert (boston.com) Open-source science helps San Carlos father's genetic quest (mercurynews.com) Do-it-yourself biotech: Ellen Jorgensen at TEDGlobal … Continue reading Personal Genome Project picks up participants
Just how hot is it in the US right now? - Boing Boing. Related articles As Climate Changes, Urban Planners Help Cities Adapt (wbur.org) BBC Burnt Over Climate Change Claim UK Will Be As Hot As Madeira (chimalaya.org) Plan Panel Seeks to Rewrite India's Climate Change Stance (chimalaya.org) Climate change is real, Canadians say, but … Continue reading Just how hot is it in the US right now?
Dr. Jonathan Pevsner will be discussing "Bioinformatics approach to understanding childhood brain disorders". Dr. Pevsner is an Associate Professor at the Kennedy Krieger Institute and holds a Primary Faculty Appointment at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. Please join us for our 7th Annual Research Symposium online. Click here to view the webcast Related articles … Continue reading JHU 7th Annual Biotech Research Symposium live webcast
Local firms at forefront of improving technology behind prosthetics - The Boston Globe. iWalk and Myomo are finding that people want to buy prosthetic robotics to improve their golf game or running. And some evidence suggest that regular use may help the buy reestablish neurological pathways that make them unnecessary in some medical applications. Related … Continue reading Personal robotics and prosthetics at Boston tech firms
Your Inner Ecosystem | On Point with Tom Ashbrook Envwining a new healthcare industry based on the biome not synthetic chemicals. Related articles Interdependence of Life - Earth's Ecosystems (floydmiddle.typepad.com) How does the ocean biome collapse? (ask.metafilter.com) A Day in Eden - St Austell, United Kingdom (travelpod.com) Breitling BlackBird. the Arctic Tundra, the Antarctic Tundra, … Continue reading Your Inner Ecosystem | On Point with Tom Ashbrook
PHI. Related articles Register for the Public Health Informatics: Model Best Practices Virtual Meeting (medicineandtechnology.com) Clinical Senior Lecturer in Health Informatics Vacancy: University of Manchester, UK (imianews.wordpress.com) The Role of Informatics in The Laboratory (pharmaceuticalintelligence.com) IMIA Yearbook 2012 Available (imianews.wordpress.com) Health Informatics Forum MOOC to Launch (imianews.wordpress.com) Researcher will push emerging field of biodiversity informatics … Continue reading PhD in Personal Health Informatics at Northeastern University
In contrast to traditional survey based means of measuring job growth which can be quite inaccurate Jobs for the Future's (JFF) John Dorrer uses ethnographic/online methods to analyze job postings (mining nearly 100,000 unique online postings for the three months ending February 14) in real time to extract the skills employers are asking for right now, then works … Continue reading Jobs for the Future (JFF) uses online intelligence to find jobs in most demand
Recently science is catching up with the importance of the micro-biome in health and medicine. Here is one of the folks providing products and advice in this space. Go Beyond Organic | Working With Mother Nature Not Against Her!. Related articles Infographic: Mother Nature's Pop Science Guide to Birds (mnn.com) Human Impact Muffles Mother Nature's … Continue reading Go Beyond Organic: Working With Mother Nature Not Against Her
UIC - Master of Engineering. Related articles Master's Degrees Part II: But Does That Mean You Need One? (avoidingadulthood.com) Two New Online Master of Engineering Degrees from Colorado State... (prweb.com) Roominate: Inspiring Artists, Engineers and Visionaries (engineering.curiouscatblog.net) Accuracy of Medical Information on the Internet (blogs.scientificamerican.com) Cornell Tech Campus Opens Applications for First Class (theepochtimes.com) … Continue reading UIC – Master of Engineering
Recently I've become aware of more and more concern about the electromagnetic soup we are embedded in from all of our various gadgets. While Europe has taken a much more cautious approach on this, the USA as always, has let free enterprise rule. Here is a fairly balanced Wiki article on this topic. Needless to … Continue reading Electromagnetic Hypersensitivity: fact or fiction?
For years, other countries have been far more cautious about the impacts of electromagnetic radiation on human health than in the US and far too little is known about this as we increasingly expose ourselves to these fields. In parts of Europe for example there are much stricter regulations on exposure to EMFs than in … Continue reading Wifi laptops exposure and reproductive health
Most adults I know dismissed Twitter, with only 140 characters at their disposal, as a waste of time just a year ago. But after the Iranian revolts, the Arab Spring and the London riots in which Twitter played a key part, it is not so easily dismissed anymore. But its seemingly brief and trivial nature is … Continue reading Cornell scientists use Twitter to capture global mood, chronobiology
Recently a YouTube video explaining the biochemistry of sugar has elevated public awareness of thousands of Americans enough to question heir intake. Much of the research, this speaker notes, points to sugar as a direct toxin, including more recent discoveries on its effect on insulin signaling and cancer. Of course anthropologists have long documented the … Continue reading Sugar as a toxin: YouTube video of biochemistry and evolutionary medicine
I've been using this device for some months and it is excellent for visualizing your movements including sleep habits. Fitbit. Related articles Check yourself with the new Fitbit One (bestbuymobile.com) Fitbit Ultra Wireless Activity and Sleep Tracker (bestbuymobile.com) Staying healthy is finally addicting, thanks to Fitbit! (bestbuymobile.com) Fitbit Ultra Wireless Activity Plus Sleep Tracker Review … Continue reading Fitbit: Personal Informatics to track sleep and movement
The demand for health IT specialists is now so acute that George Washington University and other schools are offering scholarships for their training programs. This is a workforce development program offering tuition assistance of up to $10,000 by The United States Department of Health and Human Services, Office of The National Coordinator. The intention of this … Continue reading Health IT Certification Scholarship: George Washington University School of Public Health
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Check this out. Quantified Self | Self Knowledge Through Numbers. Related articles National Informatics Center of India Hacked by Code Injector and Yash (news.softpedia.com) Using Education Informatics to Improve Library Services to Doctoral Students: An Embedded Approach by Lynette Ralph (bluesyemre.com) Information Technology improves patient care and increases privacy, informatics expert says (medicalxpress.com) Health Informatics … Continue reading Quantified Self: New Personal Informatics Community
Popular movies like the new Chernobyl film point to a disturbing trend: Many of the residents of radiation exposure such as Chernobyl and Fukushima experience long term health problems such as thyroid disease, heart disease, heart valve/vascular disease that take decades to appear leaving them disabled and requiring disability benefits but with little sources of support. … Continue reading Health problems of victims of Chernobyl and Fukushima nuclear plant take years to appear
Tech hiring is on upswing, but not where you’d expect - The Boston Globe. Related articles Pathology Informatics Conference Moved to May 13-16, 2014 (labsoftnews.typepad.com) National Informatics Center of India Hacked by Code Injector and Yash (news.softpedia.com) Week 1: What is Social Informatics? (taylormharvey.wordpress.com)
ExL Pharmaceutical Conferences | Pharmaceutical Meetings | Pharmaceutical Events I have spoken at these conferences and they do a great job of staying abreast of the latest in digital media, KM and health informatics in pharma and life sciences. Related articles Commercial Effectiveness Of Pharmaceutical Sales And Marketing Conference, 27-28 August 2012, Boston, MA (medicalnewstoday.com) … Continue reading ExL Pharmaceutical Conferences
NYIT - School of Engineering and Computing Sciences. Related articles Udacity Has More Computer Science (i-programmer.info) The state of IT education (computerworld.co.nz) Engineering Students Qualify For NetApp Jobs (kake.com) NYIT: renewable energy needed 'off the grid' (watchingworldenergy.com) Proctored exam for Intro to Computer Science now available (udacity.com) Computer Science Course … Continue reading NYIT School of Engineering and Computing Sciences
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 … Continue reading Crowdsourcing cancer survival with new online communities
pzizz. how does pzizz do these things? * voice: using the latest language techniques (NLP) * music: composed exclusively for pzizz * binaural beat: inducing theta brainwaves * adjust the length of the soundtrack as you need it * every Related articles 10 Best Self-Help and Personal Development iPhone Apps (mindwareforum.com) Energy (Beta Binaural … Continue reading Pzizz: software for sleep
Mobile medical resources for iOS, Android & Blackberry | Skyscape. Related articles 500+ Android And iOS Apps Now Available on Appy Pie Inc (prweb.com) Home Depot abandoning BlackBerry platform in favor of Apple's iPhone and iOS (technologynewsworldwide.com) Opinion: An Apple iOS UI redesign? Nice, but not essential (electronista.com)
Now this is how green tea should be made: not overheated and full of chlorophyll and nutrients. Samovar Matcha Hekisui - Japanese green tea - Samovar Tea Lounge - Drink Tea.. Related articles Tea for Two and Two for Matcha Cake (entertaining.answers.com) Matcha Green Tea Contains 137x Antioxidants of Standard Green Tea says Vitalife Teas … Continue reading Samovar Matcha Hekisui Japanese green tea
Interesting article on the redesign of a medical device to match patient's usage and address low compliance. Innovative Ideas | Design Thinking | Continuum. Related articles Pediatric Medical Device Idea Campaign Now Online To Stimulate Early Stage Innovation (kauffman.org) Medi-Solve to Showcase Medical Device Coatings at MD&M West Show in Anaheim, California … Continue reading Continuum: anthro design consultancy reinvents medical devices to meet patient needs
A recently concern has emerged over the EMF emissions of hybrids which contain a powerful (AC) electric motor and may subject occupants to unhealthy EMF levels. However Consumer Reports conducted testing and found that in reality conventional cars often have just as high EMF levels (though from a slightly less dangerous DC motor). Mythbuster: EMF … Continue reading EMF levels in hybrids: fact or fiction?
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