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?
As if enough uses for an iPhone had not already been discovered some enterprising young ghost hunters have found that it makes perfectly okay if somewhat jumpy EMF meter. EMF meters are used by everyone from engineers to security professionals and even ghost hunters. Some evidence suggests that human made, higher power fields may also … Continue reading Can the iPhone detect unhealthy electromagnetic fields?
A basic principle of behavioral science (actually originally from anthropology) is that subjective measures of behavior such as surveys or interviews are almost always fraught with inaccuracies because people's words and behaviors do not always align. Now,with the emergence of both the massive online data collection made possibly by the internet and also new biometric … Continue reading Innerscope and Affectiva apply biometric and anthropometric techniques to consumer behavior
Yet another Boston area school has launched a health and medical informatics program, largely online. Know for its bioinformatics degree, Brandeis is now adding courses in these other areas. Health and Medical Informatics | Programs and Courses | Graduate Professional Studies | Brandeis University. Related articles Information Technology improves patient care and increases privacy, informatics … Continue reading Brandeis University Health Informatics program integrates computer, social and bio sciences
For many cancer survivors, the conventional mainstream treatment, radiation and chemotherapy come with a host of side effects which are crippling and sometimes lethal, which might be slow growing or treatable more conservatively. For example, new studies show that survivors of Hodgkin's disease once considered the lone example of the effectiveness of radiation and chemotherapy … Continue reading When the treatment is worse than the disease: social perspectives on cancer care
TAP® - Thornton Adjustable Positioner :: The TAP® prevents snoring and sleep apnea.. Related articles Snoring 'may be linked to bad behaviour' (time4sleep.co.uk) Sleep Apnea FAQ (topdentists.com) What Are Sleep Apnea Causes? (topdentists.com) Is It Snoring or Sleep Apnea? (topdentists.com) Sleep Apnea Tied to More Brain Damage in Women Than Men (nlm.nih.gov) Understanding Sleep Apnea … Continue reading TAP® – Thornton Adjustable Positioner: the search for usability in sleep apnea therapies
Sleep apnea patients have long suffered from a lack of ethnographic research and usability studies of the conventional therapy, the CPAP. Many find it very uncomfortable to use and thus compliance is low. Fortunately new research is showing that oral appliances have much higher usability. SomnoMed Home. Related articles Available Sleep Apnea Treatments (topdentists.com) Is … Continue reading SomnoMed: new oral appliances for sleep apnea to increase usability and compliance
Due to the incredible complexity of our current healthcare reform and the challenges of explaining the need to reform it, Dan Roam has visualized it using a series of napkins... Clive Thompson on the Power of Visual Thinking | Wired Magazine | Wired.com. Related articles US Healthcare on a napkin (pharmastrategyblog.com) Drawing with Dan Roam … Continue reading Dan Roam: Explaining Healthcare Reform on a napkin
Fascinating article which shows how social network analysis (SNA)science is being used in the business world including everything from finding Saddam Hussein (by mapping his chauffeurs' habits online) to identifying healthcare fraud. Mining social networks: Untangling the social web | The Economist. Related articles Big Data To Become Powerful Driver Of IT Spending - Gartner (misco.co.uk) … Continue reading Social network analysis science detects Medicare fraud, terrorisms plots
I rather like this show. In particular the breakfasts consumed around the world consist of foods that Starbucks sugar addled American brains would shudder to think. Most are well rounded meals high in protein, fiber, beneficial fats, probiotics, and micro nutrients such as pickled veggies and fish washed down with a beer (Thailand). The official … Continue reading Globe Trekker on breakfasts of the world
Every so often a new one springs up. However this town in Ecuador which was noted by anthropologists to feature a high number of centenarians in good health may be the real deal. The secret? Totally pure air, water and diverse fruits, veggies and herbs along with a physically active, low stress, community based lifestyle, … Continue reading The fountain of youth is in Vilcabamba, Ecuador
Tired of uncomfortable and ineffective Western treatments for the disease, some patients are turning to alternatives including playing of the Didgeridoo developed by Australian aborigines which is shown to reduce symptoms of sleep apnea. Relief of Sleep Apnea can be found using CPAP devices, but compliance is low - WSJ.com.
Heartbeat Experts. I'm looking for the best slide and content/document management system for pharma. According to KM for Med affairs CBI conference this is one of the best. Also, Cadient group, Exploria, Open Q, Skila, look good. Related articles Doctors: Become a key opinion leader using social media Best Practices In KOL & Prescriber Management … Continue reading Heartbeat software: life science document management solutions
The death of Senator Edward Kennedy (D-Mass.) marks an important milestone in e-health and health-care IT as one of its more vigorous champions is now gone. Since the Kennedy brothers went to my high school and were I feel amongst our strongest leaders as a country I feel a special sense of sorrow with his … Continue reading Senator Kennedy: Advocate for Healthcare IT and Reform
Organogenesis Inc. Home—the world leading tissue regeneration company. Building a huge office in Canton and looks like a good company... Related articles Going Beyond State-Of-The-Art In Tissue Regeneration (medicalnewstoday.com) Histogenics Gets $49 Million for Tissue Regeneration - and Recapitalization (nextbigfuture.com) A few days in Nanomedicine - regeneration, synthetic vaccines, gene therapy, medical tests 1 … Continue reading Organogenesis Inc. Home—the world leading tissue regeneration company
Quantum2: an innovative skills development program provided by the Information Professional Development Group at ProQuest. Interesting site for information professionals on setting up an information/KM center. Related articles Research databases on the new ProQuest platform (lmulibrary.typepad.com) ProQuest Rolls Out New Graduate Education Program (detroit.cbslocal.com) ebrary Fortifies Strategic E-book Acquisition for K-12 Libraries with Common Core … Continue reading Quantum2: an innovative skills development program provided by the Information Professional Development Group at ProQuest
Boston University Online Graduate Certificate Programs: Online Graduate Certificate in Clinical Investigation at Boston University. Related articles What "Cool" Looks Like at Boston University (bostinno.com) The Rise of Online Teacher Ed (insidehighered.com) How Online Education Has Turned Into a Game of Comparing Apples to Oranges (bostinno.com) Boston University Is Fourth Law School to Offer Online … Continue reading Boston University Online Graduate Programs: Online MA in Clinical Investigation at Boston University
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