TedMed 2012, Day 1
TedMed 2012has begun. And how! The opening event was “ Traces-Urban Acrobats.” Urban Acrobats? It was mouth-droppingly over-the-top athleticism. One long sequence consisted of the members of the…
Crowdfunding for Academic Research: Innovocracy
Innovocracy provides crowd funding for academic research. In this interview, co-founder Mikael Totterman explains the concept and describes the first project: a promising toilet-training method for autistic children.What is Innovocracy?…
Genomics– a Revolution in Medicine – Part I
My last post was about the coming medical megatrends that will have transformative implications for medical practice. To continue the discussion, let’s begin with genomics.Little more than a decade ago,…
Favorite Quotes from TEDx Maastricht
Last week I was fortunate to attend TEDx Maastricht in person for the second year in a row. There were several great talks, all inspiring and some surprising. The beginning…
Encounter With an ‘Unexeptional’ Healthcare System
On April 3 ‘Travelling student’ posted a delightful article on her “Experience with Slovenian Socialized Madicine”. It brought back memorries of my own experience with healthcare outside the U.S. So here…
Technology, Healthcare and the Frankenstein Syndrome
Technology in life takes holdDoes Moore's Law apply to advances in the biological sciences? Will advances like artificial hips, cardiac pacemakers and spinal stimulators for pain be only the beginning of…
Interview/Podcast: Tim Fowler Discusses Bluetooth®-Low-Energy Enabled iPhone M-Health App Pt.1
During this year’s Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Cambridge Consultants, a leading technology product design and development firm demonstrated their new Bluetooth low energy (BLE) Blood Pressure Profile iPhone app. Cambridge Consultants…
Stage 2 Implications on HIPAA Hosting
Initially I had some difficulty pinning down the exact objectives and implications Stage 2 would have on health IT for healthcare organizations that deal with electronic protected health information (ePHI).…
What Causes Inflammation? A Comprehensive Look At The Causes and Effects Of Inflammation (part 3)
Written By Brian Rigby, Edited By Jackie Wicks , PEERtrainer Founder, Reviewed by Dov Michaeli MD, Ph.D Written By Brian Rigby, Edited By Jackie Wicks , PEERtrainer Founder, Reviewed by…
Got Cipro? If You Exercise, Be Careful!
A couple of weeks ago I got sick and self-medicated myself for two days with a course of ciprofloxacin (or Cipro), until I got a chance to talk to my primary physician.…
