Ebola exposes chinks in our techno-optimistic armor
If you’re a bio-nerd like me, you’ve known about Ebola for a very long time. You knew it was trouble from the get-go and wondered how it would unfol...
Tag: health
At HealthFOO this weekend
I’m so excited to be at HealthFOO this weekend (it had been postponed from April). And I am extremely humbled by the folks who will be there. Of course, I...
Are EMR systems in the 10s like AOL in the 90s?
I’ve been getting a feeling that EMR systems, while here, are a decade late. While I am totally in favor of digitizing the patient, what EMR vendors set o...
“Welcome to the Post-Pasteurian Age” (my HealthFOO Ignite talk that never happened)
I was blessed with an invitation to HealthFOO this year, here in nearby Cambridge. Alas, the event was cancelled due to the intense events after the Boston Mara...
Mixing meaning into disease research – Treato
I wasn’t so sure how to describe Treato. It’s really interesting – mixing semantic analysis, social media, medical records, and analysis ̵...
Big Data, healthcare, devices, and quantified self
When I was at SXSW, I spent most of my time at either Big Data or Healthcare sessions. The interesting thing is that the Big Data sessions always devolved to ta...
Gut microbes and immunity: The hygiene hypothesis, peak antibiotics, and the post-Pasteurian Age
“Exposure to microbes during early childhood is associated with protection from immune-mediated diseases such as inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) and asth...
The Impact of a Consortium of Fermented Milk Strains on the Gut Microbiome of Gnotobiotic Mice and Monozygotic Twins
“The results also showed that (i) consumption of an FMP containing five bacterial strains was not associated with a statistically significant change in th...
International Human Microbe Program Looks Ahead – ScienceInsider
Indeed, Sharp said at the meeting, patients who come to Cleveland Clinic for treatment of inflammatory bowel disease express their own concerns about such appro...
Dangerous C. difficile infections soar in US, but Massachusetts hospitals have cut germ’s spead – The Boston Globe
“A life-threatening germ that causes diarrhea and spreads easily from doctors’ offices to hospitals and nursing homes has climbed to historic highs nation...