19 1 / 2012
A Guided Tour of Your Body via NYT
An interactive article on New York Times with an interesting vintage aesthetic – notably done in Flash. (via she_is_king)
11 1 / 2012
Major advances in radiation therapy cancer treatment
A guest article on KevinMD.com by Stephen C. Schimpff, former CEO of the University of Maryland Medical Center. This in the comments:
The technology is only as good as those who use it, with evidence and good judgment being more important than having the latest piece of equipment.
10 1 / 2012
Dr. Mike Evans (right here in Toronto) shares the single best preventative thing you can do for your health. I first heard this lecture earlier this year on his podcast, 23 1/2 Hours, and it has indeed changed the way I think about prevention and exercise (just a little every day…), but the whiteboard illustration truly brings it to life. It’s fantastic. More on his website.
30 11 / 2011
Emerging market for mobile health products
Apparently only 30% of adults have downloaded an app to help manage their health. Let’s get that number higher! Saturate the market! Read the article.
(Thanks Chris Hopkins for sharing the link with me)
16 11 / 2011
Dr. Brian Goldman talks about making mistakes in healthcare in his TEDxToronto talk “Redefining the Practice of Medicine.”
16 11 / 2011
Designers test solutions in three hospitals in the UK to reduce frustration of patients and abuse of ER staff – A report via BBC by
03 11 / 2011
Dr. Evans: 23 and 1/2 hours podcast
I saw Dr. Mike Evans moderate an excellent panel on healthcare at NXNEi last year (that panel is essentially why I am at UHN now). Evans, a regular health columnist for CBC and Globe and Mail, has started a new podcast and this first episode is brilliant.
Ever wonder what’s the one thing [you] can do that will have the biggest impact on [your] health?
See what Evans has to say.
