RT @S_Rabinovitch: Top medical study on heart attacks in marathons: 1:185,000 runners http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa1106468
Beijing Marathon: 1:5000 http://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/1859890/six-runners-and-race-official-suffer-heart-attacks-during-beijing
How to Study 1 Million Patients' Medical Charts http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-to-study-1-million-patients-medical-charts/ #bigdata #mhealth
A comprehensive analysis of the use of psychedelics for anxiety, PTSD, and addiction shows serious medical potential for the drugs. (via The Daily Beast)
Genetic data in medical records, and greater patient involvement: http://health.usnews.com/health-news/hospital-of-tomorrow/articles/2015/07/23/new-paper-explores-how-precision-medicine-can-flourish
#precisionmedicine #bigdata
"Should we do an article on what it’s like to be a medical resident? How about working in the US military?" http://www.bothsidesofthetable.com/2015/08/17/what-to-make-of-amazons-work-practices/
IBM Plans to Teach Watson How to Sift Through Medical Images and Diagnose Diseases http://www.technologyreview.com/news/540141/why-ibm-just-bought-billions-of-medical-images-for-watson-to-look-at/ >@TechReview
RT @LaMishaHill: "In 1978, there were 1,410 black male applicants to medical school, and in 2014, there were just 1,337". https://twitter.com/UCSFMedicine/status/627230990340001792