Medical Technology

@pmarca 9 years ago

RT @porszag: Trenchant analysis of massive Medicare slowdown by @ChapinWhite and colleagues for KFF: http://kaiserf.am/13c3aWT (1/2)

@pmarca 9 years ago

RT @cadwego: Half of Dr. Oz’s medical advice is baseless or wrong, study says - The Washington Post http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2014/12/19/half-of-dr-ozs-medical-advice-is-baseless-or-wrong-study-says/

@pmarca 9 years ago

RT @SandyHendry: British Medical Journal asks whether low-fat products/diets are food industry's attempt at mass murder. http://www.bmj.com/content/bmj/349/bmj.g7654.full.pdf

@pmarca 9 years ago

RT @PandoDaily: Congress ends federal ban on medical marijuana, blazing a trail for weed startups http://pndo.ly/1vX0F1o

@pmarca 9 years ago

RT @AlSaqqaf: Genome sequencing; was $100m, now $1K (Illumina) Cholesterol lab test; was $50, now $2.99 (Theranos) Interesting times ahead in medicine.

@pmarca 9 years ago

RT @Paul_Sonnier: Study: Text messages prevent 1 in 6 patients from failing to take medicine http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/12/141205142424.htm HT @mhallsworth @pmarca #DigitalHealth

@pmarca 9 years ago

RT @mhallsworth: New study shows the power of text messages to improve medical adherence http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/12/141205142424.htm?utm_source=feedburner #behaviourchange

@pmarca 9 years ago

RT @WSJ: 1 in 3 Americans said they or a family member delayed medical care because of costs. http://on.wsj.com/1zoKKNp

@pmarca 9 years ago

RT @DLeonhardt: What seems to be behind the sharp slowdown in health costs? A changing medical system. @sangerkatz: http://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/04/upshot/good-news-inside-the-health-spending-numbers.html

@pmarca 9 years ago

RT @munilass: @pmarca It's funny. I've been reading a lot of Gerald Edelman lately. These fantastic, sophisticated books on his medical research.

@pmarca 9 years ago

RT @SuB8u: Excellent piece on how 3D Printing is revolutionizing medicine. The pace of evolution of the tech is indeed awesome! http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2014/11/24/print-thyself

@pmarca 9 years ago

RT @mcuban: . @cdixon The promise of the net is not content. Its high speed apps that change healthcare,medicine,transportation,safety and more

@pmarca 9 years ago

RT @moody: "Whiskey's a good medicine. It keeps your muscles tender," says *108-YEAR-OLD* WWII veteran. http://www.businessinsider.com/americas-oldest-veteran-drinks-whiskey-and-smokes-cigars-every-day-2014-11

@pmarca 9 years ago

RT @sgourley: injury to death rates in the US Military is at ~9:1. Before medical advances it was 3:1. Without this tech body count would be 3x higher

@pmarca 9 years ago

RT @qhardy: Pot is legal in Oregon. It costs 1/2 as much to drive there from SF as to get a medical card. Meaning, pot will soon be legal in CA.

@pmarca 9 years ago

RT @peterjhebert: Oculus Rift Founder Predicts Virtual Reality's Future: Medicine, Architecture, Education, Business Meetings http://www.entrepreneur.com/article/238897

@pmarca 9 years ago

RT @csoghoian: I am shocked that after appointing a cyber czar with no tech experience, the White House appointed an Ebola czar with no medical experience.

@pmarca 9 years ago

RT @RHNilsson: Medical students experience procedures from surgeon’s perspective with Oculus Rift @nisummers http://thenextweb.com/gadgets/2014/08/14/oculus-rift-allows-medical-students-watch-procedure-surgeons-perspective/ http://t.co/8WC5CO37F6