It’s a common belief that if someone has a medical condition, a patient…
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Chances that a drug treatment helps
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Heartbeat during marriage proposal
The moments leading up to a marriage proposal can be both exciting and…
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Why you feel bloated after holiday meals
Because that’s what happens when you eat ten full plates of turkey and…
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How to be not ignorant about the world
Recurring TED talker Hans Rosling returns with his son and Gapminder Foundation co-founder…
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Smoking rates and income
Based on a study on smoking prevalence from 1996 to 2012, a map…
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Human heartbeat
Jen Lowe tracks her heart rate with a Basis watch, and she’s showing…
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Cancer data for the U.S. released
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released their most recent cancer data…
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Average man graphic renderings
James Hamblin for The Atlantic rendered the average American man based on BMI…
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Acetaminophen availability around the world
Probublica has a detailed piece on the potential overuse of acetaminophen, commonly known…
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Medicare provider charge data released
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services released billing data for more than…
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Using search data to find drug side effects
Along the same lines as Google Flu Trends, researchers at Microsoft, Stanford and…
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Who pays for healthcare, 1960 to 2010
Josh Cothran looked at who’s paid for healthcare over the past five decades,…
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Tracking the spread of AIDS
Adam Cole and Nelson Hsu for NPR plotted the percentage of people, ages…
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Life expectancy and child poverty as a tube map
Geographers James Cheshire and Oliver O’Brien visualized life expectancy in London as a…
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Montana can’t sleep
Help is a drug company that offers you less. Less active ingredients, less…
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Eating healthiness mapped over 24 hours
The Eatery app by Massive Health lets people snap pictures of their food…
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Open thread: Is the Food Plate better than the Pyramid?
In an effort to decrease obesity and improve general health, the US government…
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Stats of the Union tells health stories in America
Stats of the Union, the new Fathom-produced iPad app, maps the status of…
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Mental disorder graphics
Designer Patrick Smith has a minimalist look at mental disorders:
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Track your daily stress and health levels with Basis
With the success of FitBit and the current wave of self-tracking, it was…