The illustrated guide to a Ph.D. August 16, 2010
Posted by Dr. Bertalan Meskó in Infographics, science.add a comment
I started PhD in clinical genomics last year and sometimes it really feels like what is shown in the figure. Click for the full series of pictures:
Ecological & Health Consequences Of The Oil Spill: Infographic July 20, 2010
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The health consequences of the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico could be really serious such as cancer, respiratory diseases and hormonal disruptions. These and the ecological issues are shown on a new infographic. Click on the image for the full version.
Genes and Society: Cloning via Infographics July 19, 2010
Posted by Dr. Bertalan Meskó in genetics, Infographics.1 comment so far
My favourite data visualization blog just published a nice infographic about the difference between research cloning and reproductive cloning. Click on the image for full version.
Poyozo: Centralizing Data Flow July 16, 2010
Posted by Dr. Bertalan Meskó in Data, Health 2.0, Infographics, Innovation, Medicine 2.0, Video, Web 2.0.1 comment so far
In a huge hospital or clinic, the data flow of doctors is enormous. A possible solution might be the centralization of data flow which means they don’t have to check e-mails, news, other services online, but they can do the same in one place. Poyozo could be a potential solution:
Take a moment and think off all the data you put other there on separate Web services. Email, photos, status updates, documents, location, contacts, and the list goes on. Many of the services are really good, but what if they went down? Where would are your data go? Or what if you could bring all that data into one place, so that you didn’t have to login to Flickr, Twitter, Foursquare, and Facebook. Poyozo tries to get all your data in one place – on your own computer – and help “make life make sense.”
Future of Internet: Infographics and Slideshow July 12, 2010
Posted by Dr. Bertalan Meskó in Infographics, Slideshow, Web 2.0.10 comments
First, here is a slideshow about the 2010 Internet trends.
Second, I just came across this great infographics focusing on what the internet would look like in 2020. Click on the image for the full version. Fascinating!
Health 2.0 News: Sistine Chapel, Android and Biometric Sensors July 8, 2010
Posted by Dr. Bertalan Meskó in eHealth, Health, Health 2.0, Infographics, Medical Search, Medicine, Medicine 2.0, science, Video, Web 2.0, What's on the web?.2 comments
- Brain stem hidden in Sistine Chapel painting? (Boing Boing)
- Detecting Depression in Blogs and Online Texts (Medgadget): “Researchers at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, in Beer-Sheva, Israel, have developed a program that detects depression in text without obvious terms like “depression” or “suicide”.”
- Here are two great infographics: Health-care spending in rich countries and The Truth About Quitting Smoking
- Disease and Patient-Level Statistics with Wolfram|Alpha: Nice additions, as usual.
- Printing Biometric Sensors on Clothing (The Quantified Self)
- Here comes Microsoft Academic Search (deja vu?) (The Search Principle Blog)
It would appear that Microsoft has (re)released Microsoft Academic Search (again) — a search engine (re)designed for the scholarly search space focussing on information and computer science. This version was designed by its Asian affiliate and is emblematic of MS’s work in developing search niche tools. In that sense, MAS is a vertical search tool or vortal.
Who is paying for the new US Healthcare Bill? June 28, 2010
Posted by Dr. Bertalan Meskó in Healthcare, Infographics.add a comment
Have you ever wondered who is paying for the US healthcare bill? My new favourite blog just published an infographics describing this issue in details. Click on the image for the bigger original version.
How Much are My Organs Worth? June 22, 2010
Posted by Dr. Bertalan Meskó in Art, Health, Infographics, Medicine, Visualization.7 comments
I mean I don’t plan to sell my organs on E-Bay, but as organ transplantation (lack of donors) and illegal organ trafficking are getting more and more serious, this infographics just came in time. It will give you some interesting answers like how much does a liver cost in South Korea or how many patients are waiting for transplants. Click on the image for the original version:
Health Infographs on Flickr June 2, 2010
Posted by Dr. Bertalan Meskó in Health, Health 2.0, Infographics, Medicine, Medicine 2.0, Visualization, Web 2.0.17 comments
Juhan Sonin found some great ways to visualize his health and also share this kind of data. I guess the Quantified Self project would love it. His words (and the second example):
This chart isn’t a see it + know it (at first encounter). You have to live with it for a while to recognize the patterns. While it’s not quite there yet, there is some goodness here. Some metrics you want low, some you want high… and that’s fine for these charts when you use them over time.
Then you’ll have recognizable patterns to overlay on your graph, like diabetes, and you’ll see whether your profile measures up to a typical diabetic profile…
Surprisingly Effective Treatments for Depression: Infographics May 4, 2010
Posted by Dr. Bertalan Meskó in e-patient, Health, Health 2.0, Infographics, Medicine, Medicine 2.0, Visualization, Web 2.0.4 comments
Curetogether.com, one of the most famous patient community sites, has been doing research for a long time. They use the data patients share anonymously about their symptoms, treatments and experiences. Now using the profiles of 944 members dealing with depression, they created this infographics that shows a few surprisingly effective treatments for depression.
While exercise and meditation are great treatment options, light therapy and massage seem to be effective alternative solutions.
It’s a nice way to mine the data e-patients share about their health management.
