GE partnered with a team of computer scientists and programmers at MITs SENSEable City Lab to produce Health InfoScapean interactive, customizable data visualization that leverages 7.2 million files from the Medical Quality Improvement Consortium, GEs electronic medical records database, available to customers through GEs EMR software. The data vis aims to create new ways of understanding human health in the United States.
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How much sunscreen should I wear?. This simple question took David McCandless, a London-based author, writer and designer on a massive journey through the data, information myths and misinformation that surround our perception of sunscreen. He calling it the Sunscreen Smokescreen.
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This map shows worldwide nutrition consumption and body mass index data.
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There are 57 countries with fewer than 23 health workers for every 10,000 people, as a result infant and maternal mortality rates far exceed that of developed countries, such as the UK and USvia www.guardian.co.uk
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I usually try to avoid information loaded infographic because they don't convey much information; and most of them are part of an incredibly sophisticated keyword-spamming operation!.
This infographic is about the importance of sleep (which I lack of.). Julien Smith and FFunction teamed up to make an infographic about sleep and why it matters. Check this out the importance of sleep. via www.ffctn.comHans Rosling's 200 Countries, 200 Years, 4 Minutes
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Deficiency of Vitamin D may even be a contributing factor for the greater prevalence of heart disease and diabetes. Check out this infographic by David McCandless, a London-based author, writer and designer.
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UNAIDS, the UN body charged with combatting the AIDS epidemic, released its latest report. This carries good news. Though some 33m people are infected, the rate of new infections is falling—down from 3.1m a year a decade ago to 2.6m in 2009. Moreover, as the map shows, the figure is falling fastest in many of the most heavily infected countries. The reason is a combination of behavioural change, a big reduction in mother-to-child transmission at birth and through breast-feeding, and the roll-out of drug treatment for those already infected.
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A woman's life cycle can sometimes seem like an obstacle course in which she much dodge an increasing number of health threats. In reality, as medical experts point out, every stage in a woman's life has its health benefits.
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