Category Archives: Health
3D Patient Records for Dentistry paper published in JADA!
After about a year of waiting, my senior project exploring 3D Patient Records for Dentistry has been published as the cover story in the Journal of the American Dental Association (JADA)! I had no idea our work would end up … Continue reading
Microsoft HealthVault and its third party user experience
Microsoft is shaking up the consumer health technology landscape today with their launch of HealthVault. The site allows anyone to sign up and store and share all of your health information and the health information of your family (even pets). … Continue reading
Irony, Sarcasm, and Humor in Sicko
I saw Sicko yesterday which is Michael Moore’s new documentary about health care in the United States. I thought the film made its point very well and Michael Moore is definitely a master of using irony and sarcasm to make … Continue reading
Revolution Health Launches!
So this is a bit late, partly due to being away at a conference and other stuff. But just wanted to make the official announcement that my company’s site, RevolutionHealth.com has had its official version 1.0 launch a few weeks … Continue reading
Door gym
So we just got the wicked cool Door Gym in our apartment. This has got to have one of the highest cool-to-complexity ratios ever (ie very cool and so simple). You literally just put it through your door frame and … Continue reading
New York Bans Transfat
I’m so glad to see New York City looking out for their citizens and cutting out transfat from restaurant foods. Transfat is a terribly unhealthy substance used as a cheap substitute for natural saturated fat sources, and a large part … Continue reading
My Epi-LASIK Journal pt 14: Epi-LASIK Video
I watched this video before my Epi-LASIK procedure. It’s a closeup view of the actual procedure in all it’s glory. You can now see Exactly what I went through. I can’t speak for how you will respond to it, but … Continue reading
Refined grain should be labeled as Junk Food
It’s no secret that I am not a fan of recommendations for people to eat large of amounts of “Healthy” or “Clean Burning” grains in their diet. These recommendations come more from economic forces than anything as the huge US … Continue reading
My Epi-LASIK Journal pt13: A couple weeks later, no onions
Been a while since my last eye update. My vision has stabilized since my last post, and my bandage contacts were taken out a few days after my last post. This time, I made sure to keep them really moist … Continue reading
My Epi-LASIK Journal pt12: More bandages
So the last few days haven’t been too hot for my eyes. It seems my epithelial layers weren’t quite ready for prime time. After removing the bandage contact lenses, my eyes were scratchy. This was expected as the surface of … Continue reading
My Epi-LASIK Journal pt11: No more bandages
So I went into work today and got asked plenty of questions about my Epi-LASIK procedure. It definitely takes some extra explaining when you have Epi-LASIK because most people expect you to have perfect vision already and they aren’t as … Continue reading
My Epi-LASIK Journal pt10: Not so uneven
So in my last post I mentioned that my left eye was really blurry and I was getting quite worried. Well, I took a nice long nap and when I got up, I realized that my left eye was as … Continue reading