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I'm passionate about

information and people, health (and its care), language, perceptions, cultures

An idea worth spreading

add Yoga to the athletic curriculum of educational institutions: At its very least, it's an incredibly healthy, convenient, strengthening practice.

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healthcare information technology, life stories, coaching for professional development, Education, yoga, explorations

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  A comment on Talk: Nicholas Christakis: How social networks predict epidemics

  Sep 19 2010: It's an intriguing talk.
  Two points may be worth mentioning:
  1) the assumption that each individual is equally likely to get the flu (or adopt an idea) seems very simplistic to me. I imagine that there is a degree of 'adoption propensity' that should also be included in the equation.
  
  2) the beginning of the talk sounds strikingly familiar with the beginning of Malcom Gladwell's Tipping Point, which was written several years ago...
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  A comment on Talk: Jamie Heywood: The big idea my brother inspired

  Feb 7 2010: patientslikeme has done a miracle already by bridging the knowledge gap that often lies between patient and physician. This platform and community makes scientific concepts accessible to all kind of patients, and enables patients to translate the state of their condition in the language best understood by the physician. This empowering effort alone has immense human value.
  
  Looking also at the immense scientific benefits that this wealth of data can generate, I believe that the patientslikeme 'language' could become the global standard for effective, efficient and empathetic healthcare data recording.
  I look forward to see it expand beyond its current anglophone borders!