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Humana Acquires Anvita Health
December 07, 2011 | Financial News Network

Report Links ADHD with Pesticides
May 17, 2010 | WTTG FOX 5 Washington, DC

Research links pesticides with ADHD in children 5-17-2010
May 17, 2010 | WSYR ABC 9 Syracuse

Sacramento Connect

Higher education and income levels keys to better health, according to annual report on nation’s health
May 16, 2012
May 16, 2012 - People with higher levels of education and higher income have lower rates of many chronic diseases compared to those with less education and lower...

Ranking Members Waxman, DeGette, and Butterfield Request Information From Accretive Health on Possible Violations of Patient Protections
May 02, 2012
Washington, DC May 2, 2012 — Today Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Henry A. Waxman, Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Ranking Member Diana...

Neglected for decades, unincorporated communities lack basic public services
April 06, 2012
April 6, 2012 - Nearly every day, Modesto Junior College student Arleen Hernandez battles an aging septic tank that backs up into her toilet and shower, bringing...

UCSF and Kaiser Permanente Complete Massive Genotyping Project
July 21, 2011
July 21, 2011 - One of the nation's largest and most diverse genomics projects has reached its first major milestone in just 15 months. Scientists have genotyped...

From around the web

Hands On With The Fitbit Aria Scale
April 23, 2012 | TechCrunch
With the launch of the Aria wireless scale, Fitbit has added another sensor in the panoply of health data available to high-tech health nuts. This innocuous-looking device takes...

'' Green Button'' Open Data Just Created an App Market for 27M US Homes
March 22, 2012 | Read/WriteWeb
The thinking here, as with Blue Button, which enables veterans (and soon all federal workers) to download their personal health data, is that broad adoption by utilities and...

TCTV: In the Studio, Greylock's John Lilly Examines the Opportunities in Personal...
February 02, 2012 | TechCrunch
of personal health data and systems. The sheer number of new companies and devices on the market offering consumer-level health solutions is simply staggering. We have...

Health Datapalooza takes the pulse of mHealth
March 07, 2012 | GigaOM
Curious about where mHealth and Health 2.0 innovations are headed? Check out the third annual Health Data Initiative Forum, aka Health Datapalooza, June 56. If the success of...

Animating Medicine
January 23, 2012 | MetaFilter
The animation meets this challenge by visually conveying the infinite amounts of unique health data contained in our bodies. A number of anatomical systems and molecular...

Will you track your health data with an app or a device?
December 26, 2011 | GigaOM
Next year millions of consumers use fitness devices and apps designed to help them count their steps, calories, sleep and other personal metrics. But in the emerging world of...

Health Data on twitter

	HHS CTO Todd Park on... http://t.co/dxGbDduu #data Twitter: @fixUShealth
	NHS patients' health data to be anonymised and shared http://t.co/Vk006yCy Twitter: @forwardonfraud
	RT @SBAgov: Are you in the Health IT #biz? Check out the Health Data Initiative Forum III in DC: http://t.co/AtwppRsI #Healthdata Twitter: @HealthifyOrg
	RT @Kelly_A_Wagner: @CMIOmagazine #HIMSS says almost 17 million people in the U.S. currently access health data on their mobile phones http://t.co/iixc2w0F Twitter: @khurramshahzadm
	RT @LeonGhesu: And @BellaEiko jus quoted @LupeFiasco. Now she's hitting them with mental health data they don't act on, just fund Cops. #OakMtg #OO #OWS Twitter: @BellaEiko
	RT @LeonGhesu: And @BellaEiko jus quoted @LupeFiasco. Now she's hitting them with mental health data they don't act on, just fund Cops. #OakMtg #OO #OWS Twitter: @punkboyinsf