Online Health in the Developing World

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sri-lankaFollowing on from Monday’s post about health information on twitter, it seemed a nice coincidence that I came across a research paper focusing on healthcare information available in the developing world.

The web is still relatively young and yet many people can barely remember a time when they could not simply click a mouse and gain access to health and medical information. Apparently, hundreds of millions of people regularly access …

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Health and Medicine on Twitter

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health-on-twitterMy good friend Jo Brodie who works at DiabetesUK and twitters as @JoBrodie was crucial in helping publicise my recent scientists on twitter page. She recently gave the list a shout out on the PSCI-COM science communicators discussion group and added a few science tweeps of her own and a few in the health and medical communications area. So, here, with permission is Jo’s list:

BBC …

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Autism Saliva Test

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autismI recently reported on the spit test being developed for autism spectrum disorder (ASD). It’s in the very early stages of development (this is not an antenatal test), but the details were certainly of interest to the target audience on the SpecNOW site.

Of course, the mainstream media picked up on the news of the possibility of such a simple test for autism too and the publication also coincided with literary …

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