Sat.Jun 01, 2013 - Fri.Jun 07, 2013

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Medication Adherence infographic

Medicine and Technology

Here is an infographic on the challenging topic of medication adherence: Via: Healthcare Intelligence Network.

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As ASCO wraps up, docs are talking about cancer research while patients are talking about HPV and throat cancer

Medicine and Technology

ASCO is the American Society of Clinical Oncology. It's the biggest professional cancer conference that draws a huge international crowd in Chicago every year. The city of Chicago sees a huge surge of tourism activity around this conference every summer. In somewhat unrelated news, CBS published a story about Michael Douglas, his throat cancer, and HPV - the virus that causes cervical cancer, penile cancer, vulvar cancer, anal cancer, and oral cancers.

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Follow #HDpalooza on Twitter from the Health Datapalooza

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This Mon and Tues (June 3 and 4), you can expect a lot of tweets using the hashtag #HDpalooza from the Health Datapalooza. Health Datapalooza IV (HDP IV) is the fourth annual national conference born from government efforts to liberate health data. The conference is a forum that features the newest and most innovative and effective uses of health data by companies, startups, academics, government agencies and individuals.