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January 2012

Paula Deen Announces She Has Type 2 Diabetes

By Perrie Briskin | January 19, 2012

Food Network star Paula Deen took to the airwaves this week to announce that she was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes three years ago. What got more press, however, was her second revelation that she is now the new face of diabetes drug company Novo Nordisk. Diabetes is a serious disease that affects an estimated [...]

Data vs. Doctors

By Perrie Briskin | January 13, 2012

This week in TechCrunch, Silicon Valley mogul and Sun Micosystems founder Vinod Khosla wrote “Do We Need Doctors or Algorithms?,” a compelling piece about healthcare and data. More specifically, as our ability to collect and analyze data improves with technology, can algorithms, or as he calls it, “Dr. A,” replace doctors? Having computers armed with data taking [...]