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 [...]
January 2012
Paula Deen Announces She Has Type 2 Diabetes
By Perrie Briskin | January 19, 2012Data vs. Doctors
By Perrie Briskin | January 13, 2012This 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 [...]

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