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...nearly two years, Google has been offering free accounts at google.com/health that allow users to store, organize and, should they choose to do so, share their health data with a doctor, family member or caregiver. Google Health won't say how many people have signed up (and neither will Microsoft HealthVault, which has a similar product). But it's starting to pick up on the business side.(See how not to get sick...
...appear to be covered under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, which requires that health care providers and health plans protect patient confidentiality. The federal government is in the process of drafting privacy recommendations that would apply to Google Health--which has pledged not to sell user data--as well as the makers of consumer apps that perform tasks like monitoring blood pressure...
...Google's privacy policy is fine," says Deven McGraw, health-privacy director at the Washington-based Center for Democracy & Technology. "What people who use Google need to be careful of is third-party applications they might sign up for. There is no law prohibiting them from selling your data...
...prevent heart disease in women. In past research, statin therapy has been shown to prolong the lives of people with heart disease. It has also been shown to stave off the onset of heart disease in healthy at-risk adults. But researchers who have broken out and analyzed the data on healthy female patients in these trials found that the lifesaving benefit, which extends to men, does not cross the gender divide. What's more, there's evidence that women are more likely than men to suffer some of the drugs' serious side effects, which can include memory loss, muscle...
...these overachieving zooites? According to a 2008 survey of 11,000 Galaxy Zoo users, 80% are men and two-thirds live in the U.S. or U.K. They are primarily people who want to "contribute to original scientific research," says Jordan Raddick, education director of the Institute for Data-Intensive Engineering and Science at Johns Hopkins University, who helped conduct the survey. For some Galaxy Zoo volunteers, the draw is somewhat more philosophical. Contemplating a galaxy that exists at an almost unimaginable distance, in both space and time, and contributing a bit of knowledge about it can be humbling and satisfying...