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How ‘Moneyball’ Analytics Can Predict Population Health

How ‘Moneyball’ Analytics Can Predict Population Health

| April 3, 2015 Comment

How ‘Moneyball’ analytics can predict population health – What does baseball have to do with healthcare? Everything. Of course, you’re probably familiar with the plot of Moneyball the best-selling book by Michael Lewis, later made into an academy-award winning film starring Brad Pitt. But you may not be familiar with the ripple effect that it’s […]

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Standup Desks May Help with the Sitting Disease

| January 5, 2015 Comment

Standup Desks May Help with the Sitting Disease – According to a study conducted by the National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys, almost 60% to 70% office-goers sit for 6-7 hours every day and suffer from the “sitting disease” – a host of health problems such as diabetes, cardiovascular disease and obesity – which can […]

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Cold Weather and Heart Attacks: What’s the Connection?

| January 1, 2015 Comment

Cold weather and Heart Attacks: What’s the connection? Winters can be hard to deal with, more so, when they’re severe and with no let up. Harsh winters can affect our health in many different ways: from mood disorders like SAD (seasonal affective disorder) to heart attacks if you already have health problems like high blood […]

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