Citizen Science for Health

“Sleep health is general health.”
~ as tweeted by Dreem

“The breakthrough medicine of this century is patient engagement.”
~ as tweeted by Welldoc
 
“Biomarkers represent a new phase in medicine. They provide a constant stream of data that could inform drug discovery....

I am delighted to announce that my proposed “Brian Health Meet Up” session for SXSW 2020 has been approved. The idea is to bring together health activists, practitioners and biohackers for a lively discussion as we explore practical tools to support high performance an...

I am excited to announce that I am going to be leading a Topic Table on “Patient Empowerment and the Future Standard of Care” at the upcoming HLTH (Create Health’s Future) event in Las Vegas on October 27-30. 

Please let me know if you will be attending, it would be gre...

“About 90% of what happens between Parkinson’s patients and their doctors are qualitative, not quantitative.”
~ Steven Demello, UC Berkeley

“By 2050, Alzheimer’s could cost 1.1 Trillion dollars a year. This would bankrupt our healthcare system.”
~ Miyoung Chun, UC Be...

“Who is going to carry the water in Mental Health: government, academia, private sector? All of us.”
~ Tom Insel, Mindstrong Health

“It is going to take: 1. The mission of academia, 2. the tech of the private sector, and 3. the policy-crafting of the public sector (to...

Building on the successful SXSW sessions on Brain Health and Patient Empowerment that I led last year, I’ve proposed for March a “Brain Health Meet Up”.  The idea is to facilitate a dynamic discussion and make connections among those of us who care about brain performa...

One of the most gratifying aspects to my health journey has been finding so much quality information online. Yes, it all has to be taken with an attitude of healthy skepticism, and yes Google Scholar is often a much better source than regular Google.

But I have found a...

Over the course of my research, I have come to believe that when we eat may be just as important as what we eat.

The Paleo approach that posits that we may have evolved genetically to benefit from certain foods and lifestyles has always made sense to me (at least up to...

Sleep can be challenging for many of us, but it is worth persevering to get it right, as it seems to play a key role in protecting our brains.

The basics here include good “sleep hygiene”, such as a cool, dark comfortable space and a regular bedtime. One key for me was...

As we all know, diet is quite controversial. Nutritional science is one of those areas that continues to evolve rapidly, seeming to contradict itself along the way, particularly around fats (good vs bad); carbs (hi vs low); and proteins (plant vs. animal).

And while the...