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Health

Go Green: Stop Using Cocaine (and not the energy drink)

November 23, 2008

Did you know? Four square metres of rainforest are destroyed for every gram of cocaine snorted in the UK, a conference of senior police officers as told yesterday.
300,000 hectares of rainforest were destroyed each year in Colombia to clear land for coca plant cultivation, predominantly controlled by illegal groups, including the Revolutionary Armed Forces of [...]

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WebMD For Dogs, DogChannel.com

October 11, 2008

DogChannel launches their health section in hopes to be the most comprehensive canine medical diagnostic content on the web.
The list of symptoms, which can be found here, was compiled by Dog Fancy’s “Ask the Vet” expert Karla Rugh
Good luck trying to find out what happened to the dog pictured above.

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Fitbit Raises $2M For Their Device That Tracks Your Movement

October 10, 2008

Fitbit, produces a little device (looks like a blue-tooth) that clips onto your clothing and tracks your movement throughout the day and night with its internal motion detecto
The device is gathering information about how much exercise you’ve been getting by counting your steps and calculating how many calroeis you have burnt.
It even tracks how well [...]

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Familybuilder Announces Low Cost DNA Tests

October 1, 2008

Family tree building site, Familybuilder, has quickly grown into a gigantic network of over 20 million people.
They’ve just announced that starting on the 15th of October, DNA testing will be available for it’s users.
The tests are mail-in based and cost $59.99, a low price compared to competitors like Ancestry.com’s $149 charge.
Users will receive maternal (maDNA) [...]

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King Benioff Invests In Doctor Appointment Scheduling Service, ZocDoc

October 1, 2008

ZocDoc allows users to book their doctor appointments online, and let’s doctors manage visits. 
Mark Benioff and Jeff Bezoz have joined last months $3m series A led by Khosla Ventures.
Doctors and patients using the site has grown 50% a month since launching at the TC 50

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