med

Dangerous scams #762: IntoleranceLab Ltd

Back in February or so, I’d been covering some ground on atopy and allergies etc and came across a company called IntoleranceLab Ltd (Company #11049115). They claimed to perform “Allergen and allergy testing” with nothing more than a few strands of hair.

Example of plotting ECG data using d3

See the UI here Following on from here and here, this is just putting together a couple of blocks from bl.ocks.org to plot data from the PhysioNet site. Read converting PhysioNet JSON to CSV to import other data sets.

Todo: d3 ECG

Another one for the todo list. Fancy plotting leads I/II/III out and making and interactive scroller for time vs vector / direction. Input data might be from here or here. Unfortunately both of these are for synthesising a single lead.

Acupuncture and back pain

So a couple of weeks ago I was having a look at the BMJ infographic Low back pain and sciatica: a summary of NICE guidance. I noted the following, “do not offer acupuncture”: