Google wants my health records

Google will not get my health records.

NEW YORK (AP) -- Google's online filing cabinet for medical records opened to the public Monday, giving users instant electronic access to their health histories while reigniting privacy concerns.

Called Google Health, the service lets users link information from a handful of pharmacies and care providers, including Quest Diagnostics labs. Google plans to add more.

The company already has a slightly uncomfortable amount of control over my personal information and speech, given my voluntary use of programs like Gmail, Google calendar, and Blogger.

Seeing highly - and creepily - targeted adds appear at the top of my Gmail inbox based on the content of my e-mails is enough to give me pause.

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Treating death

Turns out starving cells of oxygen isn't what kills a body when the heart stops. Rather the damage, called a reperfusion injury, is caused by the sudden reoxyidation of the body when the heart is restarted. I came across this article about it. There's a doctor who's developing new ways to treat people, with things like blood chillers and heart-lung machines instead of cpr and defibrillators, at higher success rates.

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