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Is this email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser. Contents: Keeping track of yourself Keeping track of yourself Mar 02, 2012 04:41 am  •  Permalink The quantified self movement continues: This may sound creepy, but tens of thousands of patients around the world are already sharing information about symptoms and treatments for hundreds of conditions on websites such as PatientsLikeMe and CureTogether. This has yielded valuable results, such as the finding that patients who suffered from vertigo during migraines were four times more likely to have painful side effects when using a particular migraine drug. The growing number of self-tracking devices now reaching the market will increase the scope for large-scale data collection, enabling users to analyse their own readings and aggregate them with those of other people. Sure, it sounds nerdy and weird when you put it like that, but make it glow and call it fuel, and everyone goes nuts. [Economist] Sponsored by: More to read: Spotlight on movie profitability Mobile phone digital traces Difference between weather and climate explained Wind motion patterns animated Members Only: How to Hand Edit R Plots in Inkscape  follow on Twitter | forward to a friend  Copyright © 2012 FlowingData, All rights reserved. You are receiving this email because you opted in on FlowingData. Our mailing address is: FlowingData PO Box 3381 Livermore, CA 94550 Add us to your address book  unsubscribe from this list | update subscription preferences