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Non-Communicable Diseases And Social Media: A Heart Disease Symptoms Application, Ashwin Kumar Thandapani Kumarasamy, Daniel Asamoah, Ramesh Sharda
Non-Communicable Diseases And Social Media: A Heart Disease Symptoms Application, Ashwin Kumar Thandapani Kumarasamy, Daniel Asamoah, Ramesh Sharda
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Social media platforms have become ubiquitous and allow users to share information in real-time. Our study uses data analytics as an approach to explore non-communicable diseases on social media platforms and to identify trends and patterns of related disease symptoms. Exploring epidemiological patterns of non-communicable diseases is vital given that they have become prevalent in low income communities, accounting for about 38 million deaths worldwide.
We collected data related to multiple disease conditions from the Twitter microblogging platform and zoomed into symptoms related to heart diseases. As part of our analyses, we focused on the mechanism and trends of disease …