Monday, November 23, 2009

Saturday, November 21, 2009

"An antimicrobial tie with a graphic design based on the H1N1 virus." http://ping.fm/sTbMN
"Something Something Social Media: The Overdue Minority Report" by Merlin Mann (@hotdogsladies) http://bit.ly/7sKelo

Analgesic Nephropathy (via The Renal Fellow Network)

"Anyway, after some probing, he admitted to taking a drug called Vanquish regularly (i.e. daily for over 20 years). I had to look it up, but it turns out to be a compound analgesic (acetaminophen, aspirin and caffeine). I was surprised, as I thought these compounds were off the market, as they are in Europe. So beware, analgesic nephropathy is alive and well in 2009!" — The Renal Fellow Network

Thursday, November 19, 2009

“Health gets personal in the cloud http://ping.fm/Ssbfn ” -@symtym
"Google just released a new research study on how physicians use the Internet. http://tr.im/FfNp ” -@skypen

Sunday, November 15, 2009

Adventures in Brain Tumors, by Matt Haughey (@mathowie). http://bit.ly/37DMa4

Saturday, November 14, 2009

Merlin Mann blogs about Marco Arment, both of whom I like. A lot. http://ping.fm/uDpHP

Tuesday, November 10, 2009

“Find locations near you for both the seasonal and H1N1 flu vaccine http://bit.ly/4nOr53" -@google

Saturday, November 7, 2009

Today's xkcd (my favorite webcomic): "Organ Donor." http://xkcd.com/659/

Halloween at the White House


P103109PS-0527, originally uploaded by The White House.

Friday, November 6, 2009

"If Health Care Is Going to Change, Dr. Brent James's Ideas Will Change It" - NYT http://ping.fm/jrz8Y

Thursday, November 5, 2009

Receiving the H1N1 nasal vaccine is anticlimactic. "Flu nasal drowning" was a misnomer.

Wednesday, November 4, 2009

The Uroplakins (Via the Renal Fellow Network)

The uroplakins form tiny, hexagonal arrays of particles--visualized best by electron microscopy (see figure taken from this excellent recent KI review by Wu et al)--which comprise structures called "urothelial plaques" that overlie the plasma membrane of superficial umbrella cells of the urothelium...
Read more here.
Amazon Best Books of 2009: http://ping.fm/soOWG

Fall


Credit: Baard Overgaard Hansen http://www.pixum.com

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