WolframAlpha has improved its abilities to handle medical queries. Wolfram explains the changes in an entry on the WolframAlpha blog: Wolfram|Alpha allows you to query …
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Oxford medical and surgical handbooks on Google Books
A number of Oxford handbooks on medical and surgical subjects are now available on Google Books. Take a look: Via Clinical Cases and Images Blog
List of biomedical journals on Twittter
A medical librarian in the Netherlands, @laikas, has started a comprehensive list of biomedical journals on Twitter. Readers are also invited to make updates to …
Obama tries the da Vinci surgical robot
According to the White House blog, President Obama tried out the Da Vinci surgical robot during a visit to the Cleveland Clinic last week. The …
Medscape now available on iPhone
According to Medgaget: Medscape has released a free iPhone application featuring a drug database and interaction checker, as well as a directory of physicians and …
Biologists create a living computer from E. coli bacteria
It appears E.coli may be useful for something other than tainting food. According to the Guardian, a team of US scientists have engineered a bacterial …
Victor Fuchs on federal health insurance
Victor Fuchs, PhD, one of the nation's foremost health economists, says a government-run plan will not solve the huge financial issues that plague health-care in …
CT visualization on the iPhone
Mashable had an interesting post this morning about data visualization on the iPhone. On the list was Ziostation, which allows users to manipulate CT images …
What World of Warcraft can show about pandemics
There's an incredibly interesting post on Health Disparities discussing the Corrupted Blood virtual pandemic on World of Warcraft, the popular massively multiplayer online role-playing game. …
Brian Eule discusses Match Day book
In this 1:2:1, Brian Eule talks about his new book, Match Day: One Day and One Dramatic Year in the Lives of Three New Doctors. …
Wolfram Alpha launches, talks medicine
Wolfram Alpha launched last week and has been touted as a threat to Google, but the comparison isn't appropriate at the moment. Wolfram Alpha is …
Match Day 2009
Diana Badillo was one of 82 medical students at Stanford who matched in March 2009. We produced a short video showing the lead up to …
SMS STD results
Here's an interesting use of text messaging: NHS Hounslow, a British primary care organization, is experimenting with free, self-service home Chlamydia tests that send back …
Medpedia goes public
Following in the tradition of Google Blog Search (beta), Gmail (beta), and Google Scholar (beta), Medpedia is now available as a public beta. Modeled on …