Lee Aase, the social media manager at the Mayo Clinic (link to Twitter given the subject of this post), has posted six sensible reasons for …
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Living Stories launches with three pages on health-care reform and medicine
In an effort to redefine journalism on the Web, the New York Times and the Washington Post have joined forces with Google to create a …
Mobile phone 'alcohol tracker' released in the UK
According to this BBC story, the United Kingdom's National Health Service has released a mobile phone application to help revelers monitor their holiday eggnog consumption: …
Study shows smart phones speed up diagnosis
Need to review a CT scan from remote? There's an app for that. A study performed at the University of Virginia indicates that CT scans …
Will social robots be the caregivers of the future?
Social robots capable of directly engaging with patients and encouraging both their physical and cognitive rehabilitation could be the caregivers of the future, writes Jerome …
Is social media an antidote to medical myths?
If you didn't see this 33 Charts post on why physicians should tweet, blog and use other social media, it's worth a read. In his …
Monitoring patient wellness from a distance
More and more studies are proving telemedicine is effective in helping patients modify their lifestyle to manage health conditions. Telephone counseling combined with home-based blood …
Tools to track health decisions grow in popularity
A new startup called Keas aims to help individuals take control of their health. Users complete a personal health survey and are provided with online …
The blind can see
Via the New York Times, here's a story that gadget-lovers and medical professionals alike can appreciate: With the help of a tiny camera and an …
A pill that polices patients
Wireless technology is increasingly becoming a popular solution to streamline health-care practices, but one company is taking the integration of wireless services a step further. …
Why health-care professionals should blog
There's a reasonably good post today on the Better Health blog about why health-care professionals should blog. While I don't agree with some of the …
OK, now drivers who text REALLY freak me out
I'm a vociferous talking-on-cellphone-while-driving opponent. I think people who do it are dumber than dirt, and I USED to think that people who text are …
Gene therapy may cure color blindness
A gene therapy technique developed by researchers at the University of Washington has just been used to cure color blindness in adult monkeys. In the …
Americans increasingly browsing before breakfast
According to an article in the New York Times yesterday, many Americans now make the Internet their first stop of the morning: After six to …
WolframAlpha improves its medical capabilities
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 …
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 …