UPDATE: In 2003, Stanford's Laurence Baker, PhD, conducted similar research and found that 40 percent of adults with online access used the Internet for health …
Category: Innovation
CIO's thoughts on the iPad's role in medicine
John Halamaka, MD, has compiled some initial thoughts on the iPad's role in medicine. (Halamaka is chief information officer of Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center …
Researchers devise technique to increase production of blood vessel cells
A new method developed by scientists at Weill Cornell Medical College to boost endothelial cell growth may someday be used to create blood vessels in …
Comparing the Wii Fit board to a clinical force platform
The balance board used to perform exercises while working out with Nintendo's Wii Fit system may offer a cheaper solution to laboratory-grade force platforms, according …
"Blink different:" E. coli engineered to alter blinking rate according to its environment
This fascinating video shows E. coli cells flashing in unison and explains how researchers at the University of California, San Diego engineered the bacterial genes …
Stem-cell sausage: Is Porky Pig obsolete?
In case you missed this groundbreaking news last week, MSNBC reported that Dutch researchers are on their way to producing "pork in a petri dish." …
Using cell phones to save lives
Got an old cell phone you'd like to toss? Stanford medical student Nadim Mahmud would gratefully take it and put it to good use helping …
Wellcome Trust establishes a YouTube channel of historical medical videos
The Wellcome Trust has recently established a collection of historical medical videos on YouTube. According to the Wellcome Library, its Wellcome Film collection contains over …
Science in society journalism awards open for submissions
Read any great articles or books recently about science and its impact on society? Or tuned in to any incredible radio, TV or multimedia on …
Why physicians should pay attention to web reviews
While some doctors have criticized Web sites where patients can rate medical practitioners as unethical and defamatory, Milwaukee psychiatrist Shaili Jain, MD, argues that physicians …
Designing electronic health record technologies for a "small planet"
Following on the heals of federal health officials releasing standards for electronic medical records, The Health Care Blog has published an interesting article discussing principles …
Super Mario Bacteria: image of Mario made with BioBricks
The things people are doing with bacteria these days. A team of nanobiologists have hewn the image of Mario, perhaps the greatest videogame protagonist ever, …
U.S. researchers use bacteria to power simple machines
In October, I wrote that researchers at the University of Rome had coaxed E. coli into pushing the teeth of a tiny crankshaft. Now researchers …
Six reasons to get a Twitter account
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 …
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: …