New Web Resource: Consumer Reports Best Buy Drugs
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"The mission of the
Consumer Reports Best Buy Drugs project is to provide consumers and their doctors with information to help guide prescription drug choices–based on effectiveness, a drug's track record, safety and price.
The project aims to improve access to needed medicines for tens of millions of Americans—because they lack insurance coverage for prescription drugs, because the prices of many medicines today are so high, and because many consumers and physicians may not be aware of proven and affordable alternatives. "
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New Weblog: MedGadget
MedGadget: Medgadget is an online journal of the latest medical gadgets and technologies (
XML).
Merriam-Webster's Word of the Year 2004: Blog
Blog noun [short for Weblog] (1999) : a Web site that contains an online personal journal with reflections, comments, and often hyperlinks provided by the writer
Just as interesting to me is number 10 on the list: defenestration: Etymology: de- + Latin fenestra window: a throwing of a person or thing out of a window. I believe its more popular use today is in reference to getting rid of the Microsoft Windows operating system, as described in this book
Despair.com "Greatest Hurts" Collections
Looking for a gift for a doctor in your life? Many of us are pretty cynical, so why not consider a gift from Despair.com, creators of 'demotivators.' How about a mug that says:
"Ambition: The Journey of a Thousand Miles Sometimes Ends Very Very Badly "
or
"Meetings: None of Us Is As Dumb As All of Us"
or
"Procrastination: Hard Work Pays Off After Time, But Laziness Always Pays Off Now "
Ambu Bag Simulation Online
The Virtual Anesthesia Machine web site now has a simulation of a Self Inflating Resuscitation
Bag (SIRB) a.k.a. "Ambu bag" during normal operation and how to check
the bag as part of an anesthesia machine pre-use check at
http://vam.anest.ufl.edu/pre-use-check.html.
Google Scholar
Google Scholar:
"" Google Scholar enables you to search specifically for scholarly literature, including peer-reviewed papers, theses, books, preprints, abstracts and technical reports from all broad areas of research. Use Google Scholar to find articles from a wide variety of academic publishers, professional societies, preprint repositories and universities, as well as scholarly articles available across the web.""
[Via The Volokh Conspiracy]
Election Litigation Watch 2004
http://www.litigationwatch2004.com/ contains links to news coverage of lawsuits in the 2004 Elections.
Ramadan Thus Far
Found a great new blog written by an Army Blackhawk pilot in Iraq. His post on 'Ramadan Thus Far' contains the following line I just love about why things are harder for terrorists in the Sunni triangle:
"" It's hard to execute a good plan when you're dead.""
[Via Clayton Cramer's Blog]
UT El Paso: Herbal Safety
UT El Paso: Herbal Safety
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"In the past decade, there has been an increased interest in herbal medicines
and treatments, both from the mainstream medical community and the general
public. One need look no further than the cold drink section of the local
supermarket to see the various herbal supplements that are prominently
displayed on many drink labels. In an effort to provide critical evaluations
of these various herbs and related products, the University of Texas at El
Paso has created this important website in order to disseminate information
about research findings related to herbal use and to provide these findings
in both English and Spanish."
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[Via The Scout Report]
