March 2012
90 posts
February 2012
80 posts
Invision- Prototyping for Visual Interaction... →
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“I invented nothing new.
I simply assembled the discoveries of other men behind...”
– Henry Ford
Everything is a Remix
“The difference between the men who were circumcised and the men who weren’t was...”
– Monday: Journalist Craig Timberg says that for years, international AIDS groups overlooked important factors in the spread of the HIV virus, such as the effectiveness of circumcision. Timberg, the former Johannesburg bureau chief for The Washington Post, explores the history of the HIV virus and the...
Congressional members and Stephen Colbert, Jon... →
reuters:
Three members of Congress have received threatening mail containing a suspicious powder later found to be harmless and law enforcement officials on Wednesday warned that more may be coming.
Another U.S. law enforcement official said letters sent to television personalities Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert threatened biological attacks on U.S. senators.
Other letters to a number of news...
equality
I’ve been thinking about equality lately, due to a rather unfortunate comment made in class about my relationship.
I have talked with many women who have never asked for a raise, a promotion, or more responsibility in their jobs. I spoke with a woman the other day who truly believes she is a less capable human being than her husband. I have a female friend who actually believes that women...
WatchIf you are a woman, and work, listen to this.
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Nanopore DNA Sequencing
Does that mean anything to you? It should. People who know me know that I am prone to hyperbole (e.g. “This is the best freakin’ sandwich I have ever had, like, in history”), but believe me when I say that This. Changes. Everything.
Critics of genomics (even Craig Venter, “Mr. Genome” himself) have lamented the fact that sequencing our genome...
Our Unrealistic Attitudes About Death, Through a... →
I know where this phone call is going. I’m on the hospital wards, and a physician in the emergency room downstairs is talking to me about an elderly patient who needs to be admitted to the hospital. The patient is new to me, but the story is familiar: He has several chronic conditions — heart failure, weak kidneys, anemia, Parkinson’s and mild dementia — all tentatively held in check by a...
18 Patient Identifiers HIPAA Defines as Off Limits... →
ermedicine:
dorasnursing:
The Nerdy Nurse blogging about HIPAA.
Things to avoid if you blog about medicine.
that moment when you finish a book, look around, and realize that everyone is just carrying on with their lives as though you didn’t just experience emotional trauma at the hands of a paperback.
Thoughts On Valentine's Day
People love to hate on St. Valentine’s holiday. Today is the day boyfriends and husbands everywhere are feeling the pressure to do something for their other. They usually decry this “false holiday” with the declaration, “I don’t need a greeting card company to force me to tell my ______ that I love her!” The pressure to prove their love, the pressure to spend a...
