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Posted in List, Top 10, health, review, search, searchengine on Dec 30th, 2008
Mednar has just been voted the ‘clear number one‘ by Medical librarian and author - Hope Leman (writing for AltSearchEngines.com) in her Top 10 Health Search Engines of 2008.
My list is based on ‘rapid resolution’ at the bedside (or at least pretty close to it!). Needing to find answers to clinical questions, guidelines, images to demonstrate signs [...]
Posted in education, elearning, evidence based medicine, health, review, search, searchengine, technology, telehealth on Dec 18th, 2008
Health Sciences Online (HSO) has launched claiming to be a ‘virtual learning center’ which aims to deliver authoritative, comprehensive, free, and ad-free health sciences knowledge using the search technology of Vivisimo. HSO (www.hso.info) is a portal with browse and search functions with access to a comprehensive collection of top-quality courses and references in medicine, public health, pharmacy, dentistry, nursing, basic sciences, [...]
Posted in education, evidence based medicine, health, lifestyle, review on Dec 18th, 2008
An Australian doctor says he has created the world’s healthiest wine, which cleans your blood vessels and reduces the risk of heart attack as you drink it. Dr Philip Norrie, a Sydney GP and former wine-maker has produced a wine with 100 times the amount of resveratrol, the antioxidant credited with giving wine its health giving [...]
It takes your food seven seconds to get from your mouth to your stomach.
One human hair can support 3 kg (6 lb).
The average man’s penis is three times the length of his thumb.
Human thighbones are stronger than concrete.
A woman’s heart beats faster than a man’s.
There are about one trillion bacteria on each of your feet.
Women [...]
Posted in Infectious disease, education, emergency medicine, health, humor on Nov 4th, 2008
With the winter season fast approaching it is vital that we reacquaint ourselves with one of the most important medical conditions known to man (masculus influentia). This condition is not to be taken lightly and should be treated with the respect it deserves.
Posted in education, elearning, emergency medicine, evidence based medicine, health, search, searchengine on Nov 1st, 2008
There is a Brobdingnagian amount of health information on the web - becoming more gargantuan every day. So how does one stay informed and on top of ones game in this pixelated world that never sleeps. Textbooks are great for reviewing well-recognized facts and journals great for reviewing research developments (if a tad slow in [...]
Posted in Administration, Health Reports, access block, australia, emergency medicine, health, hospital, waiting times on Oct 30th, 2008
There cannot be not enough patients,
There can only be not enough beds.
There can be no access block,
There can only be not enough beds.
There can be no waiting room deaths,
There can only be not enough beds.
There cannot be too many beds,
There can only be not enough beds.
parody of ‘there can only be not enough vodka‘
Posted in Health Reports, education, elearning, evidence based medicine, health, lecture, lifestyle on Oct 23rd, 2008
Part of the training - the hours of learning and the endless research - has led me to seek out individuals who manage to combine a thirst for knowledge and evidentia scientificus with altruistic pedagogy. One such individual is Professor George Jelinek. He uses an evidence based and measured approach to systematically review health initiatives to define life-choice [...]
Posted in cardiology, education, emergency medicine, fitness, gadget, health, technology on Oct 2nd, 2008
The iPhone Heart Monitor - great stuff. This application uses your iPhones in-built microphone to detect, calculate and store your heart rate. The iPhone microphone (especially the one built into your headphones) can record your pulse from your chest, wrist or neck. Watching the video, it looks like it will be a perfect application for [...]
Posted in Equipment, education, fitness, gadget, health, technology, telehealth, timesaver on Oct 2nd, 2008
Around the world, people are living longer and striving to lead independent, happy, and healthy lives - unfortunately the concurrent rise in chronic disease conditions such as diabetes, combined with ‘longevity’ has resulted in an exaltation of patients spending ‘quality time’ within the environs of their local emergency room and becoming acquainted with the personnel therein.
To assist [...]
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