The 3rd Dutch Grand Round is up at Medblog.nl of Jan Martens. This time there are 4 posts, 3 of them in English. Please read his summary of de Grote Visite here. Next Dutch Grand Rounds will be hosted at Health Management RX of Jen McCabe Gorman on October 7. The deadline will be on October 5. You can submit your articles by mailing Jen or through the Blog Carnival.There is no theme for submissions, but posts should relate to medicine or health in some way.Related posts: The Second Dutch Grand Round is Up Dutch Grand Round 9 Dutch Grand Round Number 8 is .....read more »

Current medical textbooks do not consistently integrate gender-related aspects of coronary heart disease, depression and alcohol abuse, thereby omitting information. When it is available, information mainly applies to epidemiological data and reproduction. This is not limited to text books but also applies to guidelines and medical curriculum. The authors selected medical textbooks recommended by at least two medical schools in the Netherlands in the academic years 2004–05 and 2005–06. The medical disciplines which they investigated were cardiology, internal medicine, pharmacology and psychiatry. They selected one major topic for cardiology: coronary heart disease and one for psychiatry: depression. They also focused on alcohol .....read more »

Welcome to the thirty-ninth edition of Brain Blogging. In this round, we discuss the future of computer-assisted cognitive therapy, electrical brain stimulation for bad drivers, mad cow disease, and many more topics. Check it out, a very well-organized, surveyable collection of excellent posts, read it here we review the latest blogs related to the brain and mind that go beyond the basic sciences into a more human and multidimensional perspective. Related posts: Brain Blogging, Forty-Ninth Edition Brain Blogging Forty-Second Edition Brain Blogging, The Fourty-Fifth Edition ..read more »

You can play Quake on it and it has street view. Don't know what all that is about watch the video. Android is Internet on steroids, I am switching whenever this one gets to the Netherlands. For more information and background see Lifehacker.comRelated posts: 22 iPhone Apps for (Med) Nerds How to remember where things are or where did I leave my IPhone? Xbox and the Iphone are killing the internet ..read more »

Deep brain stimulation has shown promise in the treatment of treatment resistant depression(TRD) in some small series and case reports. The definition of TRD is still a matter of debate. There isn't one clear classification scheme of TRD. TRD shouldn't be mixed up with pseudoresistant depression . The recent research with deep brain stimulation showed some promising results and in the future might add this treatment to the 9 steps for treatment resistant depression. Since this treatment for TRD is in it's infancy The most appropriate target, optimal stimulation parameters, and long-term effects and efficacy remain uncertain. About the targets for .....read more »

ECT: The Story of Two Women from Laura Piraino on Vimeo. A documentary style animation exploring the experiences of two women with clinical depression and modern electroconvulsive therapy. Animation By Laura Piraino. Music By Ben Cleek. An incredible good visualization of someone suffering from psychotic depression. Impressive animations.Related posts: Shock Documentary The eye opening story about one of the most controversial medical treatments in history Pharmacology in animations and video’s Mass Media and notions about women’s depressive illness ..read more »

To the unrefined or unbred, the visiting card is but a trifling and insignificant bit of paper; but to the cultured disciple of social law, it conveys a subtle and unmistakable intelligence. Its texture, style of engraving, and even the hour of leaving it combine to place the stranger, whose name it bears, in a pleasant or a disagreeable attitude even before his manners, conversation, and face have been able to explain his social position. -Our Deportment No we are not talking about business cards. Business cards are used for making business, making money, nothing social about that is there? We are .....read more »

Cappella singing by CRNA’s. What is CRNA? Never mind just listen, it is marvelous. A registered, advance-practice nurse who has acquired additional education and training and has passed a national certification examination to administer anesthesia and provide anesthesia-related care. Thanks GruntdocRelated posts: Grand Rounds at Gruntdoc ECT in Baghdad Belling the cat: ECT practice standards ..read more »

A gene that makes you say "Thank You I needed that when you....." and a lot more. Didn't know John Cleese had a video podcast, with a lot more hilarious "scientific video's". Makes you put the serotonin transporter gene in perspective. He also has a blog: cleeseblog Thanks Respectful Insolence.Related posts: We can’t blame the serotonin transporter gene for everything. John Cleese on Creativity Serotonin transporter gene and depression ..read more »

The e-mail account of Sarah Palin, vice-president elect was hacked in no time. All that was needed was the password recovery feature of the yahoo account and some searching in wikipedia and google. the hacker simply reset Palin's password using her birthdate, ZIP code and information about where she met her spouse -- the security question on her Yahoo account, which was answered (Wasilla High) by a simple Google search. You can see the damage done on WikiLeaks You can read more about how the account was hacked here What we can learn from this? Security questions suck, there is nothing more important than a .....read more »