Electronic stethoscope that uses Bluetooth wireless technology to wirelessly transfer body sounds, such as those from the heart and lungs, to software for further analysis. The software used to analyze the sounds is Zargis StethAssist software. My opinion, most doctors won't need this feature, they are very capable of recognizing sounds on the spot. Might be useful for medical education and for gadget freaks such as myself. Thanks Engadget and MSN moneyRelated posts: iPod Stethoscope Making Music with Only Windows 98 & XP Sounds Electronic Patient Records ..read more »

Interesting video on the e-Patient using e-Health. e-Health: More than 52.2% of the European population in 2007 use the Internet for health related purposes. In 2005 this percentage was 43.2%. The use of Internet for health information is growing. In the future elderly will also participate. Interactivity will play an important role in ehealth information development. Thanks KruResearchRelated posts: More Than 50% of the European Population use Internet for eHealth Elderly and Internet and Computer Skills, An Update You’re never to old to learn computer skills ..read more »

Remember the truth about Pot, Sex and Anarchy in Amsterdam, a video with the real facts on the use of marijuana and soft drugs in The Netherlands compared to the USA. Also remember that Bill O'Reilly should learn his maths because he didn't understand the usage of percentages in the comparison? Well the makers of the video with the real facts have made a website: The Truth About Amsterdam. Hi, We’re Robbert (26) and Elian (28), we live in Amsterdam. We set up this website as a response to the worldwide pre-assumptions about our city. TV host Bill O’Reilly from Fox .....read more »

Now which device would you use where, for what and when. A tablet PC in the ward, a tablet PC, a computer on wheels (COW) or an ergonomic computer on wheels (COW)? The doctors made the following choices: On ward rounds, the majority of tasks (57.3%) were completed using a generic COW, while 35.9% were completed using a tablet PC. These two devices were most frequently used in the corridor, followed by the patients’ rooms, to review charts and view results. Use of a tablet PC at the workstation was observed more often than the use of a stationary PC (Table .....read more »

My favorite round up this week at Neuroanthropology is again loaded with excellent and interesting posts. I especially liked: What makes a paper "interesting"? First of all the subject but this is only interesting to a small, focused audience, all ready aware of the matter at hand. Next is the theory, which has a much broader audience. Most papers are only interesting for the subject. You should make it more interesting for a broad area by framing it in a broader theory. How? Read the post Get a Theory Part 2 on Blue Monster Read and listen to a more scientific .....read more »

The next grand round is up at Invisible Illness. The theme is Back to School. Also some news about the National Invisible Chronic Illness Awareness Week, September 14-20. 2009. This week the Grand Rounds Carnival takes a “look” (ironic choice of words) at invisible illness issues as well as the best of the medical bloggers who update us on everything from new medical gadgets to their personal experiences. I especially liked: Let Your Doctor - Not The Drug Company - Choose Your Medication. Changing Mental Illness Stigma As It Exists In The Real World, with nice video. Researchers Corrigan & O'Shaugnessy cite .....read more »

Monty Python - ministry of silly walksdoor Van_Lock Encephalon 74, the best of the best in brain and mind blogging on Neuronarrative in Monthy Python Theme. We’re rabid Monty Python fans here at Neuronarrative, so this edition is crafted in the tradition of that estimable show without equal. And here we go… Enjoy these excellent posts.Related posts: Encephalon #58 Decision making on Highlight Health Encephalon Edition 83 Encephalon #66 ..read more »

Great stand-up bit about homeopathy, new age "thinking," and other follies. (Salty language ahoy) Thanks BoingBoingRelated posts: Homeopathy or poison for depression or mourning “Stand By Me” by Musicans from around the World ..read more »

This is from an excellent overview about video games and the brain: Video Games Affect the Brain—for Better and Worse. The most important conclusion to be drawn after reading the post on Cerebrum of the Dana Foundation is: With the exception of educational games, most video games’ effects on brain and behavior are unintentional on the part of both the designers and the players. Nonetheless, research suggests that the effects are real. Video games are neither good nor bad. Rather, they are a powerful form of entertainment that does what good entertainment is supposed to do—it influences us. Since I am biased .....read more »

Good video explaining the dimensions of the universe and the principles of the Hubble Telescope Showing 10,000 galaxies, the overwhelming Hubble Ultra Deep Field is the most amazing, most humbling image in history, demonstrating how tiny and precious we are. This video explains how it was taken, and shows it in three dimensions. We have pointed the most powerful telescope ever build to absolutely nothing, for no other reason than that we are curious and discovered that we occupy a very tiny place in the heavens. (from the video). The Hubble space telescope, is perhaps best known for the humbling, amazing, and awesome .....read more »