This is my tickler file in a box, a very efficient way to keep organized with Getting Things Done. A Tickler File consists of a series of 43 file folders: 12 monthly and 31 daily folders. Items are filed in a folder corresponding to when the item will need to be handled, thus reminding or "tickling" the user about it. These items might be action reminders, agendas, bills, receipts, reports, letters, or any number of other things. 31 daily files are labeled “1” through “31” and twelve monthly files are labeled with the months of the year. The daily files are .....read more »

William Li presents a new way to think about cancer treatment: angiogenesis, targeting the blood vessels that feed a tumor. The crucial first (and best) step: Eating cancer-fighting foods that beat cancer at its own game. Related posts: Cancer Research Blog Carnival #21 – National Cancer Research Month Medical Web 2.0 Guidance Packages at Webcinia about Cancer Genes and Brain Cancer ..read more »

Amgen would like to invite healthcare professionals to visit http://angiogenesis.amgen.com, where the science of angiogenesis comes to life. Angiogenesis, a fundamental mechanism in normal development and cancer, involves multiple cellular regulators that include the angiopoietins, the VEGF family and other regulators. Amgen has developed an interactive website that will provide users with a cinematic experience through which to view the process of tumor vessel growth. This video is one of many featured on this site Excellent video with very nice graphics. Audience's choice for the Scientist Video Award 2009Related posts: Can we eat to starve cancer? ..read more »

This is amazing, what he is saying is, that as an expert you can pose questions to him via moderator. Moderator allows any YouTube user to collect commentary, questions, or ideas on their YouTube channel and watch the best ones rise to the top. So he gathers questions, you can vote on questions and in a next appearance on a youTube video he will answer the questions. With enough comments you even might twist my arm to comment on......... Thanks Scope: Stanford Medicine partners on YouTube Moderator launchRelated posts: Stanford cardiologist answers your questions on YouTube Another Autumn Song from YouTube Play China blocks .....read more »

The morning report held every morning before 9.00 AM in our department of psychiatry is usually a pleasant and informative gathering of residents, faculty and medical students. To my opinion the important purpose of the morning report is mostly education but since recent also evaluating residents, discussing calamities and social interaction. The morning report is the social event for both residents and faculty. It's also the only time during the day most of the physicians are present in one room and daily tasks or changes in the daily schedule can be tackled. Morning report is scheduled every morning of a working .....read more »

Frontal lobes is the shorthand for the prefrontal cortex. It's an important part of the human brain, the conductor of the large orchestra called the brain. It's the seat of our executive functioning. Executive function relates to abilities to differentiate among conflicting thoughts, determine good and bad, better and best, same and different, future consequences of current activities, working toward a defined goal, prediction of outcomes, expectation based on actions, and social "control" (the ability to suppress urges that, if not suppressed, could lead to socially-unacceptable outcomes). Before, I wrote about gender difference in empathy and other neurobiological subjects. Mark the .....read more »

As you might be aware some journals enable immediate free online access for a fee to the publisher. This fee can amount to a large sum of money. Other publishers use a hybrid model allowing authors to choose between subscription access and author paid open access. This is an opportunity for pharmaceutical or other biomedical companies to fund authors and researchers to publish their results in open access. Recently a published study in the BMJ looked at publications in the Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases and Rheumatology during the period of October 2007 until September 2008 for access through subscription .....read more »

Sebastian Wernicke turns the tools of statistical analysis on TEDTalks, to come up with a metric for creating "the optimum TEDTalk" based on user ratings. How do you rate it? Readers may have noticed I'm a fan of most of the TEDTalks especially those about science in it's broad sense and as far as these talks cover topics of interests to me. TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from the TED Conference, where the world's leading thinkers and doers give the talk of their lives in 18 minutes. TEDTalks covers topics as science, business, .....read more »

Very detailed images of the sun.Related posts: Neuro Images The Year’s Most Amazing Scientific Images NASA Satellite Time Lapse Images of Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill ..read more »

Short example of the evolutionary advantage of good eye sight Related posts: Rap Guide to Evolution The Rap Guide to Evolution Evolution of Life in 60 Seconds ..read more »