At Dr Deb the new grand round is up. She made them into playlists, their is even a patient playlist, mental health playlist and many more, so go and enjoy. ..read more »

At De Gezondheidszorg leuker en effectiever the new Dutch Grand Round with contributions by Laika's MedlibLog and Medblog.nl, go have a look. ..read more »

In comparison to non bloggers the bloggers’ levels of social integration and the tendency to count on others for assistance (reliable alliance) increased over time in as short as a period of two months. Compared to non bloggers, bloggers were more satisfied with number of face-to-face and online friends and with closeness of face-to-face friendships. These changes were not present for non bloggers. Both groups were less psychologically distressed after using MySpace for 2 months than when they first joined, but not significantly so. Higher levels of social integration suggest that bloggers feel greater belonging to a group of likeminded people .....read more »

Over at Musings of a Distractable Mind the new medical grand round is up. It has a wonderfull theme, the recent US election. He is giving advice to the next president of the US. He even included one of my recent posts. It goes with the picture above, curious?........... get to Musings of a Distractable Mind. ..read more »

This new edition is up at the Skeptical Alchemist. Don't let this molecular bit scare you of, very readable topics such as: flight simulators, video games (you have to be a member of myspace), evolution, chocolate etc. etc. ..read more »

First the admissions to this grand round followed by an at random selection of interesting posts from the dutch medical blogopshere. It is amazing how many Dutch Medblog Posts are in English. The first is about Lean Thinking in Healthcare by Marjolein Fermie on C3 weblog. Lean is basically about getting the right things to the right place, at the right time, in the right quantities, while minimising waste and being flexible and open to change. Laika's MedLibLog has two important posts about Addison's Disease. The first is about the trouble diagnosing Addison's disease, the second post is about the importance .....read more »

Welcome to the Emergiblog Speedway, where the Grand Rounds 500 is about to get underway! No chance of a rain delay - our bloggers are ready to roll! Thirty-nine bloggers have shown up for the event. All entries have qualified; no posts were sent back to the garage. And ladies, don’t worry, you’re welcome on the track, I just wanted to use the classic starting phrase! The new grand round is up at Emergiblog. Nice theme, you'll never guess it so have a look and read the best outline of the posts in the medical blogosphere. ..read more »

When I read Hospice it always reminds me of the Hospice Hotel-Dieu in Beaune, France. You certainly have to visit it when in the neighborhood. But what you should visit right now is the new grand round over at Pallimed. Below I have taken the liberty to edit down to what I considered the most provocative, most interesting, or most literary posts published in the last week. I have included all submissions in the first comment of this post so that everyone can see all the posts submitted. ..read more »

At Laika's MedLibLog a description of the submissions to the Dutch Grand Round and here own choice from blogs form the Dutch medical blogosphere. By the way most Dutch bloggers in the medical blogosphere blog in English, Laika certainly does. Laika is also present at Pallimed hosting this week Grand Round with a great view of Addison's disease But those issues can be better addressed by persons in the field. I just simply want to restrict to “changing care in a very specific area, adrenal diseases, simply because I’m a hands-on expert, having secondary Addison’s Disease (Sheehan’s syndrome)”. ..read more »

The new grand round from Encephalon: On August 26th, 2006, the blogger behind Neurophilosophy, launched the Encephalon blog carnival to present, every other week, a selection of the best neuroscience and psychology blog posts. Welcome to a landmark edition of Encephalon, the cream of the crop of brain science blog carnivals. This is the 55th edition of Encephalon, an anniversary achieved by less than 5% of married couples. Thus, this edition is a testament to the dedication of neuroscience bloggers: they don’t even take vows, yet they still stay committed to providing their readers with scintillating perspectives on developments in brain .....read more »