The Holidays may be over, but there’s no rest for Santa or his cute little Congressional elves. So, after a respite that must have seemed all too brief, Santa has herded his diminutive (but ever-cheerful!) drudges right back into their Secret Workshop, to finish building for us kids the Healthcare We Can All Believe In. Liked the animation and description of it. A very nice and eloquent introduction of this weeks grand round on The Covert Rationing Blog by DrRich I especially liked Do you ever go through the motions “My last instructor told me that sometimes they go through the motions of .....read more »

Again in 2009 the most popular post on Dr Shock was Sex, Video Games and the Brain, probably due to the title. Than why use sex in your title? Because this was about the biological difference between men and women instead of other possible differences such as roles. The term about all possible differences besides the biological part is gender. One of my own favorites scored second: The Neurobiology of Falling in Love . Two other posts I liked around this subject are not in the top ten favorite posts of this blog: The Neurbiology of Love and Love is Great .....read more »

Discovered a new blog carnival. This one is about healthy living. The owner of this blog and two others is Deb Bixler Deb Bixler is a frequent contributor to the online community in the area of whole food recipes, wellness and weight loss education. The healthy blogs listed here are her favorite blog carnivals and frequently visited wellness and health related blogs This carnival is about Healthy Living New Year Tips on Healthy Blogs – Business Blogs – Blog Carnivals for the Best Blog Review. No related posts. Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin. ..read more »

The MedLib’s Round Blog Carnival is a monthly blog carnival that showcases excellent posts in medical librarianship. The carnival is not restricted to librarians – anyone can submit as long as the post is relevant and of good quality. If you have an article on medical librarianship, PubMed, evidence-based medicine, information literacy or Web 2.0 tools etc., you’re welcome to submit, I will be the next host. There is no special theme. Please submit your article before January 2, 2010 through this form. The MedLib’s Round 1.9 should be available on January 6th. No related posts. Related posts brought to you by .....read more »

Amazing extensive Medlib round this time on Knowledge | Beyond Words. I especially liked: A review of the main reference management softwares on Knowledge beyond words by Valentin. Interestingly, most of them are free and web-based. Therefore they are accessible from anywhere through private account and remain free. We will present the main reference management softwares you should know and then show the results of the poll launched on twitter. Adding Methodological Filters to MyNCBI posted at Laika’s MedLibLog by Jacqueline. Jacqueline has created a great tutorial to learn how to add methodological filters to MyNCBI. What is Google Wave and why should I care? .....read more »

The MedLib’s Round, the monthly blog carnival that highlights some of the best writing on medical librarianship, encompassing all stages in the publication and dissemination of medical information: writing, publishing, searching, citing, managing and social networking is up at Highlight Health. I especially liked: MedlinePlus vs. healthfinder: Must We Choose? why there are two major consumer health information sites supported by the government — MedlinePlus and healthfinder.gov. So how can you make sense of the millions of websites and find online health information that is reliable? Can You Trust That Health Website? Do you subscribe to RSS feeds? Are you using social media? Have you .....read more »

The new Palliative Care Grand Rounds is up. It's the monthly review of the best of palliative care related blogs. This month I am handing out awards because I am so glad to see so many bloggers talking about palliative care issues and I think some of them need to be recognized. If you need to pick up your award, feel free to come visit me in Kansas City. Hope I will be in the neighborhood of Kansas City in the near future to collect my award. No related posts. Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin. ..read more »

This video was made by Rohit Bhargava who the famous medical blogger Kevin Pho of KevinMD on the the Blogworld Expo, about why he blogs, what results he has seen and the future of the medical blogosphere the future of Medical Blogging. He makes clear why it is important for doctors to blog. This was a week ago the Blogworld Expo, the World largest Conference on Blogging in the Las Vegas Convention Center. Would have liked to join those famous bloggers. As Laikas put it: I’m blogging in my spare time and although it has many spin-offs for my work, I .....read more »

This blog carnival collects together the best non-technical science writing that has appeared around the blogosphere in the last few months, to promote and celebrate science, nature or medicine blogs written for the public. In this edition, we have a glut of posts related to climate change, and an equally large group of posts about the interaction of science and society. Along the way, we will also cover some basic science posts from physics and biology. I especially liked: What is global warming at Mama Joules, an easy to read, well documented, and clear explanation of global warming and it's consequences. Why I should .....read more »

MEDLIB’s ’spooktacular’ round 1.7 is up at Alisha764’s Blog: A solo medical librarian’s ramblings. A blog carnival of “excellent posts in the field of medical librarianship.” Amongst excellent topics also the long awaited PubMed redesign was previewed this week. Another highly anticipated preview was Google Wave. You could argue both previews have brought to light issues with the new products; however, each holds promise for changing the medical library field. The discussion about H1N1 flu and vaccination is another topic leading to several excellent posts. Check it out at Alisha764’s Blog: A solo medical librarian’s ramblings No related posts. Related posts brought .....read more »