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101 Fascinating Brain Blogs

Dr Shock
December 11, 2008
Dr Shock has been included in this list. It is on: Online Education Database. Whether you are a specialist in the field of neuropsychology or just love reading about how the human brain works, there are plenty of interesting blogs on the Internet to help you find out more. In order to make it easier to for you to discover great blogs, the following list is categorized for easy browsing. With blogs by psychiatrists, scientists, psychologist, and even those dealing with mental disorders, you will find many thoughtful and thought-provoking blogs to keep your brain stimulated. ..read more »

Dutch Grand Round Number 8 is Up.

Dr Shock
December 3, 2008
This round will cover two english written articles. The first contribution features on Laika’s MedLibLog. She discusses the Anatomy Lesson she visited. This is a yearly held symposium organized in Amsterdam’s concert hall. She summarized Shalev’s presentation about fear. Dr Shock writes about health search on the internet. More than 50% of the European population searches the internet for health related information. Dutch people were not investigated during this research, but people from Denmark, Germany, Greece, Latvia, Norway, Poland, and Portugal were. Have a lok and read at Medblog.nl ..read more »

Medicine 2.0 Blog Carnival about Web 2.0 and Medicine

Dr Shock
November 25, 2008
Medicine 2.0 is a bi-weekly blog carnival which collects some of the most interesting posts about Web 2.0 and Medicine. The posts are presented in a Google Presentation of Medicine 2.0 carnival. ..read more »

Free Pictures for Blogging

Dr Shock
November 22, 2008
var iamInit = function() {try{initIamServingHandler(234,361,280623,"http://cdn.pis.picapp.com/IamProd/Resources/Css/css2.css")}catch(ex){}}() I like to use relevant and nice pictures with my blog posts. Here is a primer on web images on bloggingtips. Images play an integral part of the content of my blog. When you do use them, it helps to have them looking smooth. Here 7 tips for Better Integration of Images Within Your Content. But now for some new discoveries of free pictures. PicApp is a photo resource site which has thousands of very high quality images which are available for bloggers to add to their blog posts for free. You can search for images. They .....read more »

Grand Round at Dr Deb

Dr Shock
November 19, 2008
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 »

Dutch Grand Round is up: Grote Visite

Dr Shock
November 19, 2008
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 »

Effect of Blogging on Well-Being: Increased Social Support and Satisfaction

Dr Shock
November 14, 2008
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 »

Grand Rounds: Job Advice

Dr Shock
November 12, 2008
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 »

Molecular and Cell Biology Carnival #4

Dr Shock
November 11, 2008
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 »

Dutch Grand Round: Grote Visite

Dr Shock
November 4, 2008
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 »