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Another Start-up Bites the Dust: Elsevier Buys Mendeley
When TechCrunch reported that there were talks going on between Elsevier and Mendeley this January, I did not want to believe it. Being an ardent user and advocate of the platform, I wanted it to stay out of the clutches of Big Pub. But it is now official, Mendeley has been acqui-hired by Elsevier for […]
Keeping it light
Reblogged from The Science Bit: I had the privilege of visiting India the other week. Seriously, no kidding, I totally did. To an outsider India is a highly complex and puzzling place, a complete assault on the senses, and so thought-provoking as to leave your brain sore. On the one hand, there’s all the entrepreneurship, the innovation, the […]
2012 in review
The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2012 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: 19,000 people fit into the new Barclays Center to see Jay-Z perform. This blog was viewed about 87,000 times in 2012. If it were a concert at the Barclays Center, it would take about 5 sold-out performances for that […]
Video: TED & TEDx explained in 70 seconds
Reblogged from TED Blog: This short, sweet explainer from BlinkTower tells you just what you need to know about TED and TEDx — and might inspire you to start your own event! Via TEDxSeaPoint, in Cape Town, South Africa. TED or TEDx need no introduction, but I just had to share this post because there […]
World TB Day: Make Your Own Poster, SHow your Support
Well, its not too fab considering I did not put too much thought into which floating head of mine should go into the image, but then again, more than the image, it is the thought that counts. You can make your own World TB Day poster by going to My Stop TB. It is very […]
TB or Not TB: World TB Day–No More TB
Today is the World Tuberculosis Day. It commemorates the day in 1882 when Robert Koch made the stunning announcement that he had been able to identify the causative agent for tuberculosis – the Tubercle bacilli. Tuberculosis is a disease that has dogged human beings from the earliest times. It has seen the rise and fall […]
VW Action 1986
Reblogged from Bandwagen: Back in the days before there were digital cameras, before there were VW shows every other weekend in the UK and when VW Motoring was the only Volkswagen Magazine on the newsagent’s shelves, there was VW Action, Europe’s biggest Volkswagen show. Held at the National Agricultural Centre in Stoneleigh, Warwickshire, the huge […]
Happy World AIDS Day
I usually tend to write a series or two on the occasion of this event but several events have coincided this year to cause an immense crisis where blogging has to take a bit of a back seat. The wrist problem that I was having has got worse and typing is a pain and a […]
Earworms: Kolaveri Di and the Pathogenesis of a Musical Malaise
Like the rest of the nation (and some would say, the world), I have been asking myself over and over again why this kolaveri kolaveri kolaveri di. And in addition to that I have been asking myself why the heck does this happen to us in the first place. Now if you are not aware […]
Google+ for Google Apps, Open Lab and Exam Musings
So this is a bit of a mishmash of a post. Google Plus is finally being opened up to the Google Apps users! Phew. That settles the hash of using my old Gmail address solely for the purpose of sticking stuff in the Google Plus panel! Anyways. With over 40 million users in a few […]
Grand Rounds Time AGAIN!
Another Grand Rounds is up. This time over at Laika’s MedLibLog, and once again, one of my posts has been put up. Thanks for giving me some jostling space with the most wonderful bloggers on healthosphere! Meanwhile, today is Diwali, the celebration of lights (and sounds), and hence ever since I woke up, my Mom […]
Gender Bias + Ignorance = DANGEROUS Patients?
Oh well, just read this post, and had to come write about it before sitting down to study for the night. The issue the author raises on the blog is a VERY important one, but dilutes it with her abject ignorance. The basic premise of the post is the right to choose physicians of a […]
A Doctor’s Touch: An Oslerphile’s Delight
First watch this TED Talk: This talk touched upon one of the most important aspects of Medicine today. It is indeed a cruel irony that a profession so close to humanity is now so devoid of care for the very subject of its existence. While the issue with the iPatient may not be the main […]
Interesting Blog Post
Just ran across an interesting blog discussing issues around Public Health, and especially, Masters in Public Health. This post on interesting facts about the History of Vaccinations caught my attention. Just a post to let my readers know of potential source of questions for future Mediquizzes!
From Pakistan to China: A Country in Crisis and the Reemergence of Polio
In a rather disturbing article on their official website, WHO has come forward with some startling facts. Conventionally, polio has been endemic to four nations for the greater part of the past decade: Pakistan, Afghanistan, Nigeria, and of course, India. The last recorded polio case from China was in 1999. In the article dated 20th […]
An Unplanned Abortion: An Ethical Quandary
I am a big fan of Paul Levy’s Not Running A Hospital blog and have been moved by one of his recent posts. Here is a brief extract of his post: An OB/GYN doctor performed a hysterectomy on a patient in her 40′s for irregular bleeding and other problems. She had a long history of […]
Conflicts of Interests: Through the Looking Glass
Since my last post on the issue of industry affiliation and authorship in the BMJ (read it here), I have been taking a look into the issue of conflicts of interest. And today, I came across this brilliant TED Talk by Dan Ariely: The main thing about this talk, and in general about conflict of […]
Anesthetists’ Hymn
Alright, with all the hate and fear and negative stuff going around for the last few days, I decided to can it. Come on folks, let’s move on already and let peace reign. And with that let me provide, for your entertainment, the Anesthetists’ Hymn, a parody of “Total Eclipse of the Heart” – a […]
Sonia Gandhi Goes to USA for Treatment; AIIMS Trends on Twitter!
TOI Headlines While this is nothing new, it does not reflect well on the Indian healthcare system. I wonder what kind of surgery she needs that she had to leave India! Now while she is gone, the Twindian netizens seem to have gone into a frenzy and hence has led to AIIMS being a trending […]
The New Kids on the PLoS Blogs
A new PLos Blog is being launched and involves a couple of my favorite science bloggers, Ben Good and David Robertson, along with Lizzie Crouch (no relation of Barty Crouch) and Anna Perman. So, go check out the Inside Knowledge blog. I just wish they had an email subscription option!
@Doctor_V vs @mommy_doctor: Storm in a #Tweetcup or #HCSM Debate
This is a scary position I am going to take. Contradicting someone of Dr. Brian Vartabedian’s stature is bound to have some repercussions: I hope they are not too profound! Also, hat tip to the awesom @scanman for coming up with the “storm in a tweetcup” comment. I am using it! Anyways. So here goes nothing! […]
Vagus Journalis: My New Science3point0 Blog
Thanks to the amazing people over at Science3point0, I have been able to set up my new science blog over there. However, the focus of writing will remain on this blog. The new blog, which I am calling Vagus Journalis, is intended to have short and brief posts indicating which journal articles of general medical […]
Elliot Krane: Pain is A Disease
“I’m a Pediatrician and an Anesthesiologist, so I put children to sleep for a living. And I’m an academic, so I put audiences to sleep for free…” You know you are in for the best 8-minute talk when it begins thus. Elliot Krane is a pain management specialist who makes a crucial statement: “Pain is […]
Poetry Duels!
So, there’s this awesomely cool medblogger who has decided to write all the posts in rhyme. And well, if someone takes up such a great step, you got to show them some love! So here I am, with a poetic reply to his poetic post. No, neither one of us are going to win any […]
AIIMSing for the Best
A weak pun, I know, forgive me, I have an exam in a few hours for which I am grossly underprepared! Whilst I sincerely wish they were going to ask me questions like this: I am pretty sure I will be handling questions like these instead: Now if only I could be even a portion […]
The BMJ Group Awards, 2011
Every year, the BMJ Group gives away awards to illustrious individuals and organizations working towards ensuring that we live in a better world. While all the segments are very closely fought and feature some of the world’s most sterling physicians and physician-led organizations, one segment which I closely follow is the junior doctor of the […]
A Blog Prop: ER Jedi
So, I thought that you must read this blog. I enjoy reading his fluid writing and I guess you would too. His latest post set me thinking about how little the interns and medical students actually get to do in terms of real patient based procedures in the US of A. I have rarely learnt […]
Saved by A Whisker!
Due to the sensitive nature of the issue concerned, I cannot reveal too much about this right now, but if I did not mention the fact that without a friend’s help, I would be totally at sea today, I will be betraying her contribution! Someday, when this thing is done and dusted, I will post […]
