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Understanding and Creating Calculators for Medical Diagnoses: Exclusive Interview with MDCalc |:   MDCalc is a 13-year-old

Understanding and Creating Calculators for Medical Diagnoses: Exclusive Interview with MDCalc |:   MDCalc is a 13-year-old medical reference started by two practicing emergency medicine physicians, Dr. Joe Habboushe and Dr. Graham Walker. A
Source: medgadget.com

Britain’s hedgehog population has fallen 66 per cent in 20 years: Britain only has 58 wild mammal species to start with,

Britain’s hedgehog population has fallen 66 per cent in 20 years: Britain only has 58 wild mammal species to start with, and many have declined sharply in number since 1995 – with hedgehogs suffering a particularly severe fall
Source: newscientist.com

Reflection revisited: how physicians conceptualize and experience reflection in professional practice - a qualitative study:

Reflection revisited: how physicians conceptualize and experience reflection in professional practice - a qualitative study: For the purpose of continuous performance improvement, physicians are expected to reflect on their practice. While many reflection studies are theoretically oriented and often...
Source: biomedcentral.com

Day 1404 - #thecrapartist - pen sketch of the skyline in Rome as seen from the terrace of Hotel Relais Monti, via Urbana,

blog post image Day 1404 - #thecrapartist - pen sketch of the skyline in Rome as seen from the terrace of Hotel Relais Monti, via Urbana, Rome. There were of course 5 windows per floor not 4 and some shutters were open ... but ... such is the power of the artist to simplify (even if partly by accident). The top floor...

Content validation of an interprofessional learning video peer assessment tool: Large scale models of interprofessional

Content validation of an interprofessional learning video peer assessment tool: Large scale models of interprofessional learning (IPL) where outcomes are assessed are rare within health professional curricula. To date, there is sparse research describing robust assessment strategies to support such activities....
Source: biomedcentral.com

Flare - an app that connects people and emergency response vehicles in Kenya. "How a speedy emergency services app is saving

Flare - an app that connects people and emergency response vehicles in Kenya. "How a speedy emergency services app is saving lives: Not every country has a single number to call in an emergency. One start-up is trying to change that."
Source: bbc.co.uk

Testing blood procalcitonin levels to decide when to start and stop antibiotics in adults with acute respiratory tract infections

Testing blood procalcitonin levels to decide when to start and stop antibiotics in adults with acute respiratory tract infections | Cochrane
Source: cochrane.org

Brain surgery revolution: A brain surgeon in the UK has started using 3D printed titanium plates to replace parts of patients'

Brain surgery revolution: A brain surgeon in the UK has started using 3D printed titanium plates to replace parts of patients' skulls.
Source: bbc.co.uk

Chrome will start marking HTTP sites in Incognito mode as non-secure in October 2017: Google today announced the second

Chrome will start marking HTTP sites in Incognito mode as non-secure in October 2017: Google today announced the second step in its plan to mark all HTTP sites as non-secure in Chrome. Starting in October 2017, Chrome will mark HTTP sites with entered data and HTTP sites in Incognito mode as non-secure.
Source: venturebeat.com

Why Scottish babies might start sleeping in cardboard boxes - BBC News: Baby boxes containing essential items are to be

Why Scottish babies might start sleeping in cardboard boxes - BBC News: Baby boxes containing essential items are to be delivered to new mothers across Scotland.
Source: bbc.co.uk

A Team-Based Online Game Improves Blood Glucose Control in Veterans With Type 2 Diabetes: A Randomized, Controlled Trial.

A Team-Based Online Game Improves Blood Glucose Control in Veterans With Type 2 Diabetes: A Randomized, Controlled Trial. "Patients with diabetes who were randomized to an online game delivering DSME demonstrated sustained and meaningful HbA1c improvements. Among patients with poorly controlled diabetes,...
Source: diabetesjournals.org

Cost Effectiveness of Support for People Starting a New Medication for a Long-Term Condition Through Community Pharmacies:

Cost Effectiveness of Support for People Starting a New Medication for a Long-Term Condition Through Community Pharmacies: An Economic Evaluation of the New Medicine Service (NMS) Compared with Normal Practice Rachel A. Elliott. Lukasz Tanajewski. Georgios Gkountouras. Anthony J. Avery. Nick Barber....
Source: springer.com


Source: arstechnica.com

Math journal editors resign to start rival open-access journal: To protest the high prices charged by their publisher, Springer,

Math journal editors resign to start rival open-access journal: To protest the high prices charged by their publisher, Springer, the editors of the Journal of Algebraic Combinatorics will start a rival journal that will be free for all to read.
Source: insidehighered.com

Passing the MRCP - an approach to REALLY hard questions. In your revision for the MRCP you will come across very tricky

Passing the MRCP - an approach to REALLY hard questions. In your revision for the MRCP you will come across very tricky MCQs. You know the ones ... the ones that you have no idea what the correct answer is, or the correct answer surprises you, or they are discussed by other candidates who can't agree...

Will Butler-Adams on why the future of the foldable bike is electric: "Dearie me," Will Butler-Adams sighs, raising his

Will Butler-Adams on why the future of the foldable bike is electric: "Dearie me," Will Butler-Adams sighs, raising his eyebrows in mock horror as he examines my bike. I’ve arrived at the Brompton factory in Brentford on my much-used fold-up, only to have the company’s chief executive start diagnosing...
Source: standard.co.uk

This Danish startup evolved into a “newsletter company” because that was what its readers wanted.

It delivers an electronic summary to its subscribers at noon each day for a small monthly fee. I wonder how this might work for medical and science news? There are a wealth of news aggregators out there already but some form of professional journalism analysing the news would be of value.
Source: niemanlab.org

Push Doctor, an app that lets you video call a doctor, raises $26.1M Series B: Push Doctor Limited, a U.K.-based startup

Push Doctor, an app that lets you video call a doctor, raises $26.1M Series B: Push Doctor Limited, a U.K.-based startup that lets you book a video consultation with a doctor and manage other aspects of your health digitally, has raised $26.1 million in Series B funding.
Source: techcrunch.com

Starting the acclimatisation process for Machu Picchu as we are travelling there next week. #fairtrade #coffee

blog post image Starting the acclimatisation process for Machu Picchu as we are travelling there next week. #fairtrade #coffee
Source: agnate.co.uk

Quackery infiltrates The BMJ: As quackery in the form of “integrative medicine” has increasingly been “integrated”

Quackery infiltrates The BMJ: As quackery in the form of “integrative medicine” has increasingly been “integrated” into medicine, medical journals are starting to notice and succumb to the temptation to …
Source: sciencebasedmedicine.org