Archives for May 2008
Peculiar medical research – round 1
It is often that I come across some rather interesting medical research papers. Sometimes they are funny or strange, but always unexpected. This is why I decided to start some sort of a column where I will present these papers. For the first time, I chose a paper (actually two papers, but they are from […]
Stop smoking with qwitter
Are you struggling to stop smoking? You tried all sorts of approaches, but none of them worked. Maybe you can try qwitter, it’s not like you have something to lose (except your nasty habit). Qwitter is a social tool powered by twitter and created, you guest it, to help you stop smoking. It does that […]
“Dangers” of stock photography
Stock photos are professional photographs that are bought and sold on a royalty-free basis and can be used and reused for commercial design purposes. They are a cost-effective method for designers to obtain professional photos and images without the costs of hiring a photographer directly. When you purchase a certain photo this way, you have […]
Drugs from your inbox
Spam, or unsolicited e-mail, is everywhere and shows no signs of slowing down. In fact, it will never go away, at least not until people keep buying the stuff spammers offer. And oh boy aren’t there always some new suckers in the cyberspace. However, things get far less amusing when human health gets into play. Have you […]
PubReMiner
PubMed provides access to Medline, a premier bibliographic database that contains references to journal articles in the life sciences with a concentration on biomedicine. It is available via the NCBI Entrez retrieval system, which was developed by the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) at the National Library of Medicine (NLM), located at the U.S. […]
Apparel Inspired by Medical Sciences
Threadless is a hugely popular online apparel store mostly famous for its creative t-shirt designs. What is unique about it is that members from all over the world submit designs online, which are then put to a public vote. Almost all of the submissions are brilliant, because they are mainly the work of professional designers or very talented passionates, but only a small percentage of submitted designs are […]
