Archives for October 2008
Optimism software helps you monitor your depression
It is estimated that depressive disorders affect approximately 18.8 million American adults or about 9.5% of the U.S. population age 18 and older in a given year. Depression is definitely the No.1 psychological disorder in the western world. Even more concerning is its rate of increase. If it keeps increasing at the current pace it […]
Nintendo Wii Fit for physiotherapy
Interesting press release regarding use of Nintendo Wii Fit to benefit young patients undergoing physiotherapy. Two Lancashire hospitals have taken the unusual step of introducing the Wii Fit computer console into their Physiotherapy Departments to aid the rehabilitation of young patients. The idea was the brainchild of a 12-year old patient and staff at Lancashire […]
Three articles about Pubmed
Three research papers about PubMed were published in open access journals in a short period of time. Two of them are written by the same authors and are dealing with the use of Pubmed among clinicians. The third one talks about two different approaches to teaching PubMed to medical students. Answers to questions posed during […]
Virtual heart
University College Hospital in London and Glassworks, a leading digital animation company, have developed the first easy to use, accurate, real time, 3D computer generated transoesophageal echocardiography simulator named HeartWorks. They believe this original teaching tool will revolutionize the teaching of electrocardiography and I can’t help but agree. The thing looks too real, like it […]
iPhone theme for my blog
I installed a specific blog theme only for iPhone/iPod Touch, so my blog is now more easier to read and navigate with these mobile devices. This is something worth doing considering the fact that iPhone is top mobile internet browser in the USA. Of course, people can access your blog using iPhone’s built in browser […]
CME application for iPhone
Company called ReachMD has released their Continuing Medical Education (CME) application for the Apple iPhone and iPod Touch. This app is just great for all you busy healthcare practitioners who want to learn something new and earn free CME credits. After you install it on your iPhone you have to register, choose the program you […]
