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Archives for May 2009

Swine flu outbreak in iTunes store

There seam to be more swine flu apps in iTunes store than confirmed swine flu cases throughout the World :). As of today, there are 25 iPhone applications related to swine influenza available in iTunes store. Eleven of these apps are free, while the other 14 cost somewhere between $0.99 and $1.99. Most of these […]

19 May 2009 | humor, internet, iphone, medicine | 1 Comment

Clinical Trials app: video review and giveaway

Recently Kat Sanders presented Clinical Trials app for iPhone in a guest post on my blog. Now I am bringing you a video review of this great app. But that’s not all! Geoffrey Young of StopWatch Media, makers of Clinical Trials app, was kind enough to offer us 4 promo codes which you can use […]

18 May 2009 | internet, iphone, medicine, science | No Comments

How Mayo Clinic utilizes Web 2.0

Lee Aase (@LeeAase) is manager of Syndication and Social Media for Mayo Clinic. During Community 2.0 Conference which recently took place in San Francisco, he presented how Mayo Clinic has been taking advantage of Web 2.0 and social media. Take a look at his slide show to learn how Mayo Clinic fantastically promotes itself with […]

14 May 2009 | internet, medicine | 9 Comments

How is Twitter influencing public health

Among the people I follow on Twitter there are some who seam to be always present. They have a large number of updates, which are more or less evenly distributed throughout the day. It is pretty obvious that these people basically spend their entire days on Twitter. How they manage to do this is a mystery to […]

10 May 2009 | internet, medicine | 6 Comments

NIH Database More Accessible to iPhone Users

By-line: This article is written by Kat Sanders, who regularly blogs on the topic of phlebotomist schools at her blog Health Zone Blog. She welcomes your comments and questions at her email address. The number of applications being developed for iPhone owners belonging to the medical community is increasing by the day. I guess it’s […]

6 May 2009 | internet, iphone, medicine, science | 4 Comments

Ground Rounds @ Health Blogs Observatory

Grand Rounds will be hosted next week at Health Blogs Observatory. Submissions are accepted until May 11. Hurry up and submit your best posts!

5 May 2009 | internet | No Comments