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In 2008, I launched the world’s first university elective course focusing on internet and medicine for medical, dentistry and pharmacy students. Now the 4th semester is just over and I thought I would share the material again. Over 130 students, 10 weeks, 20 slideshows. I tried to cover all the important topics in this area.
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Against Monopoly
Dear Mr. Bourne,
I’ve been enjoying your commentary on various Twit network podcasts for a while now. On the recent MacBreak Weekly, I found your exchange with Merlin Mann about open source interesting. I detect a whiff of libertarianism in your remark about the force of the state being used to [...]
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Frankie Dolan, the founder of MedWorm.com, just came up with a great idea about how to bring closer quality advertisers to quality medical bloggers and services. Here is an excerpt of the mission statement of MedMatcha:
I started to realise that a lot of medical companies with worthwhile products that the industry would benefit from [...]
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Björn Brembs
Kavli Science Video Contest http://www.usasciencefestival.org/2010fes…
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Science and religion: would you hire this person? – http://bjoern.brembs.net/news…
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Honestly, i don't know why it should be a problem to hire a reglious person. I am a Seventh-Day Adventist and also a "creationist". But, when i had to write Darwin's theory of evolution, i [...]
Agricultural Biodiversity Weblog
Food sovereignty tours. I probably shouldn’t, but I like this idea.
Why it is difficult to make cheese from camel milk.
Storing sweet potatoes the indigenous way.
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Dr Shock MD PhD
The morning report held every morning before 9.00 AM in our department of psychiatry is usually a pleasant and informative gathering of residents, faculty and medical students. To my opinion the important purpose of the morning report is mostly education but since recent also evaluating residents, discussing calamities and social interaction. The [...]
Against Monopoly
Well, back in 1995, that is See his post Bye-Bye for IP, an excellent short critique of “intellectual property.” As I noted in the comments, I think I tied him in coming to my senses about IP: I believe my first published piece against IP was in 1995 as well in [...]
Agricultural Biodiversity Weblog
Speaking of shepherds and their flocks trekking through Europe, one of this year’s Guardians of Diversity in the Mediterranean, awarded by Bioversity International and supported by COPEAM, was Jesus Garzón, founder of the NGO Transhumancia y Naturaleza to promote transhumance, the movement of flocks from winter quarters on the plains to mountain pastures [...]
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Science and art: Olafur Eliasson – http://bjoern.brembs.net/news…
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Webicina.com, the first medical social media guidance service, just launched its newest collection, Obstetrics and Gynaecology in Social Media that focuses on selected mobile apps, blogs, podcasts, Twitterers, communities, slideshows and many more social media tools dedicated to Obstetrics and Gyneacology.
We also help you follow these resources easily in a personalized way on PeRSSonalized OB/Gyn.
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Agricultural Biodiversity Weblog
Evelyn Mathias of the League for Pastoral Peoples and Endogenous Livestock Development just posted an interesting piece on DAD-Net. Unfortunately I was not able to find a web page to link to, so I take the liberty of reproducing the post in full here.
They are good-natured, produce tasty meat, and their wool [...]
Dr Shock MD PhD
Frontal lobes is the shorthand for the prefrontal cortex. It’s an important part of the human brain, the conductor of the large orchestra called the brain. It’s the seat of our executive functioning. Executive function relates to abilities to differentiate among conflicting thoughts, determine good and bad, better and best, same and [...]
Against Monopoly
Justice Stevens proves to be the go-to Justice once again when it comes to IP issues on the Supreme Court.
It just released a unanimous decision that he authored, holding that the NFL can be sued for anti-trust violations for trying to give exclusive manufacturing licenses for producing trademarked clothing with NFL logos on them.
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As I noted previously, I was interviewed recently for a promising new documentary by lawyer-philosopher David Koepsell and filmmaker Taylor Roesch, “Who Owns You?” (Here’s the first trailer, on Vimeo.) Here’s an email I just received from Taylor:
Hello Family and Friends,
As you may or may not know, for the last eight [...]