Browsing the ‘Medicine’ Category
Panda’s Back!! | 7th Sep 2009
I was just doing some reading yesterday and saw that PandaBear, MD’s blog is now being archived over at SDN. I’ve stayed subscribed to his original site’s feed since he retired just in case he ever popped back in to say anything. As I wandered over to the SDN archive expecting to find a 1:1 [...]
Trial of A WhiteCoat | 29th Jul 2009
Trial of A WhiteCoat « WhiteCoat’s Call Room. I can’t wait for the conclusion!
Linux for Clinics | 29th Mar 2009
I ran across a new linux distro today that I thought was pretty cool. It’s called Linux for Clinics. It’s an Ubuntu-based linux distribution geared toward running an entire medical office. It utilizes a few project I’ve heard of before, like GNUmed, but this is pushing to be a full-fledged medical clinic OS. Development seems [...]
Strange Diseases, Oh My! | 25th Feb 2009
We were learning about a few strange diseases in Microbiology today. Sadie loves to read books on weird diseases like the ones we were talking about. Most of them are nonfiction, and they all sound pretty bizarre. I’ll add a short list of books she has read or reviewed and their corresponding diseases. The Hot [...]
M3 Clerkships Lottery | 23rd Feb 2009
Rush has a “lottery” to determine what order everyone’s M3 clerkships will be in. For those who don’t know, our M3 and M4 years are entirely clinical. We’re supposed to rank them from best to worst depending on our preferences, and a computer program will crunch the numbers and determine which order each student will [...]
Making Mistakes | 25th Jan 2009
Making Mistakes | iface thoughts. This was a great realization by Mr. Nadgouda. Making mistakes (and learning from them) is the key to true innovation in any field. Unfortunately, mistakes are not so “affordable” in medical treatment. What can we do to continue to advance our field without endangering the lives of patients? Is the [...]
Collecting cholesterol with synthetic HDL | 12th Jan 2009
Collecting cholesterol with synthetic HDL. “The next steps in this line of research include determining how well this synthetic HDL transports cholesterol to the liver.” I think that’ll be a key step. But interesting, nonetheless.
A Doctor, a Mutation and a Potential Cure for AIDS | 9th Nov 2008
A Doctor, a Mutation and a Potential Cure for AIDS – WSJ.com.
The other 2% of the time | 24th Sep 2008
Some people say that anesthesiology is kind of boring like 98% of the time. But what about that other 2%?
Taking Back The Power of Science | 18th Sep 2008
I read an article on Ars Technica [via /.]the other day that made me very worried about the future of scientific discovery in the US. With our currently failing economy, I don’t understand how we can still be making such idiotic decisions about the future of some of our most innovative industries. The scientific research [...]
I'm Jonathan Blackhall, a 4th year medical student at RMC. This is my blog, where I ramble about technology, medicine, free software, and other random stuff. 
