Looking through posts tagged ‘Medicine’
Medicine in an electronic age | 28th Aug 2009
The following is the fifth (and probably final) post in a series entitled, “Securing your Email.” I’ve spent the majority of the series talking about logistical things like why secure email is important and how to get started with public-key cryptography. If you look back at my first post, you’ll see that the reason I [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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.
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 [...]
Disease-specific Stem Cells | 14th Aug 2008
A recent post on Ars Technica explains how researchers are converting adult stem cells from patients with certain diseases into embryonic stem cells. This will hopefully make studying the cellular basis of diseases like Parkinson’s easier by providing a virtually unlimited supply of tissue, which was previously difficult to come by. This technique was developed [...]
The Inner Life of a Cell | 11th Aug 2008
Harvard made a great video called The Inner Life of a Cell a couple of years ago using some great computer graphics [hat tip Sadie]. It tells a brief story of the mechanism of inflammation being activated in a leukocyte. It was put to some great music by Studio Daily. I highly recommend you check [...]
Panda Throws in the Towel | 15th May 2008
Well after years of writing, it appears that Panda Bear, M.D. is throwing in the towel on his blog. His was one of the few blogs I read regularly, and it’s one that no doubt has left an impact on my past and future as a physician. He says that he’ll be working on a [...]
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. 
