I’ve been link-hopping some medical blogs this evening and I found an interesting one:
Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog
He talks a lot about malpractice insurance costs and defensive medicine, which is something I’d never really pondered before. As someone with some medical education but who is not a clinician, I find some of his stories fascinating.

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Hot on the heels of my post about science outsourcing — I give you exhibit A in how we shoot ourselves in the foot as a nation:
Their Own Version of a Big Bang - Los Angeles Times
“Who’s the only one who’s always been there?” Ham asked.
“God!” the boys and girls shouted.
“Who’s the only [...]

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There’s another interesting article on Biosingularity about the application of mesenchymal stem cells to bone regeneration, which also shows promise for tissue engineering in general.
Biosingularity » Blog Archive » Findings advance use of adult stem cells for replacement bone
In a significant advance for regenerative medicine, researchers at Rice University have discovered a new [...]

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Not long ago I posted about a review of online journal formats by the maker of Hubmed. Now he’s followed through in true constructive criticism and created an example of his ideal layout.
I’m a big fan of that enormous PDF download icon in the upper right-hand corner. Now if only we had more open-access journals, [...]

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Who should pay for recovering from Katrina?
Many think the
US government should not go too far in subsidising private choices to
live below the height of the sea.
My own view is that the
federal government is responsible for the enormous damage sustained by
the New Orleans area. The Army Corps of Engineers was grossly
negligent in designing levees it was [...]

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