Thanks to my grandma Tice for sending me this article:

The Lucas system runs on high-pressure air from either a compressed air tank or an air wall outlet in a hospital. The device is indicated for treating adults who have acute circulatory arrest - meaning they lack spontaneous breathing and pulse - as well as loss [...]

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There’s a relatively new service available on the interwebs at PublicationsList.org. It’s basically Cite-U-Like specifically tailored for on person’s papers — your own.
You can import common bibliographic formats such as RefWorks and Bibtex, and for those in the medical field, directly search for and add papers from PubMed. It then appears (though I haven’t [...]

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Over the last few days, thanks to some kind people in the Cardiology department, I had the opportunity to watch electrophysiology studies (EP studies). There are various guidelines for when this invasive procedure is warranted, but basically it is done when someone has an electrical problem with their heart, and it cannot be either (a) [...]

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When I was a kid, we used to play this game where we’d load up our NERF guns, shut off the lights and block the windows, and basically play a meatspace version of Counter-Strike.
I often seemed to have a competitive advantage against my friend. My eyes would adjust to the darkness more quickly than his. [...]

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I noticed today the the PLoS ONE blog is celebrating the first birthday of PLoS ONE. It sounds like things have been going pretty well for them since last August:

On 1st August last year, PLoS ONE opened its doors for submission and so we have decided to call today our official birthday.
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Most importantly of [...]

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