May

11

Enviro-Health Links – 2009 H1N1 Flu

May 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment

Swine Flu Info Enviro-Health Links – 2009 H1N1 Flu (Swine Flu) is a huge collection of links to H1N1 Flu related materials. These links are presented in several categories like Federal and Local Response, International Resources, Guidance for Professionals, Maps, News, Twitter, Webcasts, Information from the National Library of Medicine (drugs information, consumer health information, [...]

May

10

Weekend Quick Picks

May 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment

NewScientist: Eight ways to boost your creativity. Online College Degree: 100 Excellent Online Tools to Feed Your Creativity. Shiv on Learning: 20 Educators Explain How They Use Second Life in 20 Seconds Each. The Independent: Explosive Material: Can Angels & Demons Make Particle Physics Sexy? Free Technology for Teachers: Seven Ways to Find Teachers on [...]

May

7

Christine Laine Named Editor of Annals of Internal Medicine

May 7, 2009 | Leave a Comment

The American College of Physicians (ACP) has named Christine Laine editor of its flagship journal, Annals of Internal Medicine. A former vice president and senior deputy editor of Annals, Christine Laine succeeds Harold C. Sox who will retire in July. The Annals of Internal Medicine New Editor is the youngest editor in the history of [...]

May

6

Nature’s Scitable

May 6, 2009 | 1 Comment

Scitable is an open online teaching/learning portal combining high quality educational articles authored by editors at Nature Publishing Group with technology-based community features to fuel a global exchange of scientific insights, teaching practices, and study resources. Scitable currently contains articles in the field of genetics, and is intended for college undergraduate faculty and students. Future [...]

May

6

FluTracker: Tracking the Progress of H1N1 Swine Flu

May 6, 2009 | 1 Comment

FluTracker: Tracking the Progress of H1N1 Swine Flu. The map and the data behind it were compiled by Dr. Henry Niman, a biomedical researcher in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, using technology provided by Rhiza Labs and Google. The map was compiled using data from official sources, news reports and user-contributions.