Lab Rat or Button Monkey?

Whilst looking into Vitamin D for background for work, I found this website which I thought I would share. http://www.kidney.org.uk/Medical-Info/Calcium-Phosphate/ The appears to very good, though the appearance of the site isn’t great (Kettle, pot, black….). The content does seem more orientated towards a patient audience, which I think is always a good thing. The [...]

This story appeared in www.medicalnewstoday.com It is always good to see companies promoting health before their bottom line. Africa and other developing countries can’t afford Western prices for vital drugs to combat HIV and other illnesses. For more information about Roche and HIV you can try this link or type in this address: http://www.roche-hiv.com

Found this site which looks at some unusual medical conditions. http://medtempus.com/archives/top-10-weird-anomalies-in-medicine/

Found this article on the BBC website.   It seems that the test detects salivary urate.  I know the BBC is aimed at a very technical audience but I would have expected a bit more critical viewing of the technology.  Surely gout would also give rise to high salivary urate levels and gout is a common [...]

I found this website whilst looking around for stuff about blood gas machines.  It seems to be a biomedical engineering site.  It does appear to have a strong forum community but it does cover a very broad range of topics.

I was looking for some good NHS sites for inclusion in the Links section and I found this: http://www.patient.co.uk/ It seems a really good quality site, with loads of links to related areas. I will have a good poke around and provide a more comprehensive summary.

I thought I had better put this site on the list of good sites. It isn’t for the faint hearted though, it is about IT stuff in the NHS. An example of the content is this, an article about patients accessing their medical records from homes.

This site was suggested as a good guide by a colleague. Having had a quick look, I have to agree. There are other guides available on their site e.g. tandem MS http://www.waters.com/

Found this resource whilst using stumble. It is a multimedia presentation on the inner workings of cells.

I suppose these two webites are about as close as out profession gets to a trade magazine: http://www.pathologyinpractice.com/ http://www.mlwmagazine.com/