Doctor radio is new 24 hour channel launched by Sirius Satellite Radio.

As per the company:

What is Doctor Radio? Here are the symptoms it’s presenting:

• World-class Doctors from the NYU Langone Medical Center.
• Listeners calling with their medical questions.
• Real medical information delivered in a down-to-earth style.
• Amazing real-life stories from the ER, operating room and beyond.

Wall Street Journal Health Blog has complete coverage.

This is how the medical community gives presentations:

And this is how it should be done:

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The much rumored Google presentations has launched.

As expected it is relatively lightweight and does not have the bells and whistles of MS Powerpoint or Apple’s Keynote. However, the features are adequate to put together a simple presentations quickly.

The strong points of Google presentations include collaboration, sharing including real time chat conferencing using google talk widget.

Here is an example of a quick presentation that I created in 10 minutes.

(Check out the medical technology section on Medicine and Man website for introduction to Web 2.0 and its applications for medical professionals)

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Recently Google has launched a new feature for its Book Search engine called Library. It basically allows users to create a library of books for either personal use or to share with others.

I have created a library of books that I used to prepare for my USMLE exam and have added the links to USMLE book review sections on the website.

I hope that students preparing for the exam will find it useful.

USMLE Book Library

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This scanner, has four times as many detectors as a typical multi-detector CT scanner. It combines unrivaled image quality with remarkable speed. It can produce detailed pictures of any organ in a few seconds and provide sharp, clear, three-dimensional images, including 3-D views of the blood vessels, in an instant.

Consider these pictures:

Image sources - Phillips, University of Chicago

Reference - Medcompare

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