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Awesome videos on history of Cochrane 24 Mar 2013 | 08:41 pm
I spend a of my time shouting about systematic reviews, and how baffling it is that they're so recent. Cochrane Collaboration were instrumental in developing these ideas, and they've just released a b...
Event for journalists about reporting on the new NHS systems. AND: a drunk video idea. 12 Mar 2013 | 08:26 pm
This looks like an interesting backgrounder, via @paulbradshaw I have, incidentally, a fantasy YouTube video series that I would like to commission: civil servants from the Department of Health expla...
Gorgeous, informative song about techy details of evidence based practice 12 Mar 2013 | 05:15 pm
This is a gorgeous, informative song about techy details of evidence based practice I totally agree with the principles set out here - the importance of thinking critically about the merits of surrog...
I'm sad about Chavez. Here's an amazing documentary that had access during the coup against him. 6 Mar 2013 | 03:06 am
Chavez was a mixed picture, but he had some amazing lines, and he was elected. Here's an amazing documentary that was filmed during the coup against him. It has some very scary moments, and the people...
Nurse refuses to perform CPR on dying patient. Chilling. 5 Mar 2013 | 11:56 pm
This 911 call is absolutely chilling. A nurse refuses to give CPR to a dying patient, explaining that it's not her job, and that her boss won't let her. She also refuses to hand the phone to any passe...
The dangers of approving things before the evidence is in: you don't get the evidence 11 Feb 2013 | 03:55 pm
There's a good editorial in the NEJM this week: the evidence for endovascular therapy is poor, but now that it's approved, and paid for, it's hard to get people into randomised trials to find out if i...
i think the australian medical students association have some odd ideas about me 6 Feb 2013 | 06:08 am
i haven't seen her for ages. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Academic Convenors 2013 Date: Tue, Feb 5, 2013 at 11:42 AM Subject: Invitation to the 54th AMSA National Convention To: ...
Do MPs go to prison more than you'd expect for 600 posh people? 4 Feb 2013 | 09:13 pm
I just got called by a radio show asking me to discuss this flippent tweet: Huhne. Is the imprisonment rate higher for MPs than for general popul'n, accounting for class mix? bbc.co.uk/news/uk-213209...
"Storyboard" take stills from any video with subtitles, when the words change, thus turning it into a picture book. Genius. 1 Feb 2013 | 04:50 am
"Storyboard" watches a film with subtitles for you, takes a still when the words change, and so turns a film into a picture book. "Storyboard was born of my insane desire to consume videos without ac...
Moist exposed bum ointment 31 Jan 2013 | 06:52 am
Here's a fun press release that just came in. The Nobel Prize committee have put out an own official press release saying they've never heard of this guy. What are they afraid of? http://www.prnewswi...
