Rethinking Cancer Staging

New Imaging Technology Monitors HER2 Protein: "The research team first used the radiolabeled Affibody molecule to visualize tumors that expressed HER2 in mice. The mice were injected under the skin with human breast cancer cells that varied in their levels of HER2 expression, from no expression to very high expression. After three to five weeks, when tumors had formed, the mice were injected with the Affibody molecule and PET images were recorded. The levels of HER2 expression as determined by PET were consistent with the levels measured in surgically removed samples of the same tumors using established laboratory techniques."

This will completely change staging for cancer. I dont say that lightly and in fact I think it is an understatement.

The collapse of toilets in Glasgow. [Scott Med J. 1993] - PubMed Result

The collapse of toilets in Glasgow. [Scott Med J. 1993] - PubMed Result

Could an experience be more horrible?

Road Trip

Medical News: Cost of Cancer Drugs to Force Hard Decisions - in Public Health & Policy, Health Policy from MedPage Today

Medical News: Cost of Cancer Drugs to Force Hard Decisions - in Public Health & Policy, Health Policy from MedPage Today: "Cost of Cancer Drugs to Force Hard Decisions
By John Gever, Senior Editor, MedPage Today
Published: June 29, 2009

WHEELING, W.Va., June 29 -- Studies of cancer drugs that are expected to find survival advantages of two months or less should be undertaken only if the treatment costs less than $20,000, two NIH researchers recommended."

HERE IT COMES FOLKS, where will the patient stand on this decision?

Ultrasound imaging now possible with a smartphone

This will change the face of medicine for years to come.
Ultrasound imaging now possible with a smartphone

Nixon being Nixon, seen years later

Nixon Comments Disclosed on Abortion and Watergate - NYTimes.com: "“There are times when an abortion is necessary. I know that. When you have a black and a white,” he told an aide, before adding, “Or a rape.”"

My how far (I think) we have come...

Technology Review: Intel's Wireless Power Play

Exciting. 100+yrs in the making.
Technology Review: Intel's Wireless Power Play

Favorite New Addon-Split Browser

My new favorite feature/add on for firefox.
Great for users addicted to google docs.

Split Browser :: Add-ons for Firefox

In Poll, Wide Support for Government-Run Health - NYTimes.com

It think this is a landmark moment. I think the public still needs to do their homework on a number of issues as the responses to the survey in many cases appear uninformed.
It looks like now is the time to have the discussion about healthcare.

In Poll, Wide Support for Government-Run Health - NYTimes.com

Annals of Medicine: The Cost Conundrum: Reporting & Essays: The New Yorker

Annals of Medicine: The Cost Conundrum: Reporting & Essays: The New Yorker

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Sync G1 like PMP w/ Songbird

Hey folks,
courtesy of our friends at songbird and all the open source contributors out there making great extensions like FolderSync, you can now sync your favorite playlists from songbird to your android phone.

Steps:
1) Connect your G1 via USB and mount it as a drive in ubuntu
2) Open songbird and add the foldersync extension
3) Restart Songbird and using the foldersync extension, select a playlist of yours and chose the sync location. I recommend picking the highest rated default list first and then syncing it to a music folder on your sd card that is plugged into your G1.
4) unmount and listen on the go!