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Free
ECG practice sofware:
This software is extremely useful and contains 60+ ECGs in
question and answer format. The questions/answers are concise and to the point.Click on the ECG on the left to go to the "Downloads" section of the site, from
where you can download the two sets of ECGs, with 30 ECGs in each.
Click here for the latest and most correct list of Scholarships available for Indian students intending to study abroad. The current version is 2.0. To save the file, right click on the image and select "save file as".
Click
on the picture on the left to read Nihil
Patkar's description of the biomedical engineering course offered at
IIT-Kharagppur.Other sections already online in the "Careers" section are GRE ,
USMLE & Bioinformatics.
Bio-Armageddon : The
impending plagues:
This
fortnight, we take a look at biological warfare and biological terrorism, a
subject which has not recieved the attention it deserves, just because nothing
of this sort has ever happened.
The WTC bombings have proven that spectacularly horrendous things do happen.
Do we need a small pox pandemic to take this impending disaster seriously?
Written
by : Oncogen
KUPPP : Proposal for a charitable
Co-operative project:
As
of now, this is only an idea. However if YOU are willing to contribute, this
could be one spectacular achievement.
The project aims to achieve an unlimited supply of tests for the PG-CET exam. Web
based access to this exam shall be free, but if the project is completed, the
resulting CDs could be sold with the profits going in full to the poor patients
fund in KEM.
How can YOU contribute? This project has NOT been put online yet. A large number
of contributors would be required for building the database, and we think it is
better to launch the thing when (and if) we have such contributors.
Please click on the image to view more details, and to take a
online test right now with
the small number of questions that we have so far entered into the database.
Poll :
Please tell us what you think of the KUPPP idea. If you don't like it, tell us.
If you like it, tell us.
We NEED some feedback.
Please be sure to post any suggestions / criticism about the idea on the
messageboard too.
Stem Cell Research Ethics Roopa Nishi covers the basics and the ethics of stem cell research.
Roopa certainly has written an excellent article. In the end, research in stem cells boils down to two questions: Are the risks worth the benifits? And do the ends justify the means?
Please click on the image to read the full review.
Image :
Magic bullet or Pandora's box?.
Hiking ! As promised, the next article on hiking is online this fortnight.
This
fortnight, Rohit reviews the comparatively easy but very rewarding Peth Fort
hike. Have a look at the article, if for nothing else than to have a look at the
map. I think Rohit would have done very well as a cartographer had he not been a
doctor...
Please click on the image to read the full review.
Image :
The Map drawn by Rohit.
Medicine resources online
: Online atlas of pathology : Last week, we had provided links to two online atlases, one of
dermatology and the other of Histology. The histology atlas was mainly concerned
with normal histology.
The current link is to a comprehensive online atlas of Pathology. The images are
top notch and the site is completely free.
Click on the image to go to the site.
Image:
Alcoholic Hepatitis.Notice the fatty changes in the cells. A much more clearer
image is available on the site.
Brain Connection This site provides access to information about many discoveries
that are being made in areas that relate to human brain development, including
learning, memory and aging, as well as illness, injury and disorders of the
brain.
You are especially recommended to try out the "illusions" section of
the site which contains some really great illusions , along with detailed
MEDICAL/scientific explanations of the same. Image: Diagram
illustrating "phase shift", a phenomenon which helps in localization
of sound, especially at low frequencies.
Other Interesting links : Relation between constipation and
Alzheimer's Didn't we mention last time (in the Alzheimer's vaccine article)
that people who didn't drink alcohol were more likely to develop Alzheimer's?
Well, here is one more association that is even MORE confounding... Constipated
people are more likely to have Alzheimer's!!!
This site provides access to information about many discoveries
that are being made in areas that relate to human brain development, including
learning, memory and aging, as well as illness, injury and disorders of the
brain.
