‘Tis the Ides of March, and time for another Grand Rounds (Volume 7, No. 25), the weekly roundup of the best in medical and health blogging —
The Ides of March is the first day of the Roman New Year. It also marks the first day of spring in the Roman calendar.
On this day in history, Julius Caesar was warned by soothsayers to “beware of the Ides of March”. Apparently, he did not heed…
Medgadget.com is essentially the “Engadget of the medical world,” if that tells you anything. The site bills itself as the “internet journal of emerging medical technologies.” Four of its six editors are practicing MDs. I’ve been privileged to know executive editor Michael Ostrovsky for several years. He’s a busy anesthesiologist with two small children who still manages to do all that daily work on the Medgadget site.
He’s been a big supporter of the DiabetesMine Design Challenge…
Next week I’ll be hosting Grand Rounds here at DiabetesMine. That’s the weekly roundup of happenings in the medical and health blogosphere, now organized by Dr. Val and team over at GetBetterHealth.
As it happens, next Tuesday April 21 is my birthday (how did I get hoodwinked into this timing?) So the theme was obvious: I’m favoring any and all posts having to do with birthdays and special occasions — or anything that smacks of…
I’m just blown away to witness the continued growth of the diabetes online community. Many of us who’ve been intensely plugged in for a while are stretching ourselves beyond blogging these days, exploring new ways to share and help each other out. For example, Scott J has been revealing his emotions, Allison is working on publishing people’s stories, Kerri’s filming her vlog, and Manny’s building his foundation.
For my part, I’ve been pretty wrapped up…