Can a Midday Nap Make You Smarter? Adults Who Nap for 90-minutes at 2 PM Learn and Perform Better at Tests
According to a new study, if you devote your lunch hour to a nap, you may perform and learn better in the afternoon. Napping at midday, when the brain’s ability to learn may have deteriorated, may clear the brain’s memory “storage area” and make room for new information.
From the British tabloid Daily Mail : “Sometimes we forget just how short and precious our time on this planet really is. It’s for this reason that John Lewis’s new television ad seems to have struck an uncharacteristic chord
High-risk profession: Suicide rate of U.S. doctors is one per day
More than a quarter of primary care doctors reported being “burnt out,” in part due to worsening time pressures and a chaotic work pace, which were “strongly associated with low physician satisfaction.” 300-400 doctors in the United States kill themselves every year, or roughly 1 per day. Male doctors have suicide rates 1.4 times that of the general population, while female doctors have twice the rate of depression and 2.3 times the suicide rate when compared with women who are not physicians
How to Subscribe to "What’s New" Specialty Page of UpToDate? No Feed, No Problem for Google Reader
35% of UpToDate topics are updated every four months. The editors select a small number of the most important updates and share them via “What’s new” page . These selections are changed with each major release of UpToDate, in March, July and November
Benefits and Dangers as Doctors Start to Use Social Media
From Medscape : “Dr. Choi has more than 3000 Facebook friends, many of whom are patients and colleagues. But he draws the line at talking about cases with colleagues or sending diagnoses or test results to patients on networking sites
Xerox WorkCentre 7120: A Laser Printer That Doesn’t Skimp on Scanning
Printer News: Xerox WorkCentre 7120 Offers a Hallway Multifunction That Won’t Consume Your Entire Hallway The Xerox WorkCentre 7120 laser printer doesn’t print particularly fast — 20 pages per minute in both monochrome and color — so why is it so expensive?
Panasonic announces Digium Asterisk certification for new TGP500 series SIP DECT-based phone system
Today, Panasonic announced Digium Asterisk certification for its new TGP500 series SIP DECT-based cordless phone system. These handsets sport wideband audio via its G.722 codec support making this a rare HD audio phone designed for both the home consumer market and the enterprise. Of course, if you use one of these products at home, you’ll need a SIP trunking service provider that supports G.722 in order to have HD voice quality
By the numbers: According to Sermo.com and their Physician Sentiment Index℠ (PSI) : – 64% of physicians cited the current healthcare climate as somewhat or very detrimental to their delivery of quality care – Only 22% are optimistic about the ability of the American physician to practice independently or in small groups – 59% are of the mind that the quality of medicine in America will decline in next five years; only 18% believe the quality of medicine will improve – 53 percent believe pay-for-performance will have a negative/very negative impact on the effort required to get paid Comments from Google Buzz: Nicholas Genes – Sigh.
Fire Wire Stainless Steel Flexible Grilling Skewers – 6 Pack
And On The Weekend Bind Them It’s grilling season! Just the right time for our annual meeting of the Fellowship Of The Skewering! I go by the name of “Frodo”, you see, but that’s only because I’m really sort of the hero of the group. It’s my job to carry the six Firewire Flexible Grilling Skewers to the fiery heart of Mount Doom
HP Now Generates More Profit From Services Today, Business Insider published the chart below, which demonstrates that Hewlett-Packard’s services division has grown larger than its imaging division. But printers still comprise a sizable chunk of HP’s business, and probably will for the foreseeable future. Just don’t count on much growth according to Business Insider
Report: Feds may launch inquiry into Apple’s Flash stance
The New York Post, citing “a person familiar with the matter,” says that either the Department of Justice or Federal Trade Commission will soon look into Apple’s decision to block mobile software makers from using Flash to build iPhone apps.
You already stopped reading this, didn’t you? You saw that headline, opened the post, and immediately clicked this hyperlink right here to check out every classic strip by the master of capturing the wide-eyed, sardonic world of being a kid, Bill Watterson. Check it out on your next break and enjoy.
Tiotropium for COPD: A good foundation therapy for most patients
From a BMJ Editorial : Tiotropium is a once daily, inhaled, long acting anticholinergic drug (LAMA) that provides 24 hour improvement in airflow and hyperinflation in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Clinical trials have consistently shown that these physiological effects translate into improvements in: – lung function – exercise tolerance – health related quality of life – fewer exacerbations References: Tiotropium and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. BMJ, 2010
Fish out of pills – Pharmaceuticals in drinking water
Fish out of pills – Pharmaceuticals in drinking water, NationalGeographic, April 01, 2010. Design Editor Oliver Uberti shows what went into the making of an information graphic about pharmaceuticals that make their way into our watersheds and end up in fish
With wobble-vision, also known as wiggle stereoscopy , you can get a little bit of 3D-edness out of regular computer screens. Check out some examples http://www.lenticulations.com/#5 http://pinktentacle.com/2009/10/animated-stereoviews-of-old-japan/ Here’s a video shows off (sic) the limitations of the technology http://laughingsquid.com/doubtful-comforts-innovative-3d-music-video-requires-no-glasses/ Of course, it all probably just gives you a headache
Turning medical residents away from copy-and-paste culture facilitated by EMR
From MedCityNews : Cleveland VA is trying to cut out the burgeoning subculture of “copy-and-paste”: A phenomenon made possible by electronic medical records in which physicians copy old information about a patient and paste it into a new section of the chart. The practice is seen by medical residents as a time-saver but the attendings consider it an “egregious problem” because the practice has the potential to perpetuate mistakes
What types of printers are manufactured Samsung? | Hp Document Scanner
They provide a full range of modern printers, including laser printers, multifunction printers, inkjet and photo printers . With mono and color versions of most, it is not difficult to understand why Samsung has a name prominent inOffice, …
It’s like Apple made a lawnmower! It’s so sleek and stylish! And it doesn’t multitask! Honey, this Neuton CE6 Battery-Powered 19” Mower is the hippest mower on the block! Just don’t tell anyone it’s refurbished. But look at those clean lines made of rustproof, stronger-than-steel polyethylene! No pollution or noise you get with a gas-powered mower! It’s quiet as a mouse, so I can even mow at night if I wanted to! Well, no, I would never want to, but Neuton has given me the option! It’s the perfect mower for people who don’t want to have to mess with the “guts” of a mower: no spark plugs to change, no gas to fill, just plug in to charge! It’s got a security key to prevent unauthorized mowing, and one-touch height adjustment.