Misleading Drug Ads
FDA races to keep up with drug ads that go too far - USA Today. Misleading commercials make a lot of patients to have unrealistic expectation about the new "miracle" drug thy saw on the TV and want to try. It is no laughing matter, especially knowing that when a patient wants a particular drug, in 70% of the cases, they go out of their doctor's office with the prescription for the drug that they wanted.
Questions & Answers for USMLE Step 1
Step Prep.com is a Question & Answer version of the now famous book First Aid for the USMLE Step 1. And best of all, it is free. The buzz words (Rapid Recall Pathology associations) can be useful even you review for ABIM, I guess. See more test-taking tips in How to Do Well on the Boards - USMLE, ITE, ABIM?
(via Grahamazon.com)
Text-to-Speech RSS Feeds
Speakwire reads RSS feeds to you using text-to-speech synthesis. It is an interesting application although the quality is not as good as the leading software like 2nd Speech Center (more in Text to Speech Wonder).
Really Easy Website Spellchecker
Spell Check.net lets you run an easy spellcheck of a whole web page (free). It is never too late to check your blog for any errors. Did I do that today... :-)
I am using the Ginger software. In addition to it being an English spelling and grammar checker, it also has a feature that helps you learn from your mistakes and gives you reports about what words you got wrong so you can work on them.
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