Bertalan Mesko, MD (pictured) has created a nice collection of pathology web resources called PeRSSonalized Pathology, which features the best medical journals, news sites, blogs and tweeters dedicated to pathology. Needless to say, Neuropathology Blog is included! “If you have any suggestions,” says Dr. Mesko, “feel free to send those to me so I can [...]

A note from a friend:
I asked my doctor today, during my annual physical, if I look fat.
His response: “I’ve been married a very long time, and you’ve got another think coming if you think I’m going to tell any woman she looks fat. That includes you.”

This is for soccer players, parents, fans, and, of course, referees. There are few things more challenging that officiating a game with 22 players running across a field that is larger than 5000 square meters, lasting at least 90 minutes, where your job description is to decide in real time whether a foul is [...]

The AssurXblog post, The Most Common Drug and Device GMP 483 Items, reports 6 common FDA GMP drug 483 items, and 5 common FDA GMP medical device 483 items.
You’ll want to read them all, and here are teasers from each category:
Drug GMP FDA-483 (observational) items:

Responsibilities and procedures of the Quality Control unit are not in [...]

I was looking through part of my collection of papers using Illumina sequencing and discovered an unpleasant surprise: more than one does not seem to state the read length used in the experiment. While to some this may seem trivial, I had a couple of interests. First, it’s useful for estimating what can [...]

The next in our series of “Best Posts of the Month” is from August 2, 2009:

A new edition of the canonical Robbins and Cotran Pathologic Basis of Disease appeared recently and is no doubt being widely purchased by second-year medical students throughout the country as they begin the academic year later this month. I [...]

Continuing the thread of the pharma year in review, and what 2010 might look like.
Here’s a Motley Fool look at 2009 and 2010 from the perspective of pharmaceutical mergers and acquisitions, 2009: The Year Pharma Learned to Love Itself.
In a nutshell:

2009 ushered in a number of consolidations
Consolidations might not work well or scale well due [...]

Off-duty from blogging for a few days.

A note from a fellow rider from last year’s charity bike ride in India:
Happy Anniversary to all….how time flies….it’s been a year since we first put foot to pedal in Mumbai ! What wonderful memories!
Best wishes for 2010.
This year’s event is a hike in Uganda. Sorry to miss it.

Deer prints but no moose prints at Mass Audubon’s Moose Hill Widlife Sanctuary.