Here you have a few good recent blog carnivals (collections of selected blog posts around specific topics) 

- Tangled Bank: science-related posts across a variety of disciplines. 

- 2 editions of the Carnival of Education: this week and last one.

- HR carnival: because “human resources” have brains, too.

- Medicine 2.0: how web 2.0 can enhance the practice of medicine.

- Change of Shift: nursing topics.

- Gene Genie: human genetics.

Dear Mr or Mrs Next US President,

Thank you for visiting Grand Rounds, the weekly collection of the best health and medical blog posts, in the midst of your very busy schedule.

The health and medical blogosphere would like to make sure you and your team take into account the issues outlined below as you and your aids formulate your policies and put together the team that will further define and implement them.

Without further ado, let me outline these 40 questions and topics.

Dear Mr or Mrs Next US President, Read the rest of this entry »

Fun article in the Washington Post: Aging Japanese Keep Their Minds Moving

• “part of a broad range of mental acuity products that are all the rage in Japan: books, toys, food and other things, sold with the pledge that they can reenergize aging brains.”
• “Analysts said the current brain-training trend began in 2004 and 2005 when video games such as Sega Toys Co.’s Brain Trainer and Nintendo Co.’s Brain Age became smash hits. Since its launch, Brain Age for Nintendo’s DS console has sold 6.7 million copies around the world, including 3.4 million in Japan.”

We were fortunate to interview a Japanese expert on this trend a few months ago. In Brain Training and “Brain-ism” in Japan, we can learn a lot, such as

• “To see the activities inside the brain was fresh for people, but the methodology and logic was not reviewed by any scientific publication. It was published by Read the rest of this entry »