Links for 2006-12-14

• Video of Night Launch of the Space Shuttle Discovery - Dec 9, 2006
• DJ Riko Christmas Music Mixes
  The DJ Riko Merry Mixmas collection is a holiday tradition that dates back to 2002.
• Dissect Medicine - Current Headline Stories
  Seen an interesting medical-related news story on the web? Add it to Dissect Medicine, along with your comments. It will take just a moment. Not only is this a great way to keep track of news, but once you send an item to Dissect Medicine, all other Disse
• Carbonite Online Backup
  "Nonstop unlimited automatic backup over the Internet."
• Visions of Bonus Heaven in Goldman Sachs Profit - New York Times
  Quarterly profits soared 93 percent.
• J Forensic Sci, Vol 51, Issue 6, pp. 1362-1371: Serial Murder by Healthcare Professionals (Abstract)
  The prosecution of Charles Cullen, a nurse who killed at least 40 patients over a 16-year period, highlights the need to better understand the phenomenon of serial murder by healthcare professionals.
• FDA Orders Unapproved Quinine Drugs Off the Market
  The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today ordered firms to stop marketing unapproved drug products containing quinine, a drug used to treat malaria, citing serious safety concerns, including deaths, associated with quinine products.
• Dr. Shameless: Why I Take Handouts from Drug Companies (Slate)
  My drug-company habit started innocently enough—a pen here, a lunch there. But soon I hit the harder stuff: a trip to Italy in exchange for attending a symposium, tickets to a Mets game for my sons and me (and a chatty drug rep). Et cetera.
• PC World - The 15 Best Places to Waste Time on the Web
• PC World - Digital Focus: Demystifying Lenses
• The FPM Toolbox -- American Academy of Family Physicians
  The FPM Toolbox offers 150+ tools that you can use to improve your practice.
• New England Journal of Medicine Audio Summary for December 14, 2006
  Featured are articles on the prevention of antigenically drifted influenza by inactivated and live attenuated vaccines, the effectiveness of school-based influenza vaccination, colonoscopic withdrawal times and adenoma detection...
• For Getting Baby to Sleep, Sticking to a Plan Is What Counts - New York Times
• My Final Prediction: Bruce Sterling
  The Internet has a habit of defying expectations.