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  • Kids

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    A recent study of the health costs for premature births recommends more research in this area would save money, as reported by the BBC. “Premature births cost the UK an extra £939m a year, say researchers at the Oxford Centre for Health Economics. “Their study calculated what the costs would be for all the preterm…

  • Website updates

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    I’ve added a box with my shared Google Reader articles in it on the right (beneath my Twitter updates). It shows the 5 most recent shared articles. Click the link below to see the full page. I’ve also fixed my training calendar, also linked on the right side of this page.

  • Week 1. Done.

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    Well that’s week 1 of 2009 done, work-wise if not yet training-wise. A run and a bike and that’ll be done too. But what a week back! There’s little chance of a gentle warm up in this job. Clinicians are now getting concerned about the new Graduate Entry Programme, research students are keen to get…

  • Icy Swansea

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    It has been a really cold start to the year in Swansea, but I wish a Happy New Year to you all. I hope you all have a productive and successful 2009. Most of us in the medical school are starting to realise that the September start date for the new course really isn’t very…

  • Exams

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    Gasp! He’s writing about the exams! No, not really. I was just going to comment on how knackered Jo and I are after setting up, running and marking (yes, it’s marked already) an anatomy spotter exam. I really hate the marking – it’s tedious but instantly rewarding when someone does very well. Anyway, one more…

  • Teaching blog update

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    I still haven’t blogged my notes from my hip joint musculoskeletal anatomy session last week. Bad me. I’ve written part of it but haven’t finished it yet for a couple of reasons. The first is general busyness and prioritising, but the second is because of a shift in the way that I work. I can…

  • Fire on the desktop!

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    I’m feeling really cold. I think changing my desktop wallpaper might help.

  • Science

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    “Scientific research was the lifeblood of civilization; it was the one investment that could be guaranteed to pay dividends for eternity.” From Earthlight, by A.C. Clarke.

  • Sponsor me!

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    This stupid moustache (under the stupid beard) has been cultivated for a couple of weeks now, so it’s time for you lot to start donating! Me and the medical students are raising money for Prostate Cancer, so please donate some cash to make this worthwhile. Click on this donate link and send some money please!…

  • Fans go mad for new Warcraft game

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    BBC Radio 1 Newsbeat are reporting on today’s release of the new World of Warcraft update, The Wrath of the Lich King. “World of Warcraft makes more money than the biggest Hollywood blockbusters every single month, has 11 million players and controls two thirds of the online gaming market, so when an expanded version was…