Queen Elizabeth on YouTube!

  When Queen Elizabeth bestowed an honorary knighthood on Bill Gates a couple of years ago, she admitted that she had never used a computer. Well, today the oldest reigning British monarch uses e-mail, and, upon urging by her grandaughters, she has this week launched a channel on YouTube, The Royal Channel, the Official YouTube Channel for [...]

Christmas Offerings from the Medical Journal of Australia

  For many years, the editors of the Medical Journal of Australia have held a Christmas Competition, and published the winning entries in the December issue. 
See also: Holiday Review from the CMAJ; BMJ Christmas issues  (I wonder why the Canadians are reluctant to use the word Christmas.)
This is from the December 2007 issue of eMJA: [read the [...]

Holiday Review from the CMAJ

   For years we have all enjoyed the BMJ Christmas issues.  The CMAJ publishes a similar December issue, and today the 2007 Holiday Review section appeared online.  This year’s review consists of several categories: Research of a holiday kind; Unsubstantiated opinion; and Auscultations. I especially enjoyed Julie Curwin’s The Goo Tolerance Index.   And check out Table 1 (Interpretation [...]

BMJ Christmas issues

  Around this time of year I always look forward to the publication of the BMJ Christmas issue. The 2006 issue is now out, and, for your viewing pleasure, on this page are some links to issues of Christmases past.  The essence of the Christmas BMJ is strangeness. It’s our left brain issue.  From A [...]