‘When it comes to IVF, in-vitro fertilization, nothing is normal. Your world is upside-down. Your doctor compliments your wife on her monkeys. Then, when every dollar and exertion has gone toward a single hour of hope, it begins to snow.’

Worth looking into, perhaps.

A ton of scientific studies are flat-out wrong. And most of it doesn't really matter anyway.

"‘Science is a noble endeavor, but it’s also a low-yield endeavor,’ he says. ‘I’m not sure that more than a very small percentage of medical research is ever likely to lead to major improvements in clinical outcomes and quality of life. We should be very comfortable with that fact.’"

"Your Guide to Quackery, Health Fraud, and Intelligent Decisions"

"Atul Gawande gave the commencement speech at Stanford’s School of Medicine last week. Here is what he told the graduating class."

On the need for building interconnected systems of care in medicine, rather than a hodgepodge of specialists not communicating with each other.

"ClearRx is a trademark for a design for prescription drug packaging, designed by design student Deborah Adler as a thesis project and adopted by Target Corporation (with refinements by industrial designer Klaus Rosburg) for use in their in-store pharmacies." Very well done.

Good story, personal writing from one of the more entertaining and interesting blogs out there. (And four tracks from the new Andrew Bird album.)

Green, simple healthcare. "Our packaging is made from 100% recycled materials and it is compostable, which means one day, it will probably become a part of a large tree. Maybe you can cut down that tree and make it into a speedboat."

From the US National Library of Medicine, a huge collection of free, public-domain images from anatomical atlases. A great wealth of material. Wish it were designed better and that the books were all scanned rather than some photographed.

A good collection of information.