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In this age of computers, everything is available in the “E” (Electronic) form and books are no exception. Electronic version of every single famous book is now available, to read in your PC or even mobilephone. All the famous Medicine texts like Harrison’s Principles of Internal Medicine, Nelson’s Pedia., Davidson’s, Braunwald’s cardio etc are available [...]

A braveheart Delhi boy, named Supratim defied death after surviving a fatal accident and then the operation to remove a 1.5-metre (five-foot) long iron bar that stabbed right through his chest, just under the heart on 7/17/08.Doctors described the incident as a “Medical Miracle”The culprit rod (measuring 10 centimetres by 10 centimetres) was lying on [...]

Thanks to mobile connectivity, internet has almost replaced the libraries and other reference texts in medicine today. More and more medicos are connected to internet to keep themselves updated about the latest treatments, technologies and researches. Not surprisingly, online-only journals have started appearing. The Journal of Medical Internet research (JMIR) is one such journal founded [...]