Yep, now there's even a flu shot game designed to teach awareness about the importance of getting innoculated. (Instructions here.) I like the concept, and I wonder if this really will help raise awareness as we move into flu season. In any case...

If you weren't able to attend the Industry/Provider Collaboration Task Force meeting, here's my writeup of it. I hadn't heard so much MECC bashing in a long time, but it was pretty lively, with lots of good discussion. Now I'm just waiting to see...

That's the topic of Medical Meetings' December issue's cover story, Future Shock. A snip...

Now that pharma companies can't wine, dine, and lavish gifts on docs in the old-fashioned way, they're calling in the pep squad. From the New York Times...

This is so cool—PubMed is adding an RSS feed so you can sign up to track specific topics. Check it out! (Thanks to MedPundit for the pointer.)

From an editorial in the November 22 issue of CMAJ...

I hadn't heard of Sinkie day before, (Sinkie=Standing In Nutritious Kitchens Ingesting Everything), but the day after Thanksgiving in the U.S. might as well be celebrated in style. So check out sinkie.com for letters from guilt-free Sinkies, how...

RangelMD sees the future of medical terminology, and it ain't pretty...

From the New England Journal of Medicine (subscription req'd)...