News
- Cytopathologic Diagnosis of Serous Fluids (CMAS #2) by Shidham & Layfield, Book release event https://youtu.be/8nf0h43ng8s
Book is available to be purchased on Amazon at https://www.amazon.com/dp/1955571066
- Video: Is peer review broken? (Posted by Biome on 25th September 2013) —– “The hierarchy of journals has an effect that’s completely disproportionate to the real difference in the quality of the papers that are published.” Joshua Sanes, Harvard University ——
http://www.biomedcentral.com/biome/video-is-peer-review-broken/ (video file may take longer time to download- in case of problem close the browser and open again)
- Academic journals: an open and shut case http://www.webcitation.org/6LESEqQUqSome very clever people have put up with a very silly system for far too long. That is the upshot of our reporting on scholarly journals this week. Academics not only provide the raw material, but—–
- An open-access mandate for the National Institutes of Health. (Open Med 2008;2(2):e14-16). By Suber P. Link for FREE PDF http://www.openmedicine.ca/rt/printerFriendly/213/135
- Cervical screening saves lives so it’s a big worry if young women start to miss their smear tests http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7695426.stm
- Less-frequent Pap smears may miss cancer precursors http://www.foxnews.com/health/2013/03/08/less-frequent-pap-smears-may-miss-cancer-precursors/
