What’s on the web? (11 December 2007) December 11, 2007

• Sickle cell – latest advances (Genetics and Health): “… The mice started producing healthy blood, and their sickle cell symptoms vanished.”

• How to Prepare Yourself for a Genetic Test (Eye on DNA): One of the (if not the) best posts I’ve ever read from Hsien-Hsien Lei.

• As David announced it today, the Visible Body is now available for everyone. This visualization tool features a 3D model of the human body. You’re required to use Internet Explorer and Adobe Flash Player plug-in 8.0+.

• 20 Most Popular Health Websites in 2007 (Constructive Medicine): WebMD.com is the No. 1!

• Past, present and future: experiences and lessons from telehealth projects (Open Medicine):

We believe that telehealth and e-health solutions can have real, short-term benefits at many levels, including a direct benefit to patients. Reductions in medical error, the realization of costs savings, real-time monitoring of public health incidents and the provision of validated data and information for health systems decision- and policy-making are just some of these benefits.