What’s on the Web (6 July, 2009): Extract Your DNA at Home and Pubmed Tips July 6, 2009

• 10 + 1 PubMed Tips for Residents (and their Instructors) (Laikas MedLiblog): One of the best list of instructions ever.

• NIH State-of-the-Science Conference: Family History and Improving Health:

• Twitter: Growing Virally But Can It Stop Viruses?: This link is from Chris Thorman, who normally blogs about EMR softwares.

Imagine this. Doctors around the world are conducting their rounds and examining patients on electronic medical records, which document diagnosis codes. As the physician makes a diagnosis or documents symptoms, he has the option to “tweet” that observation. This allows other doctors to follow that feed and observe trends. Even better, epidemiology-specific analytics can be layered on top of the feeds to recognize patterns as they develop.

• Twitter Better: 20 Ways to Filter Your Tweets (Mashable)

• First twitter photo-consult in the world? Zorg 2.0? Make 2.0? (AcuteZorg.nl)

• How to extract your DNA at home