Blog posts of interest from the worlds of oncology, medical librarianship and beyond:

• The American Association for the Advancement of Science conference in Washington, D.C., was enthusiastically covered by bloggers. A couple of posts of interest: Boing Boing highlights, Science News briefs.
• “iPad use by medical residents gets rave reviews, increases productivity” (via Clinical Cases and Images)
• Harvard scientists create $200 mini-NMR device that outputs to a smart phone that can diagnose cancer better than traditional methods. Read the paper in Science Translational Medicine or listen to a podcast interview with the creators.
• A new evidence-based medicine resource was unveiled this week. PROSPERO is a prospective registry of systematic reviews in progress, allowing researchers to compare the final findings of systematic reviews with their initial plans.
• Derrick tweets his day from a pre-paid cellphone (NYTimes link). He’s homeless. A creative use of social media for social good? Blog buzz likes this.