Today's Boston Globe (Monday 2/26/07, page C2) has an interesting mix of health care tidbits.

Under "White Coat Notes", there are briefs on how the Boston Health Department (founded by some guy named Paul Revere) has begin podcasting in English and Spanish.

Another major article talks about a dermatologist who is trying to invent an erasable tattoo ink.

There's an add for "mini-med school classes" for the general public provided by the Harvard Medical School.

In the Business Section (page D9), there is a long article about the Independent Drug Service Project which hires former drug detailers (pharmaceutical salesmen) to inform doctors which drugs work best.