A tilt-shift lens makes these aerial photographs of cities look like nothing more than models.

Kevin, M.D. Hosts Grand Rounds.

Okay, put a little more tactfully by Ezra Klein .

Anatomy Dissections from the University of Wisconsin. The real thing. Gross out factor 10/10. Note to self: you forget quickly what people look like on the inside.

The Slanket is a HUGE 100% polyester polar fleece blanket with oversized sleeves. They are made and tested in Maine. Great idea.

VA Care Is Rated Superior to That in Private Hospitals , reports the WP. Either it says really good things about “scary” government socialized medicine, or really bad things about our current state of health affairs. Probably both.

Good review of heart sounds, S3, and S4.

Dr. Stanley Biber performed over 4,500 gender reassignment surgeries during his career , and died earlier this week. In the words of a transgender professor: “What other treatment has a 100% success rate for its patients?”

More ways to treat HIV .

This year, 91% of the flu virus is resistant to amantadine and rimantidine, two anti-flu viral drugs. Not a huge deal; this isn’t used very often (in the outpatient setting, at least) because you have to take them within 48 hours of infection; most people don’t know it’s the flu until much later than that. And don’t even think of trying to get Tamiflu for it.