Thirty years ago today, Bob Marley died from a melanoma that metastasized and spread from his toe to his brain, liver, and lungs. Despite projects like Melanoma Monday and the National Melanoma Awareness Project, mortality from Melanoma is on the increase. And judging by the number of BAD sunburns I saw out at Jazz Fest, people are still not being careful about sun exposure.
The American Medical Association‘s news section (amednews.com) has released a slide show of historic (and contemporary) photos which illustrate the changing attitude to cadaver study in anatomy labs.
I must admit, I would have been creeped out to receive the Christmas card (slide 4) from the cadaver lab.
| From the Civil War to the first manned space flight, April 12th is a busy day. |  |
LSUHSC Libraries owns a few books on the medical implications of space flight. All are cataloged under the subjects Space Flight or Aerospace Medicine. All the books in our collection are between 50 and 20 years old, as this isn’t a popular area for monographs.
My personal favorite:
America’s astronauts and their indestructible spirit by Fred Kelly with a foreward by Buzz Aldrin. Published 1986, the author was a former NASA physician and a 1951 alum of the LSU Medical School.
Today is the 150th anniversary of the beginning of the American Civil War. The war is significant to the history of medicine because of the advances made in medicine during the conflict.
Also of significance are the institutions which were founded in the Civil War’s aftermath: the National Institutes of Health, the National Library of Medicine, and the Index Catalogue of the Surgeon-General’s Office, the pre-cursor to the modern MEDLINE.
The National Library of Medicine offers a couple of Civil War exhibits:
Life and Limb: The Toll of the American Civil War (2011)
Binding Wounds, Pushing Boundaries: African Americans in Civil War Medicine (2010)
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Diagnosaurus is a popular differential diagnostic tool with a catchy name. LSUHSC users have multiple access points to search its content: |
The County Health Rankings ÔÇö are a key component of the Mobilizing Action Toward Community Health (MATCH) project. MATCH is a collaboration between the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute.
The 50 state reports help public health and community leaders, policy-makers, consumers and others to see how healthy their county is, compare it with others within their state and find ways to improve the health of their community.
A snap shot of New Orleans report is available: http://www.countyhealthrankings.org/louisiana/orleans
On Wednesday, April 6 at 7 pm Doctors Without Borders aid workers will give a Recruitment Information Session to medical and non-medical professionals who are interested in putting their ÔÇ£ideal into practice.ÔÇØ The event location is the Audubon Zoo – Dominion Learning Center Auditorium and registration is Free.
According to the event details attendees will ÔÇ£meet experiences Doctors Without Borders aid workers from the New Orleans area and hear their firsthand stories.ÔÇØ Representatives will be available to answer any questions and discuss the application process.
The presentation is scheduled to last 1 ?¢ hours including a Q&A session.
Make sure to access the CDC TravelerÔÇÖs Heath site at: http://wwwnc.cdc.gov/travel/default.aspx where you will find health information and useful links for travel to over 200 international destinations.
Healthy voyage!
The deadline for registering for the 2011 Tiger Run is fast approaching; registration ends on March 27th. The race is scheduled for Sunday, April 3rd starting at 8:30 a.m in Audubon Park. The race benefits the Student-Run Homeless Clinics and other student-organized community projects.
This year’s race is also a memorial for Nicole Murphy, a medical student who died in an accident at the World Cup in 2010.
A new article which is available online before print from Radiology analyzes the differences between an XRay machine from 1896 (found in a Dutch hospital’s storage area) and modern equipment. Wired has a great article on the research.
In the world of Medical Observances, the month of March is considered National Kidney Month. But did you know that March 10th is sponsored by the National Kidney Foundation (NKF) as World Kidney Day?
On this day the NKF encourages you to ÔÇ£love your kidneys!ÔÇØ
According to resources provided by http://www.kidney.org/news/wkd/index.cfm your kidneys perform the following vital functions:
1. Filter 200 liters of blood a day, removing two liters of toxins, wastes and water
2. Regulate the bodyÔÇÖs water balance
3. Regulate blood pressure by controlling fluid levels and making the hormone that causes blood vessels to constrict
4. Support healthy bones and tissues by producing the active form of vitamin D
5. Produce the hormone that stimulates bone marrow to manufacture red blood cells
6. Keep blood minerals in balance
7. Keep electrolytes in balance
8. Regulate blood acid levels
9. Remove drugs from the blood
10. Retrieve essential nutrients so that the body can reabsorb them
Learn more about your kidneys and what you can do to take care of them by visiting http://www.kidney.org/news/wkd/index.cfm
Last week, the US Surgeon General Regina M. Benjamin released a Call to Action to Support Breastfeeding. This call to action was aimed at families, communities, employers and health care professionals to improve breastfeeding rates and increase support for breastfeeding. Download the complete report and the fact sheet.
The LSUHSC Libraries provide access to Exam Master, an online resource that helps students prepare for exams. Exam Master includes USMLE and NBDE practice tests, as well as medical subject reviews.
First time users must create an Exam Master username and password.
Username is your lsuhsc email address.
Password is one you create.
AccessMedicine, the popular resource that includes the full text of Harrison’s Online, diagnostic tests, and much more is now optimized for your mobile device!
To log in, go to m.accessmedicine.com on your mobile browser and log in with your MyAccessMedicine user name and password.
Don’t have a MyAccessMedicine user name and password?
You can create one through the Access Medicine homepage. Simply select “MyAccessMedicine” on the right side of the screen and follow the directions.
Questions? Contact mknapp@lsuhsc.edu
On January 11, 2011, the National Library of Medicine (NLM) released a new design and organization for its Main Web site. Added features are navigation to popular links, social sharing functionality so users can share content to people through Facebook, Twitter, and social bookmarking services.
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