Happy Mardi Gras!

Both the Dental & Isché Libraries are closed today (February 16th) in honor of Mardi Gras. Hope you’re having a great day!

Mardi Gras/Spring Break @ Dental

The Dental Library will be open for reduced hours next week in observance of Mardi Gras and spring break at the Dental School. The schedule is as follows:

Have fun & be safe!

Mardi Gras Hours @ Ische

The Isché Library will have reduced hours for the final weekend of carnival and will be closed on Mardi Gras. The schedule will be as follows:

Have fun & be safe!

DSM-5 solicits comments

The fifth edition of Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5) will be published in May 2013 and will reflect substantial changes for diagnosis of mental disorders. One of the biggest may concern children who are currently diagnosed as bipolar. In a move that could potentially change mental health practice all over America, the American Psychiatric Association (APA) includes a new diagnosis: “temper dysregulation disorder”, which would diagnose children with explosive moods as having a brain or biological dysfunction, and not necessarily lifelong condition such as bipolar.

The APA has published Proposed Draft Revisions to DSM Disorders and Criteria, and welcomes public comment.

The library offers full text online access to the current version of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-IV-TR) through Psychiatry Online and Stat!Ref.

MacGyver Dentistry

This might not be the conventional treatment, but it seems to work this time:

Alaska dentist fixes injured eagle’s broken beak
An Alaska dentist has given a bald eagle a unique beak ÔÇö using a temporary crown, sticky poster putty and yellow highlighter.

I wonder what he could do with a paper clip, gum,and a tube sock…

Water @ Ische

Facilities Services has scheduled a water outage in the Resource Center Building from 4:30-8:30 this evening(Monday, Feb. 8th). All restrooms and sinks will be unavailable during this time. The nearest available restrooms will be in the Nursing/Allied Health Building.

*EDIT* Water is already back on at 5:40 p.m.

Reminder: Superbowl Hours

In honor of the 1st Black & Gold Superbowl both the Dental & Isché Libraries will have special hours on Sunday, February 7th.

The Dental Library will be open from 1:30 to 5 pm.

The Isché Library will be open from 10 am to 5 pm.

National Children’s Dental Health Month

Each February, the American Dental Association (ADA) sponsors National Children’s Dental Health Month to raise awareness about the importance of oral health. NCDHM messages and materials have reached millions of people in communities across the country.

In addition to National Children’s Dental Health Month, the ADA sponsors Give Kids a Smile day the first Friday of February. Give Kids A Smile was designed to provide education, preventative and restorative care to low-income children who do not have access to care.

The LSUHSC-NO School of Dentistry clinics in New Orleans and Baton Rouge will be celebrating Give Kids a Smile day with special guests and events.

So have a little fun and don’t forget to brush and floss!

Who Dat Nation & Bonding

LSUHSC Assistant Professor Adrianne Brennan (Psychiatry) was interviewed in a Times-Picayue article that came out today; she stated “Because we were so bonded as a city through Katrina, we also bonded through the Saints. Our sense of community is so strong.”

I found out about the article from the official LSUHSC twitter feed!

Updates on grant databases

The CRISP database has been replaced with RePORT.

This NIH database kept all the CRISP features and added these:

Hit lists can be sorted and downloaded to Excel.
NIH funding is displayed for each project.
Publications as a result of support from a project contain links to PubMed.

To check out LSUHSC – New Orleans active grants use: LOUISIANA STATE UNIV HSC NEW ORLEANS in the Organization search box.

EduRoam Available!

As of Feb. 1st, LSUHSC New Orleans is participating in EduRoam, a world-wide consortium of research and educational institutions.

Chancellor Hollier sent out an email on January 25th regarding this new initiative; he stated, “EduRoam is a secure, world-wide roaming access service developed for the international research and education community. EduRoam allows campus community members at any participating institution to use wireless network services at any other participating institution worldwide.” Our participation will make it easier for visiting students/researchers to use wireless access on campus, as well as allowing our researchers and students to have access as they travel. EduRoam is less than 2 years old and began in Europe. It is anticipated that membership will increas rapidly.

To use when you visit a participating educational/research institution:
ÔÇó Set up your computer to use a wireless network by selecting ÔÇ£eduroamÔÇØ from the list of available networks.
ÔÇó Logon as UserID@lsuhsc.edu, and give your current LSUHSC password.

EduRoam is a new iniative in the United States, but hopefully it will grow quickly. Check out their US map to see participating institutions.

Haiti Earthquake

Check out NLM’s Haiti Earthquake Health-Related Resources

PubMed?« Revisions in February

Changes coming to PubMed in early February include:

Superbowl Sunday Special Hours

Because of the Black & Gold Superbowl both the Dental & Isché Libraries will have special hours on Sunday, February 7th. The Dental Library will be open from 1:30 to 5 pm. The Isché Library will be open from 10 am to 5 pm. Go SAINTS!

Saints Go All the Way!

NFC Champions

In their 43rd season, the New Orleans Saints are going to the 44th Superbowl.

New Orleans NFC Champions

Just in case you hadn’t heard